| Comment Number: | OL-10511303 |
| Received: | 3/16/2005 2:58:23 PM |
| 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:
On page 7570, DoD excludes numerous categories of employees from coverage under bargaining units, including clerical personnelists. They state, "...inclusion of clerical personnelists in the bargaining unit prohibits the personnel officer from using his or her full staff in areas that are vital to the efficient accomplishment of the mission." This is insulting. It implies that members of a bargaining unit cannot contribute to the mission of their office, and hence the mission of the DoD. This cannot be further from the truth. Membership in a bargaining unit has nothing to do with an employee's performance or contribution. This statement is false and misleading, and serves to do nothing but inflame employees.