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| https://neal.house.gov/2026/08/21/neal-demands-answers-for-trump-administrations-trampling-of-irs-employee-rights/ | Neal Demands Answers for Trump Administration’s Trampling of IRS Employee Rights | 2026-08-21 | 2026 | 2026-08 | Democrat | House | MA | Richard E. Neal | N000015 | neal.house.gov | neal | https://neal.house.gov/category/press-releases/ | scraper | SPRINGFIELD, MA— Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal today sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) CEO Frank J. Bisignano, following up on his March 4, 2026, testimony to the Ways and Means Committee regarding the Administration’s attempt to unilaterally end the collective bargaining agreement between the IRS and the National Employees Treasury Union (NTEU). Bisignano testified that IRS employees “are losing nothing” without the collective bargaining agreement. “For nearly 90 years (since 1938), the NTEU, or its predecessor, has protected the rights of hundreds of thousands of federal employees to negotiate, take legal action, and advocate for themselves. I continue to stand by my statement that the Trump Administration cannot unilaterally take away the hard-fought rights of IRS employees to unionize.” Ranking Member Neal wrote. “You testified that ‘their benefits is under statute’ and that ‘their time off is under statute.’ However, I understand that the actions taken since termination of the agreement contradict this testimony.” Ranking Member Neal reminded CEO Bisignano that recent administrative actions contradict his testimony, including canceled telework, forced relocations, delayed Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requests, changes to performance evaluations, and unfair overtime allocations. Neal demanded the Administration provide written answers outlining the legal basis of their actions, and what, if any, reasonable accommodations they are making to impacted employees whose rights they’ve trampled on. Ranking Member Neal closed, “These actions raise serious concerns about your testimony and this Administration’s attempt to unlawfully terminate the collective bargaining agreement with NTEU by trampling on the rights of unionized employees.” READ THE FULL LETTER HERE. | 1 | 2026-09-26T09:43:57Z | 2026-09-26T09:44:55Z |