The Federal Labor Relations Authority on Wednesday announced that it is re-establishing an office that historically has been used to help settle disputes between unions and federal agencies before they result in costly litigation, a further sign of the Biden administration’s more collaborative approach to labor groups.
The Collaboration and Alternative Dispute Resolution Office will work with unions and agencies to voluntarily resolve potential FLRA cases and will train labor and management officials on best practices to prevent conflicts from arising in the first place. The office previous existed from the 1990s until it was shuttered in 2018.
