Passport Services & Local 1998 Documents
Below are various documents (MOU's, settlement agreements, etc.) relevant to labor-management relations generated by NFFE Local 1998 and Passport Services.  For the collective bargaining agreement (aka "contract", or "CBA") between Passport Services and NFFE Local 1998, click on the "Contract (CBA)" link on the left-hand side of the main page. 

 

 Memorandums of Understanding/Joint Memos
 
New Passport Specialists performance elements: Joint Memo 5-23-2008 
 
MOU signed by Union and Management to resolve Unfair Labor Practice charge regarding Management's decision to contract out the passport application execution/acceptance function: MOU 1-29-2008  
MOU signed by Union and Management regarding use of other Department of State personnel to perform the passport application execution/acceptance function: MOU 1-29-2008 
 Settlement Agreements 
 
Second shift/night shift grievance settlement: Settlement Agreement 5-22-2008 
 
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime pay grievance settlement: Settlement Agreement 2-11-2005 
 
Work schedules arbitration settlement agreement: Arbitration Settlement Agreement 11-29-2004
 
 Union/Management Council Meeting Minutes 
National Union/Management Council Meeting Minutes:

August 6, 2003 NUMC Official (Joint) Meeting Minutes

December 3-4, 2002 NUMC Official (Joint) Meeting Minutes

September 25, 2001 NUMC Official (Joint) Meeting Minutes


Local office Union/Management Council Meeting Minutes: 

 

 

 
 
  Local Policy/Practice Agreements 
 
 
Work Schedules Dress Code 
Washington DC Work Schedules Agreement 05-01-2006
(NOTE: needs to be updated to reflect the 4/10 CWS on the night shift, per the 5-22-2008 Settlement Agreement) 
 
Washington DC Dress Code 06-01-2006 
Seattle Work Schedules Agreement 11-17-2004
 
Union Orientation 
Houston Work Schedules Agreement 10-17-2001
 
NPC Union Orientation SOP 5-5-2008 
 
New Orleans Work Schedules Agreement 7-6-2000
(NOTE: some terms of the New Orleans agreement were superseded by the 07-03-2001 CBA) 
 
Seating Assignments
Seattle Seating Assignment Agreement 5-29-2008 
 FLRA Documents relating to NFFE Local 1998 & Passport Services 
 
Negotiability Appeal Decision:  Decision and Order on Negotiability Issues: 60 FLRA No. 34.  The FLRA issued a decision in this negotiability appeal, ruling that the Union's proposals - including the proposal to "maintain the status quo" - were negotiable, in response to Management's attempt to terminate three compressed work schedules.  Management was ordered to substantively bargain with the Union prior to terminating the compressed work schedules.  (August 17, 2004)
 
Order Dismissing Exceptions: This decision by the FLRA came in an "exception" (an appeal) of an arbitrator's decision.  The FLRA denied the exception on the basis that the Union had withdrawn the grievance: 48 FLRA No. 117. (December 8, 1993)
 
Unfair Labor Practice Charge: The FLRA upheld an Unfair Labor Practice Charge filed by NFFE Local 1998 regarding Passport Services' refusal to provide the addresses of bargaining unit employees: 43 FLRA No. 36. (November 27, 1991)  
 
Order Denying Application for Review: This decision by the FLRA ended Management's attempt to decertify NFFE Local 1998 as the exclusive representative of Passport Services bargaining unit employees: 35 FLRA No. 129. (May 30, 1990)
 
Certification of Consolidation of Units: Consolidation of Union: FLRA Case No. 3-UC-50003.  The FLRA certified NFFE Local 1998 as the exclusive representative of all Passport Services bargaining unit employees nationwide.  (September 10, 1985)
 
Certification of Representative: Following the original certification issued in 1981, NFFE Local 1998 is certified as the exclusive Union representative for all Passport Services employees at the Washington, DC Headquarters: FLRA Case No. 3-RO-20016. (April 22, 1983)