Article Title: Federal Workers Using More Official Hours to Conduct Union Business
Snippet of Article: "...the right of employees to engage in union business on official time. "Official time," notes OPM, is "all time, regardless of agency nomenclature, granted to an employee by the agency to perform representational functions under 5 U.S.C. Chapter 71 and by collective bargaining agreement when the employee would otherwise be in duty status." While union issues consume a very small portion of official time - at most 0.5 percent..."
Source: nlpc.org
