FLRA NEWS
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY – WASHINGTON, DC 20424
Contact: Eric Prag FLRA.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 771-444-5859 March 8, 2024
President Biden Issues Executive Order Promoting Labor-Management Forums
On March 6, 2024, President Joseph Biden issued Executive Order 14119 expanding the use of
Apprenticeships and promoting Labor-Management Forums across federal agencies. Regarding
Labor-Management Forums, the Executive Order instructs agencies subject to the Federal
Service Labor-Management Relations Statute to:
i. Establish Labor-Management forums by creating joint labor-management committees or
councils at the levels of recognition and other appropriate levels agreed to by the
employee union and management, or by adapting existing councils or committees if such
groups exist, to help identify problems and propose solutions to better serve the public
and agency mission;
ii. Allow employees and their union representatives to have pre-decisional involvement in
workplace matters, including consultation on Registered Apprenticeship
recommendations and discussions with management for the development of joint
solutions to workplace challenges; and
iii. Evaluate and document, in consultation with union representatives and any further
guidance provided by (the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)), changes in
employee satisfaction, manager satisfaction, and organizational performance resulting
from the Labor-Management Forums.
The Order also requires agency heads with one or more exclusive representatives to submit to
OPM a written implementation plan, within 180 days, addressing these requirements. OPM will
issue guidance concerning implementation of the Executive Order.
In September 2022, the FLRA released a training video on Labor-Management Forums
educating federal employees, unions, and managers on what Labor-Management Forums are,
how they can be integrated into the collective bargaining process using Pre-Decisional
Involvement (PDI), and on ways they can improve labor-management relations.
The FLRA offers training to agencies and unions interested in learning how to create and
manage Labor-Management Forums that improve delivery of government services and improve
quality of work life. Visit FLRA.gov/CADRO or email CADRO@flra.gov for more information.
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The FLRA administers the labor-management relations program for 2.1 million non-Postal federal
employees worldwide, approximately 1.2 million of whom are represented in 2,200 bargaining
units. It is charged with providing leadership in establishing policies and guidance related to
federal-sector labor-management relations and with resolving disputes under, and ensuring
compliance with, the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute.