Sen. Rand Paul Introduces Amendment to Discontinue Pay for Union Business on Government Time - Rand Paul 2016 | U.S. Senate | Rand Paul 2016 | U.S. Senate

Sen. Rand Paul Introduces Amendment to Discontinue Pay for Union Business on Government Time - Rand Paul 2016 | U.S. Senate | Rand Paul 2016 | U.S. Senate: "calls for the reduction of federal spending by ending the reimbursement of Federal employees for conducting union business while on taxpayer time. Currently, Title V of the U.S.C. Chapter 71 allows federal employees to use official time for union activities.

According to a survey conducted by the Office of Personnel Management, 3 million official time hours were used in collective bargaining or arbitration of grievances against an employee in FY2010. In FY2011, federal employees spent about 3.4 million hours conducting union business while on duty."