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Tweet[IWS] CRS: LABOR-MANAGMENT RELALTIONS & the FAA: BACKGROUND & CURRENT LEGISLATIVE ISSUES [8 January 2008]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RS22786
January 8, 2008
Labor-Management Relations and the Federal Aviation Administration: Background and Current Legislative Issues
Jon O. Shimabukuro, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22786_20080108.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]
Summary
This report discusses labor-management relations at the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) and the 2006 implementation of a new labor contract on air
traffic controllers. The FAA's ability to implement the new contract with its controllers
was arguably supported by a mediation procedure prescribed by federal law. Concern
over the fairness of this procedure has prompted Congress to consider legislation that
would allow for the use of binding arbitration to resolve negotiation impasses between
the agency and the exclusive bargaining representatives of its employees. This report
provides background information on the mediation procedure, discusses litigation
involving the FAA and two labor organizations, and examines legislative attempts to
amend the existing system.
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RS22786
January 8, 2008
Labor-Management Relations and the Federal Aviation Administration: Background and Current Legislative Issues
Jon O. Shimabukuro, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22786_20080108.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]
Summary
This report discusses labor-management relations at the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) and the 2006 implementation of a new labor contract on air
traffic controllers. The FAA's ability to implement the new contract with its controllers
was arguably supported by a mediation procedure prescribed by federal law. Concern
over the fairness of this procedure has prompted Congress to consider legislation that
would allow for the use of binding arbitration to resolve negotiation impasses between
the agency and the exclusive bargaining representatives of its employees. This report
provides background information on the mediation procedure, discusses litigation
involving the FAA and two labor organizations, and examines legislative attempts to
amend the existing system.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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