Several congressional leaders are trying to get the Department
of Defense to cooperate with management organizations and
federal unions to abandon its current proposal for a DoD
National Security Personnel System.
A letter sent to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, signed by
Senators Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., Carl Levin D-Mich.,
Richard Durbin, D-Ill., Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, and
Representatives Henry Waxman, D-Calif., Ike Skelton, D-Mo.,
and Danny Davis, D-Ill., urged the him to withdraw the NSPS
proposal and submit an new one more inline with congressional
intent.
The letter asked DoD to more thoroughly involve employee
organizations and objected to the proposed Defense Labor
Relations Board that would oversee labor relations and
employee appeals, stating that it would likely not be
independent.
Editor’s Note–A recent item describing talks between unions
and the Defense Department over the proposed new DoD
collective bargaining system said that the Federal Mediation
and Conciliation Service “mediated” one of the discussions.
It should have said that the FMCS “facilitated” the talks.
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