| Comment Number: | OL-10511869 |
| Received: | 3/16/2005 5:58:01 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:
The proposed NSPS violates the collective bargaining rights of all DOD employees as guaranteed by Chapter 71 of title 5 US Code. The lengthy history of labor relations in the federal government as a whole validates the concerns of the DOD worker in this new system. This system essentially turns back the hands of time 75 years to a “Spoils System.” America’s strength in her democracy is worker protections through collective bargaining agreements and workers rights to organize and belong to a union. Workers require a say in their respective work place concerning Safety and Health, in terms and conditions of their employment without fear of reprisal. The new system essentially does away with those legal rights and promotes management knows best philosophy. The unions and collective bargaining should not be regarded as a threat to the DOD and its mission but rather as our backbone to our democracy and freedoms established in the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and established laws. What good is it to promote those principles if they don’t apply to our own citizens and workers? The workers right to organize and negotiate their collective views is the bedrock of democracy...DOD should promote it not oppose it! America is stronger when her workers are employees who are paid fairly, protected on the job and provided with benefits to include health care. The federal government and DOD can only flourish when they tap into workers ideas and giving them a say it in how to do the job.