BARGAINING BY THE NUMBERS CLASS READY TO GO—REGISTER NOW!
Fedsmill in cooperation with the Gilbert Training Group has designed a two-day training program (November 13 & 14) that is for union leaders and particularly negotiators. Click here to register. Given the coming presidential election and the potential for a candidate to win who has a long record of trying to crush federal employee unions this is a great time to polish your knowledge of the bargaining case law precedents. The class will cover over 125 of them because we believe that the party that knows the rules the best has a large advantage–no matter who is in the White House. You can attend either in person or online. The fee is $395 for one day of the program and $775 to attend both days. The daily class agenda is below. The class will be taught by the FEDSMILL publisher who has over 40 years of experience bargaining federal labor agreements. If you have questions, email us at Fedsmill@gmail.com.
BARGAINING BY THE NUMBERS UNION TRAINING PROGRAM
Day 1
Welcome From Fedsmill and the Gilbert Training Group (9:00- 9:15)
50+ Must-Know Collective Bargaining Legal Precedents (9:15 -12:00)
No matter what the game, the person who knows the rules the best has an advantage over everyone else. This class will cover the more than 50 FLRA and judicial legal precedents that constitute the rules of the federal sector collective bargaining process—term as well as mid-term. The information should help you avoid bargaining mistakes and to take advantage when the other side of the bargaining table does not know the rule.
7+ Particularized Need Elements (1:00- 2:00)
Gathering information not only helps a union zero in on what the members really need in their next contract, but it is a major source of union bargaining power. This class will cover the statutory and case law requirements for a union demand for information.
11+ Essential Elements of a Ground Rules Agreement (2:15 -3:15)
Ground rules have some simple elements and if you are good at bargaining them you can building some complex tools that will help you late in the bargaining process. The presenter will share things he has learned about designing union-favorable ground rules.
7 Most Important Bargaining Proposals (3:15- 4:30)
This class will look at what FLRA has said about the negotiability of proposals related to the biggest issues for employees, e.g., Telework, AWS/CWS, reassignments, awards, temporary promotions, union rights, etc.
Day 2
5+ Management Rights Negotiability Decisions And A Dozen Or So WidelyApplicable Appropriate Arrangement Proposals (9:00 – 10:00)
One of the sources of union bargaining power is the ability to respond to a management claim your initial proposal is non-negotiable with a procedural or appropriate arrangement proposal that accomplishes all or most of what your initial proposal targeted.
10 Ways to Get a Share of Management’s Decision-Making Power (10:15- 11:15)
Bargaining is not a binary exercise where you choose between letting management have all the power to make a decision and shifting all that power to the union to decide. There are a variety of ways to divide the power and this class will identify each of them.
5+ Sources Of Union Bargaining Power (11:15- 12:00)
On the surface, federal sector bargaining disputes are to be settled by evidence, reason and process. In reality, both parties have raw power tools they can use to get things that the impasse process may not give them. This class will identify the sources of union power and the limits on its use.
12 Or So Legal and Tactical Aspects of Navigating FMCS and FSIP Impasse Assistance (1:00-2:30)
If you can’t list a dozen or more legal precedents, regulatory provisions, and tactical options negotiators must confront in the impasse process you will be able to at the end of this class.
12+ Remedies for Bargaining Infractions (2:45 – 4:00)
All too often FLRA issues decisions finding an agency committed a ULP, but limits the remedy to a cease & desist order and a posting. Sadly, that normally happens because the union fails to recognize all the other potential remedies available to them. This class will encourage participants to demand the full range of potential bad faith bargaining remedies when they file the ULP charge. If done correctly, that should greatly increase an agency’s willingness to settle the case.
