Worker Empowerment
Over the past five decades, the Federal Government’s labor-management relations program has evolved from a 1962 Executive Order granting limited collective bargaining rights to a formal collective bargaining program established by law in 1978– the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (FSLMRS). The FLMRS has set the tone for labor-management relations in the Federal Government since it became effective. It includes a Congressional finding that labor organizations and collective bargaining in the civil service are in the public interest. OPM is pleased to be leading the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to promote worker empowerment and collective bargaining within the federal workforce. By working with our labor union partners, we can enhance the ability of agencies to deliver high-quality services to the American public.
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Current Federal Employees
Explore the many rights Federal employees have under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute
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HR Practitioners
Use the resources in the section to provide support to managers and supervisors when navigating the Federal labor-management relations process
"Over the past five decades, the Federal Government’s labor-management relations program has evolved from a 1962 Executive Order granting limited collective bargaining rights to a formal collective bargaining program established by law in 1978– the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (FSLMRS). The FLMRS has set the tone for labor-management relations in the Federal Government since it became effective. It includes a Congressional finding that labor organizations and collective bargaining in the civil service are in the public interest. OPM is pleased to be leading the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to promote worker empowerment and collective bargaining within the federal workforce. By working with our labor union partners, we can enhance the ability of agencies to deliver high-quality services to the American public."
- OPM Acting Director Rob Shriver