The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) will once again report on the time and money federal employees spend union activities during the Biden administration following a request from Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa.
Ernst and Republican Rep. Michael Cloud of Texas I was urged OPM introduced Ernst “protecting taxpayer wallets in 2025” on February 11th in order to resume reporting taxpayer-funded union time (TFUT), also known as “official hours.” (Related: Exclusive: Republicans are aiming for taxpayer-funded union activities)
“We’re happy to see the Trump administration resume reporting taxpayer-funded union hours, so Americans know if bureaucrats will not do their jobs,” Ernst told the DCNF. “Federal employees need to serve taxpayers rather than themselves during work days. If they want to engage in union activities, they need to refund the taxpayer for every last penny.”
Shouldn’t government employees work in the office? Or is this a more taxpayer-funded union picket?
In any case, taxes should not fund this.
Playtime is over!
– Joni Ernst (@senjoniernst) February 11, 2025
The February 27 memo orders federal agencies to provide information about the duties held by employees carrying out union activities during taxpayer hours.
Ernst request The agency provided information on TFUT in December. Ernst’s office received information from the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRC) regarding TFUT for 2023 and 2024.
NRC data shows that a project manager, one employee, who earned $171,469 a year, spent more than 99.5% of his time working in union in 2023. At least 48% of the time spent in union activities in 2023 and 2024.
Ernst previously discovered abuse related to “official time” with one employee Move In Florida, he works in real estate during the arrangement, but another employee claimed he was in “official hours.” Incarceration After arrest for drinking and driving. (Related: Exclusive: GOP Senators reintroduce bills to launch one agency bureaucrat outside the beltway)
Federal employees spent 2.6 million hours on union activities, worth 2.6 million hours, the third century, costing at least $135 million taxpayers in 2019. According to To Ernst, who quoted OPM data. The union also used at least $24 million in office space and taxpayer-payer-paying supplies.
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