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TRAINING     FLRA TRAINING The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) provided training in 2008.  This training covered a wide spectrum of topics from filing Unfair Labor Practices (ULP) and grievances to when does an employee have the right to union representation.  Each power point presentation provides information to a specific portion of Chapter 71 of 5 USC (The Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute).  In each instance case law is provided in italics if you want to go on line and look up how the FLRA ruled on cases.   FLRA and ULPs  This presentation explains the make-up of the FLRA and what the job of each entity within the FLRA is.  Explains what constitutes an ULP and how the process works.     Scope of Bargaining  This presentation explains what is within the law to bargain.  Discusses items such as conditions of employement, items outside the scope of bargaining, negotiable proposals, etc.    Interference and Discrimination  This presentation explains defines what the rights of a union are and what constitutes interference and discrimination by an employer in trying to prohibit union activities.   Requests for information  This presentation defines the union's rights to ask for specific types of information that may pertain to a grievance or ULP that has been filed.  Defines how the union must ask for the information and the requirements the employer must follow to provide the needed information.    Duty to Bargain  This presentation identifies the requirements for both the employer and the union to bargain.  It defines the bargaining between the employer and the union on a negotiated contract for the union and procedures for bargaining over a change in working conditions.   Meetings  This presentation defines what constitutes a formal meeting where a bargaining unit employee is entitled to have a union representative with him/her during the meeting.  Also discusses what is considered bypassing the union when an employer, during a grivance procedure, talks directly to the employee(s) who filed the grievance, instead of the union.