Federal Labor Relations Authority

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Federal Labor Relations Authority
FLRA
Agency overview
Formed1978
JurisdictionFederal government of the United States
Headquarters1400 K Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
Annual budget$31.8 m USD (2022)[1]
Agency executives
Websitewww.flra.gov Edit this at Wikidata

The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) is an

employees
.

Created by the

ex officio chairman of the Foreign Service Labor Relations Board. The three members cannot be from the same political party.[2]

The Authority adjudicates disputes arising under the

unions in understanding their rights and responsibilities under the Statute through statutory training of parties.[3]

In 1981, it

1981 air traffic controllers strike.[4]

The agency is separate from the National Labor Relations Board, which governs private-sector labor relations.

Board members

The Board is composed of 3 members, nominated by the President of the United States, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of 5 years. The President can designate the Chairman with no separate Senate confirmation required.

Name Party Sworn in Term expires
Susan Tsui Grundmann (Chair) Democratic May 17, 2022 July 1, 2025
Colleen Kiko Republican December 11, 2017 July 29, 2022
Vacant

The Board is supported by a General Counsel, who is also nominated by the President of the United States, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of five years. There has been no senate-confirmed General Counsel since Julia Akins Clark left the post in January 2017, and no Acting General Counsel between November 2017 and March 24, 2021, when President Joe Biden named Charlotte A. Dye to be Acting General Counsel.[5] In August 2021, President Biden nominated eight-year assistant general counsel Kurt Rumsfeld to the position.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "FLRA 2023 CBJ | FLRA" (PDF).
  2. ^ "The Statute: § 7104. Federal Labor Relations Authority". www.flra.gov. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  3. ^ "Training - FLRA". www.flra.gov. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Patco Decertification Vote Is Switched From 2-1 to 3-0". The New York Times. 1981-11-05.
  5. ^ "Biden Names Acting FLRA General Counsel, Ending Critical Trump Era Vacancy". Government Executive. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  6. ^ Bur, Jessie (August 5, 2021). "Biden picks 2 officials for federal labor office with a case backlog". Federal Times. Retrieved August 6, 2021.

External links

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