Further Exclusions From the Federal Labor- Management Relations Program
Headline: Adds Several Federal Units to Labor-Management Exclusion List
What it does: The order directs that listed federal units be excluded from the federal labor-management relations program due to national security functions.
- Removes federal labor-management program coverage for employees in listed units.
- Adds NASA, NOAA weather and satellite units, Patent Office, and trade agency to the exclusion list.
- Extends deadline so Defense and Veterans Affairs orders issued within 15 days remain effective.
Summary
This order excludes certain federal units from the federal labor-management relations program because they perform intelligence, investigative, or national security work and Chapter 71 cannot apply.
It adds Bureau of Reclamation hydropower units; the International Trade Administration; the Patent and Trademark Office commissioner and subordinate units; two NOAA units (satellite/data service and the National Weather Service); NASA; and the United States Agency for Global Media.
It also extends a deadline for Defense and Veterans Affairs orders and says the order must be implemented consistent with law and available funding.
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