NFFE
NFFE affiliated with this Union in 1999
What is International Association of Machinists (or IAM)?
People that are part of this group can expect the Union to treat them equally in protecting their rights under the CBA
What is the Bargaining Unit?
An alternate name for the "the contract"
What is "collective bargaining agreement", "CBA", or "Master Agreement"
"ULP" stands for this
What is Unfair Labor Practice Charge
Rock-like member of the Fantastic Four
What is Thing?
What N.F.F.E. stands for
What is National Federation of Federal Employees
This ending to the grievance describes what is needed to resolve the matter
What is requested rellief?
Some locals rushed to complete contract bargaining before the line-up of this changed
What is the Federal Service Impasses Panel (or impasses panel or FSIP)?
This is the result of the FLRA lacking a General Counsel
What is FLRA unable to issue a complaint (or take a case before a judge)?
At a memorable meeting, this person was told that the entire coalition that would stop BRAC base closures was "just us"
Who is Randy Erwin?
Umbrella organization that both NFFE and IAM are members of
What is the AFL-CIO?
The end to this prompts a grievance from the Union, even though the topic is referenced nowhere in the contract
What is a past practice?
All Union-Management negotiations other than the contract
What is mid-term bargaining?
The step before filing the ULP
What is Let NFFE Legal review it (and - depending on your CBA - send Management a pre-notification)?
Numbers, types and grades of employees & Methods and means of performing work fall under this proposal category
What is a Permissive topic of bargaining?
Average rate of NFFE membership growth over the last 2.5 years
What is 1% per month (or 32% altogether)?
This alternative to a grievance can be used when an employee is suspended for 15 days for spitting on the Director
What is Merit Systems Protection Board appeal?
Disagreements over whether the contract was violated are decided by this person
Who is the arbitrator?
The deadline to file an Unfair Labor Practice Charge
What is six months?
Budget expense that anti-federal employee groups are most likely to target in order to fund tax cuts?
What is federal employees' retirement benefit?
Former NFFE attorney Susan Tsui Grundmann is currently part of this trio
What is the Authority (of the Federal Labor Relations Authority)?
This official determines grievance outcomes on important issues that the Union and Management can't work out
What is the arbitrator?
What is Agency Head Review?
Local's best reaction to the Agency announcing a negative change being taken under Management Rights
What is Request to bargain (or -prior to that -request a briefing)?
This is violated in an Unfair Labor Practice
What is "The Statute" (or 5 USC 7116)?