Perspective: Largest federal union jousts with D.C. mayor over teleworking
,” for House Republicans who approved the bill with only three Democratic votes. Just one Republican said no. It will have a tougher time in the Senate controlled by Democrats.
On Thursday, he said through a spokesperson that the bill’s title “is as misleading as it is insulting because federal employees, whether they worked from home or reported to their regular duty stations at VA hospitals and clinics, at federal prisons, at airports, defense installations, or on rescue missions, never stopped showing up throughout the pandemic and did so heroically.”
Bowser wants a government-wide “policy which aligns with what the president said,” explained John Falcicchio, D.C. deputy mayor for planning and economic development, in a telephone interview. “That has not come to fruition.” He would not specifically state Bowser’s position on the Show Up Act, but said she believes the policy should be implemented by the president.
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