AFMC/AFGE MASTER LABOR
AGREEMENT INDEX
ARTICLE
SUBJECT PAGE
2 RECOGNITION AND COVERAGE 2
3 RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS 4
4 OFFICIAL TIME/UNION REPRESENTATION 7
5 DISCIPLINE AND COUNSELING 15
6 NEGOTIATED GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE AND 19
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
7 ARBITRATION 25
8 DUES WITHHOLDING 31
9 COMMUNICATIONS 37
10 TOTAL QUALITY 38
11 TESTING 39
12 MERIT PROMOTION 40
13 TEMPORARY PROMOTION 46
14 REPROMOTION OF DOWNGRADED EMPLOYEES 47
15 EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE 48
16 REDUCTION-IN-FORCE 54
17 POSITION CLASSIFICATION 55
18 TRAINING 58
19
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
20 DETAILS TO BARGAINING UNIT POSITIONS 64
21 LOANS OF BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES 66
22 TRAVEL/TDY 68
23 ANNUAL LEAVE 73
24 SICK LEAVE 76
25 HEALTH AND SAFETY 79
26 HAZARD AND ENVIRONMENTAL PAY 85
27 WORKERS’ COMPENSATION 86
28 EMPLOYER-UNION COOPERATION AT HQ AFMC 89
29
DEVELOPMENTAL
30 EATING FACILITIES 93
31 CONTRACTING OUT 94
32 DISTRIBUTION & PUBLICITY 96
33 GROUND RULES FOR NEGOTIATIONS DURING THE 98
TERM OF THE AGREEMENT
34 LOCAL SUPPLEMENTS TO THE MASTER AGREEMENT 102
35 DURATION 105
36 CALL-BACK, STANDBY, AND ON-CALL DUTY 106
37 CHILD CARE SERVICES 107
38 UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES 108
39 BASE CLOSURE 109
ARTICLE SUBJECT PAGE
2.01 Recognition and Coverage 2
2.02 Professional Nurses 3
2.03 Exclusions 3
4.01 Numbers of Stewards Authorized 7
4.02 Designation and Recognition of Stewards 7
4.03 Alternate Stewards 7
4.04 Coverage for Areas Without Stewards 8
4.05 Official Time – General 8
4.06 Functions for Which a Reasonable Amount of 8
Official Time is Authorized
4.07 Functions for Which a Limited Amount of Official 9
Time is Authorized
4.08 Restrictions on Official Time 10
4.09 Official Time For Employees 10
4.10 Official Time Release Procedure 10
4.11 Labor Relations Training 11
4.12 Full-Time Council Representative at AFMC Headquarters 12
4.13 Full-Time Local Representatives 12
4.14 Part-Time Secretary-Treasurer 14
5.01 Definition and Coverage 15
5.02 Nondisciplinary Counseling 15
5.03 Nonformal Investigatory Interviews and 15
Representation Rights
5.04 Notice of Proposed Actions and Notice of 16
Final Decisions
5.05 Oral Admonishment 17
ARTICLE
SUBJECT PAGE
5.06 Written Reprimands, Suspensions, and Removals 17
5.07 Records of Disciplinary Actions 17
5.08 Grievances and Appeals 18
5.09 Lesser Penalties 18
5.10 Decisions by Appropriate Authority 18
5.11 Last Chance Agreements 18
6.02 Informal Dispute Resolution 19 6.03 Optional Use of Statutory Appeal Procedures 19
6.04 Grievability/Arbitrability Determination 20
6.05 Extensions of Time Limits 20
6.06 Union Observer at Grievances Where Employees 21
Represent Themselves
6.07 Protection from Reprisal 21
6.08 Negotiated Grievance Procedures for Employee Grievances 21
6.09
6.10
6.11 Witnesses 24
7.01 Invoking Arbitration at Activity Level 25
7.02 Invoking Arbitration at Command Level 25
7.03 Date and Site of Arbitration 26
7.04 Arbitrator Fees and Expenses 27
7.05 Questions of Grievability/Arbitrability 27
7.06 Proceedings-Arbitrator’s Authority-Award 27
7.07 Witnesses 28
7.08 Expedited Arbitration 28
8.01 Authorization 31
8.02 Initiating and Canceling Dues 31
8.03 Criteria for Noneligibility 31
8.04 Union Responsibilities 31
8.05 Management Responsibilities 32
8.06 Effective Dates for Dues Withholding Actions 34
ARTICLE
SUBJECT PAGE
8.07 Changes in Dues Amounts 35
8.08 Administrative Errors 35
8.09 Provisions of 5 USC Section 7102 36
8.10 Remittance of Dues Monies 36
9.01 General 37
9.02 Media Access to Union Officials with On-Base Union Offices 37
9.03 AF Telephone System 37
9.04 On-line Publications 37
10.01 Philosophy 38
10.02 Commitment 38
10.03 Participation 38
11.01 Required Tests 39
11.02 Retesting 39
11.03 Regulatory Guidelines 39
11.04 Federal Highway Act Testing 39
12.01 General 40
12.02 Scope and Coverage of Article 40
12.03 Skills Locator/Vacancy Announcement 40
12.04 Content of Vacancy Announcements 41
12.05 Noncompetitive/Competitive Procedures 41
12.06 Area of Consideration 41
12.07 Expansion of Area of Consideration 42
12.08 Career Programs 42
12.09 Promotion Plan Templates (Templates) 42
12.10 Promotion Certificates 43
12.11 Tie Breaking by Seniority 43
12.12 Interviews 43
12.13 Time Limit for Acting on Certificate 43
12.14 Notification of Selection/Nonselection 44
12.15 Access to Promotion Information 44
12.16 Post Audit of Promotion Actions 44
12.17 Noncompetitive Promotion 44
ARTICLE SUBJECT PAGE
13.01 Mandatory Temporary Promotions 46
13.02 First Consideration 46
13.03 Use of Competition 46
14.01 Priority Consideration 47
14.02 Referral of Candidates 47
14.03 Selection 47
15.01 General 48
15.02 Performance Evaluation 48
15.03 Performance Recognition 50
15.04 Performance Problems 51
15.05 Within-Grade Increases 52
15.06 Supervisory Appraisals 53
15.07 Performance Studies 53
15.08 Medical Issues 53
15.09 Compliance With Law 53
15.10 Employee Dissatisfaction 53
17.01 Content of Position Description/Core Document 55
17.02 Changes to Position Descriptions/Core Document 55
17.03 Complaints Over Position Descriptions/Core Document 55
17.04 Classification Complaints 56
17.05 Classification Surveys 56
17.06 Survey Results 56
17.07 Application of New Position Classification Standards 56
17.08 Reform 57
ARTICLE
SUBJECT PAGE
18.01 General 58
18.02 Training/Retraining in Critical Skills 58
18.03 Identification of Training Needs 58
18.04 Retraining on Technological Change 59
18.05 Employer and Employee Responsibilities 59
18.06 On-the-Job Training/Records 59
18.07 Training Needs 59
18.08 Off-Base Job-Related Training 59
18.09 Special Shift Arrangements 60
18.10 Training Records 60
19.01 Policy 61
19.02 Policy and Program Objectives 61
19.03 EEO Advisory Committees 62
19.04 Responsibilities of Supervisors 62
19.05 Responsibilities of Employees 62
19.06 Changes In Affirmative Employment Plans 63
20.01 General 64
20.02 Detail Selection Process 64
21.01 Definition 66
21.02 Distribution of Loans 66
21.03 Loans Outside the Bargaining Unit 66
21.04 Duration of Loans 66
21.05 Loan Selection Process 66
22.01 Scheduling of Official Travel 68
22.02 Contents of Travel Orders 68
22.03 Advance Funds for Travel 68
22.04 Use of Government Quarters 69
22.05 Procedures for Inadequate Quarters Complaints 69
22.06 Exceptions to Use of Government Quarters 69
ARTICLE
SUBJECT PAGE
22.07 Standards of Adequacy 69
22.08 Eating Facilities 70
22.09 Mode of Travel 70
22.10 Selection Procedures 70
22.11 TDY Shift Assignments 71
22.12 Return Travel 71
22.13 TDY Records 71
22.14 Recovery Time 71
22.15 Vicinity Travel 72
22.16 Permissive TDY 72
23.01 Annual Leave Approval 73
23.02 Scheduling 73
23.03 Conflicts Over Scheduled Leave 73
23.04 Canceling/Rescheduling 73
23.05 Changes to Leave Schedules 73
23.06 Call-in Procedure For Requesting Annual Leave 74
23.07 Leave for Death in Immediate Family 74
23.08 Leave for Religious Holiday 74
23.09 Leave/Work during Activity Shutdown 75
23.10 Accrual/Availability of Leave 75
23.11 Leave for Internal Union Functions 75
24.01 Call-in Procedure for Requesting Sick Leave 76
24.02 Documentation for Sick Leave of More Than 3 Days 77
24.03 Identification and Correction of Sick Leave Abuse 77
24.04 Release by Base Medical Facility 78
24.05 Privacy of Records 78
24.06 Advance Sick Leave for Serious Disability or Illness 78
25.01 General Policy 79
25.02 Publicity 79
25.03 Local Activity Committees 79
25.04 Health and Safety Standards 80
25.05 Protective Clothing, Equipment, Tools 80
25.06 Employee Safety Training 80