Congressional Research Employees Association

 
CREA and CRS management are negotiating a congressionally mandated telework policy. In its FY2010 CRS appropriation, the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch included language instructing the Director to “adopt and implement…a telework program modeled on the Library’s existing system.” The Subcommittee expected that CRS should have its new telework policy in effect no later than [...]

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At the end of October, CREA was given proposed changes to CRS’s “Inquiries from the Public” guidelines. Management wanted to require that staff forward all inquiries to the Office of Communication, which would send out a neutral reply, declining any requests for information or assistance. The proposed guidelines did not give staff the discretion [...]

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This year, the union has two candidates running for Vice President of Policy and Dispute Settlement: Julius C. Jefferson Jr. (KSG-G&F) and Lisa Moscatiello (CAC-Inquiry). Both have been invited to submit a statement in support of their candidacy. Their statements follow in alphabetical order.

Julius C. Jefferson Jr.
My name is Julius C. Jefferson Jr. and I am [...]

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Overview
The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) held its 56th Triennial Convention in Las Vegas from August 8 through August 13, 2009. CREA President, Dennis Roth, represented CREA in the Locals’ Caucus. In addition, Dennis was asked by IFPTE President, Gregory Junemann, to serve as the Convention’s Parliamentarian and  to sit on the Credentials [...]

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CREA has successfully petitioned to have 7 administrative support assistants (ASAs) added to the bargaining unit. On May 28, CREA received notice from CRS management agreeing that 7 of the 8 ASAs, whose positions were originally placed outside the bargaining unit, should be in the bargaining unit.
The ASA positions were created to replace the production support positions eliminated as part [...]

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