Federal Labor-Management Partnership Act of 2007

To establish the Federal Labor-Management Partnership Council.

10/18/2007--Introduced.
Federal Labor-Management Partnership Act of 2007 - Establishes the Federal Labor-Management Partnership Council to advise the President on matters involving labor-management relations in the executive branch. Includes among the Council's activities:
<b>(1) supporting the creation of local labor-management partnership councils that promote partnership efforts;
(2) collecting and disseminating information about and providing guidance on such efforts;
(3) using the expertise of individuals, inside and outside the federal government, to foster partnership arrangements in the executive branch; and
(4) proposing statutory changes to improve the civil service to better serve the public and carry out the mission of the various agencies.
Requires the President to designate a Council Chairperson.
Requires the President to direct the head of each agency which is subject to labor-management relations provisions or any other authority permitting employees to select an exclusive representative, to:
(1) create labor-management partnerships by forming labor-management committees or councils at appropriate levels or adapting existing committees or councils if such groups exist;
(2) involve employees and their representatives as full partners with management representatives to improve the civil service to better serve the public and carry out the mission of the agency;
(3) provide systemic training of appropriate employees in consensual methods of dispute resolution;
(4) negotiate, at the request of the labor organization, on specified subjects and instruct subordinate officials to do the same; and
(5) evaluate progress and improvements in organizational performance resulting from such labor-management partnerships.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
• and 22 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Bruce Braley [D, IA-1]
  • Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]
  • Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
  • Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
  • Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4]
  • Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D, TX-20]
  • Rep. Brian Higgins [D, NY-27]
  • Rep. William Jefferson [D, LA-2]
  • Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
  • Rep. Stephen Lynch [D, MA-9]
  • Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
  • Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
  • Rep. Eleanor Norton [D, DC-0]
  • Rep. Edward Pastor [D, AZ-4]
  • Rep. Linda Sanchez [D, CA-39]
  • Rep. John Sarbanes [D, MD-3]
  • Rep. Adam Smith [D, WA-9]
  • Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13]
  • Rep. Bennie Thompson [D, MS-2]
  • Rep. Christopher Van Hollen [D, MD-8]
  • Rep. David Wu [D, OR-1]
  • Rep. Albert Wynn [D, MD-4]
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Committees

• House Oversight and Government Reform
• 1 more
  • House Oversight and Government Reform
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.3892

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
October 18, 2007

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• Oct 25, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
• Oct 18, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
• Oct 18, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2174-2175)
• Introduced on Oct 18, 2007.

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