Federal workers can revoke their union membership and stop paying dues any time after the first year under a final rule that the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) published in the Federal Register on July 9.
“Specifically, the regulation provides that, after the expiration of a one-year period during which an assignment may not be revoked, an employee may initiate the revocation of a previously authorized assignment at any time that the employee chooses,” according to the rule, which takes effect on Aug. 10. “However, the additional regulation will not apply to the revocation of assignments that were authorized prior to the effective date of the regulation.”
