Tens of thousands of Social Security Administration staffers can continue teleworking into 2029 under a recent deal signed between their union and the agency.
The agreement comes as the incoming Trump administration and its newly created Department of Government Efficiency, or
, vow to require federal workers to return to the office full time in an effort to cull their numbers. The updated contract deal locks in the current levels of telework for American Federation of Government Employees members at the agency until late October 2029, according to a letter written by Rich Couture, AFGE general committee spokesperson and head of the union’s Council 215, and viewed by CNN.
in-person push President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, a nongovernmental initiative headed by billionaire Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, is hoping to cut the federal workforce – which would reduce federal spending – by ending employees’ ability to telecommute.
. Some Democrats on Capitol Hill have expressed support for the initiative. The telework privileges for many unionized federal workers are part of their collective bargaining agreements, making it more difficult to change the terms without negotiations. Roughly 2.3 million civilians work for the federal government, according to an August Office of Management and Budget report, which looked at 24 agencies that employ about 98% of the federal civilian workforce. Just over half, or 1.
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