Reprinted from The Washington Post by on November 6, 2020.
“In what could be a last stab at federal unions by an administration on the verge of ouster, the three-member FLRA with one dissent said the judges ‘are management officials, and, therefore, [we] exclude them from the bargaining unit.’
“The approximately 470 immigration judges are part of the Justice Department and decide whether people charged with violating immigration laws should be deported. The union has vigorously complained in recent years about heavy pressure from the administration to meet tough annual quotas on the number of cases each judge should complete. …
