FLRA NEWS
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY – WASHINGTON, DC 20424
Contact: Eric Prag FLRA.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 771-444-5859 October 30, 2024
FLRA Announces Reappointments to the Foreign Service Impasses Disputes Panel
Susan Tsui Grundmann, Chairman of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), in her
capacity as Chairperson of the Foreign Service Labor Relations Board (FSLRB), announces the
reappointment of the following Members on the Foreign Service Impasse Disputes Panel
(FSIDP):
• Brandi A. Peters (Department of Labor Member, FSIDP term to expire November 17,
2027);
• Jay R. Raman (Foreign Service Member, FSIDP term to expire November 17, 2027); and
• John L. Woods, Jr. (Public Member, FSIDP term to expire November 17, 2027)
All FSIDP Members serve on a part-time basis, as impasse disputes involving the Foreign
Service arise.
Chairman Grundmann stated: “I am pleased to reappoint these distinguished, highly-qualified
individuals to continue service on the FSIDP. FSIDP Members play a key role in ensuring
productive labor-management relations in the Foreign Service.”
Leadership biographies and more information on FSIDP can be found here.
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The Foreign Service Impasse Disputes Panel was created by the Foreign Service Act of 1980, 22
U.S.C. §§ 4101-4118 to assist in resolving impasses arising in the course of collective
bargaining under the Act over conditions of employment affecting Foreign Service personnel
working for the U.S. Agency for Global Media (formerly the Broadcasting Board of Governors),
the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Departments of State, Agriculture, and
Commerce.
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.