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11 is category includes both interest based and position based negotiations. FMCS, FSIP, and interest arbitration services are also included in this category. Dispute Resolution: Official time granted for employee representation functions in connection with such things as grievances, arbitrations, adverse actions, alternative dispute resolution (ADR), and other labor relations complaint and appellate processes. is category may also include union counseling of employees on problems, phone calls, e-mails, and meetings with Management concerning employee complaints/problems that are pre-grievance or pre-complaint, but not part of any formal ADR process. General Labor-Management Relationship: Official time authorized for representational functions in connection with all other activities not covered by the categories of Negotiations and Dispute Resolution. is category might include labor-management committees, partnership activities where the Union is represented, consultation, pre-decisional meetings, walk-around time for OSHA inspections, labor-relations training for Union Representatives, and formal and Weingarten-type meetings under 5 USC§7114(a)(2)(A) and (B). SECTION 17. For Union locals with one hundred (100) or less Union members, one (1) Union delegate shall be granted annual leave, LWOP, compensatory time, travel compensatory time, or accrued credit hours to attend the Union's annual convention. For locals with more than one hundred (100) members, one (1) additional delegate shall be granted such leave for each additional fiy (50) Union members. Annual leave, compensatory time, travel compensatory time, or accrued credit hours for other employees who wish to attend the convention, may be approved unless prohibited by staffing and workload. Leave requests under this Section shall be submitted six (6) weeks in advance. Any questions regarding the number of Union members shall be resolved using dues withholding figures pursuant to Article 11 of this Agreement. SECTION 18. e amounts of official time contained in this Agreement may not be increased or decreased. Exceptions to this Section may be agreed to only by the Parties at the national level.

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