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Labor-Management Relations in the Department of
the Interior are extensive. In the Department, about 23,000 employees are represented by
unions in 146 separate collective bargaining units.
In the vast majority of cases,
unions hold exclusive recognition in the Department at the activity level. But some unions
hold recognition at higher organizational levels.
Where a union has exclusive recognition, management is obligated to deal with the
union, and only the union, regarding the working conditions of employees represented by
the union. Such dealings, which must occur before management changes working conditions of
these employees, may occur in the context of collective bargaining or labor-management
partnership arrangements.
Three unions have consultation rights with the Department. They are:
1.American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)
2.National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE)
3.Indian Educators Federation (IEF)
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