Article 46
Bargaining History
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Section 1 is basically carryover language from the previous Agreement. With respect to Union office space, the locations where Local 12 is provided office space is in the Frances Perkins Building (FPB) and in the building occupied by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This issue was fully bargained and is not open for further negotiations during the life of the Agreement unless mutually agreed to by the parties.

Section 4 was revised to reflect that three (3) parking spaces in the Frances Perkins Building would be provided to the Union. Parking for the Union in outlying buildings may be the subject of mid-term negotiations when triggered by some change in the status quo.

Section 10 provides that Local 12 may use DOL's internal mail system to distribute its newletter to employees. The parties agreed that the Department is not required to distribute newsletters containing attacks on individual managers or the Department's Management in general. This is not to say that the Department has any censorship over the Union's newsletter. Rather, in the event the Department chooses not to distribute a particular newsletter for the stipulated reasons, Local 12 is always free to print and distribute the newsletter on its own.