Federal Workers Can Quit Unions More Easily Under Final Rule (1)

A union representing Treasury Department employees is mounting a legal challenge against a newly finalized rulemaking that allows federal workers who join unions but later decide to quit to opt out of paying union dues anytime after their first year of membership, and not just during a specified period each year.

The final rule, released by the Federal Labor Relations Authority on Tuesday, is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on Thursday and to take effect 30 days later.

The agency, which oversees the labor relations program for government employees, proposed the rule in March to ...