Congressional Research Employees Association

Would you be interested in becoming a “Reading Mentor” for one hour, one day a week? CREA and the Library of Congress Professional Association (LCPA) are launching a new initiative to place LC volunteers in a nearby school for lunchtime reading. We are working with the non-profit organization Everybody Wins!, who sponsor a Power Lunch [...]

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Last week, CRS management announced a proposed reorganization of several offices.
 
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the proposed reorganization, please contact CREA. CRS management is obliged to negotiate with CREA appropriate arrangements for those bargaining unit members who may be adversely affected by the reorganization.
 
CREA will be scheduling meetings with those bargaining unit employees most immediately affected to discuss [...]

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CREA and CRS management met last week to discuss telework implementation issues that employees have brought to CREA’s attention since the announcement of the CRS Telework Progam. The Questions and Answers below reflect the consensus reached by CREA and CRS management on those issues.
Q. Why do employees who are already approved to work from home [...]

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As you’ve probably heard, on March 26 your CREA negotiation team reached an agreement with CRS on our new telework policy. The team worked hard to make the final agreement flexible for staff and won several crucial improvements.
If CRS hadn’t been required to negotiate with CREA, we would now be governed by the policy [...]

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Today, CREA and CRS management signed an agreement on telework (Telework Agreement).  Negotiations began in October and concluded yesterday.
Starting around the first of May, all bargaining unit employees, including those on a compressed work schedule, may request to telework up to one day per week. Six months later, a one-year pilot program will be established [...]

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