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Department Hosts First Public Meeting of D.C. Employee/Administrator
Partnership
As part of President Clinton's commitment to the District of Columbia,
the U.S. Labor Department today hosted a symposium for the newly created D.C.
Labor-Management Partnership Council. The council, which has the support of the
mayor, the control board and city employee unions, will provide a forum for
municipal labor and management to work together and better deliver city
services. The department has dedicated three full-time employees to the
initiative and has provided the necessary technical assistance and information
to create the venture.
"We hope the result of this partnership effort will be better city
services, a more efficient city government and a healthier relationship between
city administrators, workers and taxpayers," said Secretary of Labor Alexis M.
Herman.
"The Labor Department is committed to helping build and sustain a solid,
efficient and long-lasting partnership between the D.C. government's labor and
management," said Deputy Labor Secretary Kitty Higgins. "The D.C.
Labor-Management Partnership Council holds great promise for improving the
cost, quality and delivery of city services to the nation's capitol."
The partnership agreement between labor and management, brokered by the
department, adopts a framework based on the Secretary of Labor's Task Force on
Excellence in State and Local Government. The task force report details the
successes through labor-management cooperation of more than 60 cities,
including Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Philadelphia, all of which had
representatives leading breakout sessions today on their experience and
successes.
The top-level D.C. Labor-Management Partnership Council will be composed
of top mayoral lieutenants, City Administrator Michael Rogers, AFL-CIO
Metropolitan Labor Council President Josh Williams and city council and control
board members, among others. The department and the Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service each will dedicate three full-time advisors to facilitate
the partnership and work directly with agency administrators and unionized city
workers to help create a new, dynamic and efficient work environment.
Over 200 invited representatives from labor and management participated
in today's activities, which included a session on how to build and sustain the
partnerships under the agreement.
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