President 's 2009 executive order created the National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations

[ProSense]

Executive Order: Creating Labor-Management Forums To Improve Delivery of Government Services

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to establish a cooperative and productive form of labor-management relations throughout the executive branch, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Policy. Federal employees and their union representatives are an essential source of front-line ideas and information about the realities of delivering Government services to the American people. A nonadversarial forum for managers, employees, and employees' union representatives to discuss Government operations will promote satisfactory labor relations and improve the productivity and effectiveness of the Federal Government. Labor-management forums, as complements to the existing collective bargaining process, will allow managers and employees to collaborate in continuing to deliver the highest quality services to the American people. Management should discuss workplace challenges and problems with labor and endeavor to develop solutions jointly, rather than advise union representatives of predetermined solutions to problems and then engage in bargaining over the impact and implementation of the predetermined solutions.

The purpose of this order is to establish a cooperative and productive form of labor-management relations throughout the executive branch.

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National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations

Within the Federal workforce, both management and labor seek to serve the public and accomplish Government's mission in an effective and efficient manner. http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-29781.pdf">Executive Order 13522 , signed by the President on December 9th, 2009, calls for Federal agencies to work together with employees and unions to improve the delivery of high quality services to the American people. The order also created the National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations (the “Council”).

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The most recent meeting was held in January. List of members.

[babylonsister]

1. Excellent, thanks, recommend!!! nt

[lonestarnot]

2. Is there a point?

:shrug:

[ClarkUSA]

3. Yes. Some here are condemning President Obama's "lack of leadership" and "Democratic values".

They provide zero proof to back up their claims when asked, of course.

Well, this OP provides yet another fact that disputes such bilious nonsense. Hopefully, there won't be as much cognitive dissonance as there usually is when it comes to acknowledging the truth about the President.

[babylonsister]

4. I've read on DU that Obama is anti-union. Maybe he isn't? This

tells the tale, and I for one will use this post to educate.

[lonestarnot]

5. He is NOT anti-union.

[MannyGoldstein]

6. Whereupon he froze federal worker salaries

While giving bankers anything they asked for and extending the Bush tax cuts without a fight. And has yet to say he supports the workers fighting in WI.

Bully!

[ProSense]

7. Which

doesn't apply to collective bargaining agreements:

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Impact on Collective Bargaining Agreements

The pay freeze policy in the Presidential memorandum may not, as a matter of Federal sector labor law, apply to any increase that is required by a collective bargaining agreement that has already been executed and is in effect as of the date of the Presidential memorandum. Each agency should consider the policy contained in the Presidential memorandum and consult with agency counsel to determine the agency’s position in any collective bargaining that may occur going forward.

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On Wisconsin, President Obama's statement (Feb. 16):

"Some of what I've heard coming out of Wisconsin, where you're just making it harder for public employees to collectively bargain generally seems like more of an assault on unions. And I think it's very important for us to understand that public employees, they're our neighbors, they're our friends. These are folks who are teachers and they're firefighters and they're social workers and they're police officers.

"They make a lot of sacrifices and make a big contribution. And I think it's important not to vilify them or to suggest that somehow all these budget problems are due to public employees."

VP Biden's statement (Feb 24):

"Public employees are not the problem. The problem goes much deeper...We are going to see the economic conditions that they (Republicans) created used as an excuse to fundamentally go after the social agenda that the far right has been trying to accomplish for a long time."

Secretary Solis' statement (Feb. 26):

I’ve been following the developments in Wisconsin, and Ohio, and many other states across the country.

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And we’ve seen our brothers and sisters in the public employees unions willing to give there share, and to negotiate in good faith to help their states get through tough times.

But the governors in Wisconsin and Ohio aren’t just asking workers to tighten their belts, they’re demanding that they give up their uniquely American rights as workers.

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All these workers want is the opportunity to sit down at the table, like grown ups, and work together to solve problems.

That’s what collective bargaining is all about.

[MannyGoldstein]

8. Still not seeing where Obama unequivocally supports the unions.

He's a lawyer. He knows what words mean. He's stating some facts, he's saying we shouldn't demonize public employees, but he's not saying that he's in favor of the protesters. And he certainly ain't rummaging around for his comfortable shoes.

Oh good, he's not violating an existing contracts negotiated through collective agreements. Is that a high bar? But in negotiations moving forward, not so good.

[ProSense]

9. Didn't expect that you would. n/t