| Comment Number: | OL-10510035 |
| Received: | 3/16/2005 12:15:16 AM |
| Subject: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Request for Comment |
| Title: | National Security Personnel System |
| CFR Citation: | 5 CFR Chapter XCIX and Part 9901 |
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Comments:
Sections 9901.918 and 919 To add insult to injury, the proposed regulations also provide that no collective bargaining agreement negotiated on a multi-unit basis or at a level above the level of exclusive recognition may be subject to a ratification vote before going into effect. This, despite proposed regulations in section 9901.914 that give DOD the power to veto an agreement within 30 days, that say that even if DOD doesn’t veto an agreement in 30 days it can do so later and that say that “any authorized official” can determine at any time to void any part of an agreement that conflicts with agency regulations. Whether a union requires ratification of a labor contract and the procedures for ratification are the internal business of the union. Unions operate on a principle that may seem foreign to you. Its called democracy. Ratification votes have been a feature of collective bargaining for generations. It is impossible to believe that Congress wanted to preserve collective bargaining and at the same time permit the abolishment of ratification votes.