Articles by Bob Gilson
Renewed Call for Partnership: Will It Result in an Old Horse Beating or a New Opportunity?
Federal unions and some congressmen are asking for an executive order reestablishing the partnerships of the Clinton 90s. The author asks if we'd be better served by a stakeholder discussion before leaping into a repeat of a program that had very limited results.
Posted: June 24, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
President Nominates FLRA Member and General Counsel: Will Federal Unions Picket in Protest?
The President has nominated a couple of DC area locals. One has Federal sector experience as a union's top lawyer; the other also has strong union credentials but no listed Federal sector labor relations experience. The author asks if the unions will oppose these nominees as "ideologues" as they did with Bush nominees.
Posted: June 9, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Evidence in Negotiability Cases? The FLRA Greases a Slippery Slope
On remand from a court decision, FLRA was instructed to revisit a record. In a decision blaming the Agency for not rebutting the Union's lousy evidence, FLRA relies on unsupported emails to decide the case. The author suggests that this case offers the parties an opportunity to dramatically affect future negotiability proceedings.
Posted: June 1, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Telework: Trendy Hot Issue, Long Term Policy Goal or Political Plum?
OPM's new Director launched a "telework" initiative as his first leap into Federal human resources management. With a lot of other big issues to face, lots of people are saying "What the heck is this about?" The author of this article suggests some possibilities.
Posted: May 20, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
The Obama Partnership Executive Order: Where is It?
It's been over 100 days since the inauguration of the President. There's a lot of speculation in Federal labor relations circles about the status of the allegedly impending executive order reinstituting partnership. The author asks about the transparency of the process and suggests some possible holdups.
Posted: May 10, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
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Robert (Bob) J. Gilson has expertise in all aspects of Federal labor and employee relations. He began his Federal career with the US Civil Service Commission. Bob has held managerial and advocacy positions with Navy, Army, Treasury and the National Transportation Safety Board. He has served as chief negotiator on numerous labor agreements in the U.S. and abroad. He represented his agencies before the FLRA, FSIP, MSPB, EEOC and arbitrators. Bob had principal responsibility for adverse actions regarding conduct and performance at all levels including Senior Executives. He has trained literally thousands of Federal negotiators, supervisors and managers and has been doing so for 34 years. He is now conducting advanced bargaining classes on contract negotiation and on I&I. 2008 will see open enrollment sessions of these and other advanced courses for practitioners.
The recipient of numerous awards, Bob is a frequently invited speaker at national conferences on labor and employee relations. He considers his last federal employment with NTSB to have been his best as the Agency deals with some of the most difficult jobs the government tackles with some of the best people. While at the Board, Bob was asked to lead the project to establish the NTSB’s national training Academy. Bob retired from Federal service in 2001 and is currently a senior associate with GRA Inc. Recent projects included developing and delivering an intensive Employee Relations Boot Camp and putting together a Peer Review Program for the Transportation Security Administration.
Bob is the author or coauthor of eight books for Federal managers. His ninth, The ABCs of Federal Labor Law was be published in the Spring of 2007. To see some of his current writings, visit the "Federal Manager’s Toolbox" on FedSmith.com.
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