Creating Labor-Management Forums to Improve Delivery of Government Services

2009-12-14Executive Order 13522
Signed by: Barack Obama
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Headline: Creates Labor-Management Forums Across Federal Agencies to Improve Services

What it does: Agencies must create labor-management forums, submit implementation plans within 90 days, and work with unions to resolve workplace issues jointly.

Real World Impact:
  • Agencies must submit implementation plans within 90 days.
  • Creates a National Council to advise and support agency forums.
  • Establishes pilot bargaining projects with reports due within 18 months.
Topics: labor relations, federal workforce, government management, collective bargaining

Summary

This order requires federal agencies to set up labor-management forums and creates a National Council to support those efforts. Agencies must involve employees and union representatives in pre-decisional discussions and submit written implementation plans within 90 days.

The Council will advise the President, develop evaluation measures, collect and share best practices, and design pilot projects to test bargaining over certain subjects, with reports and evaluations due within specified timelines. The aim is better service delivery, cost savings, and improved workplace cooperation.

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