Welcome to FMA’s Federal Labor-Management Relations Center!

Here you will find all of the latest news and information relating to the recently formed National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations, of which the Federal Managers Association (FMA) is a member.

Brief Description of the Council (from www.lmrcouncil.gov):

Within the Federal workforce, both management and labor seek to serve the public and accomplish Government's mission in an effective and efficient manner. Executive Order 13522, signed by the President on December 9th, 2009, calls for Federal agencies to work together with employees and unions to improve the delivery of high quality services to the American people. The order also created the National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations (the “Council”).

• Supporting the creation of department- or agency-level labor-management forums and promoting partnership efforts between labor and management
• Developing metrics for evaluation of the effectiveness of the Council and department or agency labor-management forums in order to promote consistent, appropriate, and administratively efficient measurement and evaluation processes across departments and agencies;
• Collecting and disseminating information about, and providing guidance on, labor-management relations improvement efforts including results achieved;
• Fostering successful labor-management relations including through training of department and agency personnel in methods of dispute resolution and cooperative methods of labor-management relations;
• Developing recommendations for innovative ways to improve delivery of services and products to the public while cutting costs and advancing employee interests;
• Serving as a venue for addressing systemic failures of department or agency-level forums; and,
• Providing recommendations to the President for the implementation of several pilot programs within the executive branch, for bargaining over subjects set forth in 5 U.S.C. 7106(b)(1).

Latest FMA News Regarding Council:

Council Discusses Establishment of 7106 (b)(1) Bargaining Pilots

Council Reviews Agency Implementation Plans

FMA President's Report on First Meeting

FMA Joins National Labor-Management Council in First Meeting

Labor-Management Council in the Media:

Agencies get green light to try expanding collective bargaining topics(Government Executive)

Seven agencies to test expanded collective bargaining (Federal Times)

FMA: Managerial Input Missing from Labor-Management Forum Proposals (FEDweek)

Trust issues raised at first meeting of labor-management council (Government Executive)

The fight to reduce employee grievences (Federal Times)