The Authority is a quasi-judicial body with three fulltime members who are appointed for five-year terms. Image: Aerial Mike/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffThe FLRA now has confirmed members for all its three seats for the first time since the start of 2023, with Senate confirmation of Anne Marie Wagner, who was a member of the MSPB board in 2009-2015 and who most recently has been an associate special counsel at the Office of Special Counsel.
Wagner’s other positions have included MSPB general counsel, member of the internal personnel appeals board of the GAO, staff attorney at the GSA and assistant general counsel at the AFGE union.
Her confirmation returns the FLRA to the 2-1 Democratic majority it has held for only a matter of months during the Biden administration, during 2022 until the term of one of the Democratic members expired and he did not seek renomination. Wagner was nominated after another nominee for that seat withdrew.
With two members the FLRA has been continuing to issue decisions on labor-management disputes, but with a split by party, it has set aside cases that federal unions have brought seeking to reverse a number of pro-management decisions the board made with a 2-1 Republican majority during the Trump administration.
About the FLRA
The Federal Labor Relations Authority provides policies and guidance relating to federal sector labor-management relations and resolves disputes under Title VII of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, known as the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute.
The Authority is a quasi-judicial body with three fulltime members who are appointed for five-year terms.
The Authority adjudicates disputes arising under the statute, deciding cases concerning the negotiability of collective bargaining agreement proposals, appeals concerning unfair labor practices and representation petitions, and exceptions to grievance arbitration awards. For individual employees, FLRA’s role is primarily as an appellate agency for grievances.
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