Federal Labor Relations Authority

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FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

607 Fourteenth Street NW., Washington, DC 20424-0001

Phone, 202-482-6560. Internet, www.flra.gov.

Chairman Dale Cabaniss

Chief Counsel Kirk Underwood

Director of External Affairs (vacancy)

Director of Case Control (vacancy)

Member Tony Armendariz

Chief Counsel Steven Svartz

Member Carol Waller Pope

Chief Counsel Susan D. McCluskey

Chief Administrative Law Judge Eli Nash

Solicitor David M. Smith

Executive Director Solly J. Thomas, Jr.

Assistant to the Executive Director Harold D. Kessler

Inspector General Francine C. Eichler

General Counsel (vacancy)

Deputy General Counsel David L. Feder

Director of Operations and Resources Clyde B. Blandford, Management Jr.

Assistant General Counsel For Legal (vacancy)

Services

Assistant General Counsel for Richard L. Zorn

Appeals

Director, Collaboration and Alternative Dispute (vacancy)

Resolution Program

Federal Service Impasses Panel

Chairperson Beckey Norton Dunlop

Members Richard B. Ainsworth, Andrea F. Newman, Joseph C. Whitaker,

(3 vacancies)

Executive Director H. Joseph Schimansky

Foreign Service Labor Relations Board

Chairman Dale Cabaniss

Members Tia Schneider Denenberg, Richard I. Bloch

General Counsel (vacancy)

Foreign Service Impasse Disputes Panel

Chairperson Thomas Colosi

Members David Geiss, Allen L. Keiswetter, (2 vacancies)

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The Federal Labor Relations Authority oversees the Federal service labor-management relations program. It administers the law that protects the right of employees of the Federal Government to organize, bargain collectively, and participate through labor organizations of their own choosing in decisions affecting them. The Authority also ensures compliance with the statutory rights and obligations of Federal employees and the labor organizations that represent them in their dealings with Federal agencies.

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The Federal Labor Relations Authority was created as an independent establishment by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. app.), effective January 1, 1979, pursuant to Executive Order 12107 of December

28, 1978, to consolidate the central policymaking functions in Federal labor-management relations. Its duties and authority are specified in title VII (Federal Service Labor-Management Relations) of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 7101-7135).

Activities

The Authority provides leadership in establishing policies and guidance relating...