WHO: Office of Personnel Management WHAT: A new report from OPM found that federal employees spent almost 3 million hours of official time participating in union-related activities in 2009, costing taxpayers $129 million. That’s an increase of 7 percent and $8 million from 2008.
WHY IT’S AN OUTRAGE: Federal law allows union representatives and agencies to bargain over work rules during official work hours, when government workers should be focused instead on serving the taxpayers who pay their salaries.
WHERE TO VENT: Call your senator or representative at 202-225-3121 or the Office of Personnel Management at 202-606-1800.
