Article Title: NLRB Slams Postal Service For Failure to Bargain over Employee Data Breach
Snippet of Article: "...The APWU filed the NLRB charge just days after learning of the cyber intrusion, after the Postal Service refused to bargain over management’s response to the breach and failed to respond to the union‘s request for information. At the time, Dimondstein said, “We are outraged that this happened. We do not know at this point whether management did everything in their power to protect our privacy, but they bear the ultimate responsibility.”
The complaint by Region 5 of the NLRB cites the Postal Service for ignoring its legal obligations to bargain with the union.
“By issuing this complaint, the NLRB is recognizing employee rights in the information age,” Dimondstein said.
In a move typically reserved for the most intractable employers, the NLRB is seeking special remedies for the Postal Service’s unlawful acts.
“In view of the extensive history of repeated unfair labor practice violations found by the Board and courts,” the complaint says, the NLRB is seeking an order “to comprehensively address the Postal Service’s violations of the law.”..."
Source: www.apwu.org
[tag] Federal Employee News, Federal Civil Service, Postal Service, unfair labor practice violations, Data Breach, USPS Data Breach 2014, Federal Employee Privacy Issues, [/tag]
