In what the author calls perhaps the wackiest decision in the history of Federal labor relations, the FLRA decides to allow the election of a union to represent…
The Federal Labor Relations Authority conducted training on Federal sector arbitration last month. If you missed it and want copies of the slides and handouts, the Author provides…
The author requested and received FLRA’s training materials used to train participants in pilot programs in which parties will bargain agency permissive topics. These pilots dramatically expand union…
The author passes on to the Federal labor relations community notes of the FLRA Town Hall meeting held on October 21. There's lots of information in them for…
The author suggests agency advocates pay attention to a recent line of FLRA cases involving appeals of arbitration awards. The Authority has clearly decided to widely expand an…
The author passes on notes and handouts from the 8th meeting of the National Council on Labor Management Relations.
In a dismissal of the union's unfair labor practice allegation, the FLRA Regional Director found no violation of the union's rights when a local president was investigated by…
The author is sending out the notes and handouts from the 6th Meeting of the National Labor-Management Relations Council on September 20, 2010. The author adds comments that…
The Author provides links to various Federal employee union guides prepared specifically for shop stewards. Supervisors and managers who must deal with union representatives and with such issues…
The Author seeks to clarify for readers what is going on with various union petitions to represent TSA’s workforce or some part of it. FLRA’s regional director’s decision…