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Cut through the jargon and get the clarity you need to stay a step ahead of agency politics. Each article unpacks new policy shifts, court rulings, and workplace trends, then turns them into actionable tactics—so you can head off discipline, invoke EEO or whistleblower protections with confidence, and keep your documentation airtight. We also archive our most popular social-media explainer threads here, giving you the same insights followed by more than 150,000 people online even if you never scroll on those sites. Read, prepare, and keep your federal career firmly in your control.

 
D.C. Circuit Ruling Threatens Union Rights for Federal Workers collective bargaining executive orders federal employment mindfulness at work union rights Jul 17, 2025

On July 16, 2025, the D.C. Circuit Court allowed President Trump’s executive order to take effect, redefining more than 30 federal agencies as “national-security” operations. While the name sounds tec...

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Senate Reconciliation Bill Spares Federal Pay and Pensions federal employment federal pensions mindfulness at work reconciliation bill union rights Jun 30, 2025

Federal employees woke up to rare good news this Monday. The Senate released its latest text for the giant reconciliation bill – and nearly every proposed cut to your pay, pension, and union rights ha...

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Court Blocks Executive Order Targeting Federal Unions collective bargaining federal employment first amendment mspb appeals union rights Jun 25, 2025

A significant legal development is offering breathing room for thousands of federal workers: a federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction halting parts of an executive order that aimed to gut u...

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TSA Union Contract Reinstated After Federal Court Ruling administrative law federal employment mindfulness at work tsa union rights Jun 05, 2025

A significant legal decision out of Washington State has turned the tables for over 47,000 TSA officers—and may offer hope to federal employees everywhere concerned about due process, union rights, an...

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Two Federal Rulings Halt Trump's Anti-Union Order—For Now collective bargaining executive orders federal employment mindfulness at work union rights May 22, 2025

In a major turn for federal employees, two court rulings have temporarily stalled the Trump administration’s efforts to strip away collective bargaining rights from large portions of the federal workf...

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Agencies May Sideline Unions After Court Revives Executive Orders executive orders federal employment mindfulness at work mspb appeals union rights May 19, 2025

A recent federal appeals court decision has shaken the foundation of collective bargaining rights for millions of federal employees. On Friday, a split panel of the D.C. Circuit lifted the injunction ...

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Federal Unions Score Major Victory: Stay Mindful and Engaged federal career protection federal employee advocacy federal employment mindfulness union rights Apr 26, 2025

Late last night, federal employees across the country received hopeful news: a federal judge froze an order that threatened to dismantle key union protections across multiple agencies. As a federal em...

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Is National Security Being Used Against Federal Unions? federal employment mindfulness at work national security law union rights workplace stress Mar 31, 2025

A remarkable and deeply concerning legal move is unfolding—one that may affect the future of union protections for hundreds of thousands of federal employees. As we practice mindfulness in our federal...

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Federal Employees: How to Protect Yourself Amid Potential Layoffs federal employment government layoffs job security reduction in force union rights Mar 20, 2025

This is not a drill. Federal agencies are moving quickly to implement Reductions in Force (RIFs)—and recent guidance from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) may strip your union’s ability to neg...

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