Survey of Union Facilities and Services Provisions in Federal Labor Agreements

摘要

Unions in the Federal sector are often granted access to a wide variety of official facilities and services to conduct union business. In most cases, the services are provided gratis; however, some agreements stipulate that the union must lease and/or pay for some services. The facilities and services include, but are not limited to, office space for conducting union business, official space to conduct union meetings and investigate potential grievances, use of agency telephone systems, use of the internal agency mail service, orientating new employees as to the purpose and name of the local union, use of office equipment to distribute union literature and publications on agency property; providing unions with copies of the agreement, free of charge; providing unions with lists of employee positions, grades, etc.; providing unions access to Government and agency regulations; providing reserved parking spaces for union representatives; and printing the name and phone number of union representatives in the employer phone book.