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          <title>WashingtonWatch.com - H.R. 3892, The Federal Labor-Management Partnership Act of 2007</title>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;H.R. 3892 would establish the Federal Labor-Management Partnership Council.&lt;/p&gt;


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&lt;p&gt;Federal Labor-Management Partnership Act of 2007 - Establishes the Federal Labor-Management Partnership Council to advise the President on matters involving labor-management relations in the executive branch. Includes among the Council's activities: (1) supporting the creation of local labor-management partnership councils that promote partnership efforts; (2) collecting and disseminating information about and providing guidance on such efforts; (3) using the expertise of individuals, inside and outside the federal government, to foster partnership arrangements in the executive branch; and (4) proposing statutory changes to improve the civil service to better serve the public and carry out the mission of the various agencies.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Requires the President to designate a Council Chairperson.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Requires the President to direct the head of each agency which is subject to labor-management relations provisions or any other authority permitting employees to select an exclusive representative, to: (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 their 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 employees in consensual methods of dispute resolution; (4) negotiate, at the request of the labor organization, on specified subjects and instruct subordinate officials to do the same; and (5) evaluate progress and improvements in organizational performance resulting from such labor-management partnerships.&lt;/p&gt;


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&lt;p&gt;Latest Major Action: 10/25/2007: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.&lt;/p&gt;


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<description>&lt;p&gt;H.R. 3892 would establish the Federal Labor-Management Partnership Council.&lt;/p&gt;


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&lt;p&gt;Latest Major Action: 10/25/2007: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.&lt;/p&gt;


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<title>Status as of October 25, 2007</title>
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<description>10/25/2007: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.</description>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;H.R. 3892 would establish the Federal Labor-Management Partnership Council.&lt;/p&gt;


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<description>&lt;p&gt;H.R. 3892 would establish the Federal Labor-Management Partnership Council.&lt;/p&gt;


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&lt;h2 id=&quot;toc13&quot;&gt; Status of the Legislation &lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Latest Major Action: 10/18/2007: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.&lt;/p&gt;


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<title>Status as of October 18, 2007</title>
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<description>10/18/2007: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Status as of October 17, 2007</title>
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<description>10/17/2007: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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