Collective Bargaining Agreement

The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the U.S. Census Bureau and American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Council 241 was effective December 19, 2024 and shall remain in full force and effect for ten (10) years. This CBA covers all bargaining unit employees at the U.S. Census Bureau Headquarters, National Processing Center, Tucson Call Center, and Denver Regional Office.

From the National Labor Relations Board:

The National Labor Relations Act gives you the right to bargain collectively with your employer through a representative that you and your coworkers choose. What does that mean?

Your union and employer must bargain in good faith about wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment until they agree on a labor contract or reach a stand-off or “impasse.” If negotiations reach an impasse, an employer can impose terms and conditions so long as it offered them to the union before impasse was reached. Once a contract is in place, neither party may deviate from its terms without the other party’s consent, absent extraordinary circumstances. If a contract expires before the next contract is in place, almost all the terms of the expired contract continue while the parties bargain (the exceptions being union security, management rights, no-strike/no-lockout, and arbitration provisions).