In the second of two part article, the author suggests some alternatives to holding investigative interviews under the Federal labor statute. He suggests that the U.S. Supreme Court has provided the basis for more structured and less contentious options for supervisors and managers who are inquiring into misconduct.
In this two part article, the author reviews investigative interviews under the Federal labor statute; offers advice on conducting such a meeting (including a checklist); and suggests what may be better options for supervisors and managers who are inquiring into misconduct.
The author explains what is going on in the dismissal of the seven Bush appointees on the Federal Service Impasses Panel and asks whether the next Panel will be up to the task.
What are your “interests” in bargaining a labor agreement? What are the implications for your interests during negotiations with a federal labor union? Here are considerations an agency should understand about “interest based bargaining” in the federal environment.
In a possible historic clash of the Counsels General, the Authority finds NLRB guilty of an Unfair Labor Practice for, mostly, refusing to bargain with a union representing a unit the Board says violates its enabling legislation. The author asks whether this will develop into a major court case or go away in a union-friendly Obama Administration.
President Obama promised to let TSA screening personnel be represented by unions in his campaign. The author explores what will surely shape up as a major organizing effort by competing unions and how the Agency may weigh in to the process.
The Author discusses the permissive area of the Federal labor law that Federal unions want the President to direct Agencies to bargain. He asks whether there might be any unintended consequences of such a decision.
The author asks whether there’s any significance to the new administration’s choice of labor related signings last week in which a rumored return to the Clinton era didn’t materialize.
With an executive order on Federal labor relations from the new administration expected very soon, the author examines what happened in the Clinton administration and suggests that Interest Based Bargaining or any other mandated negotiating process may be doomed from the outset if prior lessons go unheeded.
Now that we have an Obama Administration, the author asks if Democratic congressional initiatives will get new legs. One, in particular, establishes a right to collective bargaining for state public safety employees and puts the FLRA in charge.
