FLRA Files Complaint Against NUWC For Failing to Negotiate Telework Policy with FUSE

June 30, 2023 - Newport, RI 

The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) filed a "Consolidated Complaint and Notice of Hearing" against NUWC Newport management today for failing to negotiate in good faith with FUSE/NAGE Local R1-144, in violation of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute.  The complaint resulted from an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charge filed by the union in Feb. 2022 after management restricted telework for most of the union's 2,500 bargaining unit members.  The FLRA conducted a thorough investigation of the ULP charge, which included evidence and affidavits from affected employees and the union.  An Administrative Law Judge will conduct a hearing in Washington, DC on Nov. 9th to hear NUWC's justification for their failure to negotiate with the union, and render a decision soon after that will hopefully restore a fair and reasonable telework policy at the worksite, which many FUSE members have waited many months to see.