Federal Labor Relations Authority

FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

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

Phone, 202-482-6560

Chair Phyllis N. Segal

Chief Counsel Susan D. McCluskey

Director of External Affairs Kimberly A. Weaver

Member (vacancy)

Chief Counsel Steven H. Svartz

Member Donald S. Wasserman

Chief Counsel Barbara B. Franklin

Chief Administrative Law Judge Samuel A. Chaitovitz

Solicitor David M. Smith

Executive Director Solly J. Thomas, Jr.

Assistant to the Executive Director Harold D. Kessler

Inspector General Robert G. Andary

General Counsel Joseph Swerdzewski

Deputy General Counsel David L. Feder

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

Deputy Director of Operations, Field Nancy A. Speight

Management

Director of Appeals and Special Carol W. Pope

Programs

Director, Collaboration and Alternative Dispute Thelma C. Colwell

Resolution Program

Federal Service Impasses Panel

Chair Betty Bolden

Members Gilbert Carrillo, Bonnie P. Castrey, Dolly M. Gee, Edward F. Hartfield, Mary E. Jacksteit, Stanley M. Fisher

Executive Director H. Joseph Schimansky

Foreign Service Labor Relations Board

Chair Phyllis N. Segal

Members Tia Schneider Denenberg,

(vacancy)

General Counsel Joseph Swerdzewski

Foreign Service Impasse Disputes Panel

Chair (vacancy)

Members Betty Bolden, David Geiss, George Lannon, Dorothy Young

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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.

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 to...