US Congress House Bill 4878 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-25 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Pending: House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Federal Labor-Management Partnership Act of 2018 This bill establishes the Federal Labor-Management Partnership Council to: (1) advise the President on matters involving labor-management relations in the executive branch; (2) collect and disseminate information about and provide guidance on partnership efforts in the executive branch, including the results of those efforts; and (3) use the expertise of individuals, both inside and outside the federal government, to foster partnership arrangements in the executive branch. The head of each agency that is subject to authority permitting employees of the agency to select an exclusive representative shall take the following actions: (1) create labor-management partnerships by forming labor-management committees or councils at appropriate levels, or adapting existing committees or councils if such groups exist; (2) involve employees and employee representatives as full partners with management representatives to improve the civil service to better serve the public and carry out the mission of the agency; (3) provide systemic training of appropriate agency employees (including line managers, first-line supervisors, and labor organization representatives) in consensual methods of dispute resolution; (4) allow employees and employee representatives to have pre-decisional involvement in all workplace matters to the fullest extent practicable, without regard to whether those matters are negotiable subjects of bargaining; and (5) evaluate progress and improvements in organizational performance resulting from labor-management partnerships.

Federal Labor-Management Partnership Act of 2018

Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-25	House	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
2018-01-25	House	Introduced in House

SB2340 (Same As) 2018-01-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4878/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4878/BILLS-115hr4878ih.pdf