In the first major review of exceptions to arbitrator awards in 30 years, the Federal Labor Relations Authority proposes massive changes in the operation of the process. For…
The Federal government's inside prosecutor of labor law violations is participating in the offer of free training on the Obama labor relations executive order. The author asks if…
In what must have been a big surprise to the Department of Defense, the Federal Labor Relations Authority finds civilian access to commissaries and exchanges to be a…
Highlights from the Council meeting include approval of 24 implementation plans and return of 21. Permissive issue bargaining is apparently still a hot issue, and FLRA's General Counsel…
As Executive Order 13522 is implemented, career Federal execs face new challenges finding themselves sandwiched between political appointees with a series of agendas including making unions happy, and…
A new decision appears to set up FLRA as arbiter of Agency efficiency and effectiveness.
The implementation plans for the President's vision of Federal labor management relations are rolling in. Most tout their continuing commitment to getting along but exceedingly rare are commitments…
In 2003, the Federal Labor Relations Authority found that the Transportation Security Administrator had the absolute right to decide whether a union could represent TSA employees. The author…
The FLRA conducted Focus Groups in Washington on revising its regulations. This article reports the discussion at one of these sessions and provides information on FLRA's decision to…
AFGE took the opportunity to of the National Council on Labor Management Relations to try to keep HR and LR staffs away from participating in prospective Agency Forums.…