Office of Compliance FY2017 Annual Report - 24

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

The OOC has jurisdiction over approximately twenty bargaining units composed of employees including masons,
carpenters, electricians, plumbers, visitor guides, and police officers.

The CAA protects
a covered
employee's right
to form, join, or
assist a labor
organization
without fear of
penalty or reprisal.
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LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
CAA Section 220 (2 U.S.C. § 1351)
makes the Federal Service LaborManagement Relations Statute
(FSLMRS) applicable to covered
employees and employing offices
within the legislative branch and
prohibits unfair labor practices by
both employing offices and labor
organizations. The CAA protects a
covered employee's right to form,
join, or assist a labor organization
without fear of penalty or reprisal.
It also protects those who choose not
to join or participate in a
labor organization.
The OGC is responsible for
protecting the labor-management
relations rights of covered
employees and employing offices
through the investigation of unfair

labor practice (ULP) charges and
prosecution of ULP complaints.
The Board of Directors has the
authority to issue final decisions on
union representation and election
issues, negotiability petitions, and
exceptions to arbitrators' awards.
The Board also serves as the
appellate body that reviews Hearing
Officers' decisions regarding
ULP complaints. The OOC has
jurisdiction over approximately
twenty union-represented
bargaining units composed of a
wide variety of employees, including
police officers, masons, carpenters,
electricians, plumbers, freight and
material handlers, visitor guides
and visitor assistants, power
plant laborers, photographers and
videographers, and clerical and
administrative workers.

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