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The FLRA's "Covered-By" Cover-Up (Part Two)
The author says that a test applied by the Federal Labor Relations Authority clashes with fundamental principles of collective bargaining.

Posted: November 13, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article

The FLRA's "Covered-By" Cover-Up
The Federal Labor Relations Authority owes agencies and unions clear rules that are easy to apply. The author says that has not been done and provides an example of the torturous path the federal labor relations program sometimes follows.

Posted: November 12, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article

A Guide to Slandering Permissive Bargaining
The author lists the "ten deceptive non-truths" about bargaining on permissive topics in the federal sector labor relations program and why he thinks these are invalid arguments.

Posted: October 27, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article

The FLRA Rorschach Test #2: FSIP Negotiability Powers
Deciding what is negotiable (or not) in the federal sector is confusing at best. The author of this article says the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) has made the situation more confusing than it needs to be and that the power of the FSIP should be expanded in resolving negotiability questions.

Posted: September 17, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article

FLRA Rorschach Test (#1)
The FLRA has ruled that if an employer wants to change a condition of employment that would be a permissive subject of bargaining, it MUST give the union specific advance notice and bargain to completion before changing that practice. However, if that same employer has written the same permissively negotiable practice into a collective bargaining agreement of any kind it can instantly terminate it when the contract terminates without any bargaining obligation.

Posted: July 19, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article

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About Frank D. Ferris Frank Ferris has over 35 years experience in federal sector labor relations as a union leader, manager, and university faculty member. He holds a doctorate from the University of Southern California and has published extensively in the field. The opinions of the author expressed herein are not necessarily those of his employer(s), e.g., the National Treasury Employees Union, where he serves as the elected National Executive Vice President. The ideas in this article are taken from the author’s new book that critiques FLRA case law and provides advice on how to bargain more effectively using case law.
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