Union Slams CFPB Head for ‘Unacceptable’ Lack of Communication

The head of a powerful federal employee union blasted Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra for ignoring several communications and an offer to meet amid acrimonious negotiations for a new labor contract.

Chopra has “avoided all communication” with union leadership, including a proposal to meet last weekend, as negotiations for a new contract with the CFPB’s employees remain stalled, National Treasury Employees Union President Doreen Greenwald said in a Wednesday letter. The letter, obtained by Bloomberg Law, calls Chopra’s lack of communication “unacceptable.”

The letter comes as the collective bargaining agreement between the CFPB and NTEU Chapter 335 ...