(a) Every labor organization subject to the requirements of the
CSRA, the FSA, or the CAA shall inform its members concerning the
standards of conduct provisions of the Acts and the regulations in this
subchapter. Labor organizations shall provide such notice to members by
October 2, 2006 and thereafter to all new members within 90 days of the
time they join and to all members at least once every three years.
Notice must be provided by hand delivery, U.S. mail or e-mail or a
combination of the three as long as the method is reasonably calculated
to reach all members. Such notice may be included with the required
notice of local union elections. Where a union newspaper is used to
provide notice, the notice must be conspicuously placed on the front
page of the newspaper, or the front page should have a conspicuous
reference to the inside page where the notice appears, so that the
inclusion of the notice in a particular issue is readily apparent to
each member.
(b) A labor organization may demonstrate compliance with the
requirements of paragraph (a) of this section by showing that another
labor organization provided an appropriate notice to all of its members
during the necessary time frame.
(c) Labor organizations may use the Department of Labor publication
Union Member Rights and Officer Responsibilities under the Civil
Service Reform Act (available on the OLMS Web site at http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/olms/CSRAFactSheet.pdf
for the pdf
version and http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/olms/CSRAFactSheet.htm
for the html version) or may devise their own
language as long as the notice accurately states all of the CSRA
standards of conduct provisions as set forth in the fact sheet.
(d) If a labor organization has a Web site, the site must contain a
conspicuous link to Union Member Rights and Officer Responsibilities
under the Civil Service Reform Act or, alternatively, to the labor
organization's own notice prepared in accordance with paragraph (c) of
this section.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 24th day of May 2006.
Victoria A. Lipnic,
Assistant Secretary for Employment Standards.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 24th day of May 2006.
Don Todd,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Labor-Management Programs.
[FR Doc. E6-8626 Filed 6-1-06; 8:45 am]
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