FLRA NEWSFLRA NEWSThe FLRA today announced that it is launching a home page on the Internet to provide greater access to an array of agency information and resources. The new home page can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.access.gpo.gov/flra.
"FLRA's presence on the World Wide Web provides easier and quicker access to agency information," said FLRA Chair Phyllis Segal. "This home page is a further step in FLRA's effort to provide useful and complete information to federal employees, the unions which represent them, and federal agencies."
Information contained on the FLRA home page includes information regarding FLRA's processes in dealing with unfair labor practices, representation issues, arbitration appeals, and negotiation disputes; addresses and phone numbers of Regional Offices; Authority decisions; Office of the General Counsel policies and guidance; information regarding the agency's Collaboration and Alternative Dispute Resolution (CADR) activities; press releases; the FLRA Bulletin; and biographies of the Authority Chair and Members, the General Counsel and the Panel Members
The FLRA is an independent agency responsible for administering the labor-management relations program for 1.9 million non-postal Federal employees world-wide, approximately 1.3 million of whom are exclusively represented in more than 2,200 bargaining units. The Authority is the three-member quasi-judicial body within the FLRA which adjudicates disputes arising under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statutes. The Office of the General Counsel, the independent investigative and prosecutorial component, investigates, settles and prosecutes unfair labor practice charges. The Panel is charged with resolving impasses between federal agencies and unions representing federal employees arising from negotiations over conditions of employment. It is the last step in federal sector collective bargaining -- the substitute for the strike and lockout in the private sector.
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