Labor Relations
GSFC-GESTA Collective Bargaining Agreement
Article 43 General Provisions
SECTION 43.01 GESTA will be given advance notification of any general personnel program reviews at the GSFC to be conducted by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), NASA Headquarters, or other Federal agencies.
SECTION 43.02 No investigation, survey, or questionnaire shall be processed by Management which would abridge, deny, or encroach upon an employee's legal or civil rights under the Law. To the extent possible, copies of any survey or questionnaire shall be furnished to GESTA five (5) workdays prior to distribution to employees in the Bargaining Units.
SECTION 43.03 The parties recognize the need for a pre-retirement counseling program. Management shall consider the recommendations of GESTA in planning and operating the program. Upon request, arrangements shall be made for the GESTA President or his/her designee to meet with the Program Coordinator in the Office of Human Resources to present GESTA's views and suggestions concerning retirement counseling activities.
SECTION 43.04 The parties recognize the right of employees to be represented or assisted by GESTA in connection with complaints concerning a merit promotion action involving positions outside the Bargaining Units. Unit employees covered by this Agreement have the right of access to the Negotiated Grievance Procedure provided for in Article 16 of this Agreement to handle those complaints.
SECTION 43.05 Upon request, and in accordance with the Privacy Act, a Unit employee shall be permitted to review any record maintained by the Center on that employee. The request for records review will be filed with the appropriate office or, when required, with the Center's Privacy Act Officer, and responded to within ten (10) days. Management will notify employees annually of their right to review records maintained under NASA's systems of records as published in the Federal Register. The notice will include information on where employees may go to review a complete list of records maintained under NASA's systems of records.
SECTION 43.06 To the extent feasible, GESTA agrees to notify the Labor Relations Officer thirty (30) days in advance of its intent to file an Unfair Labor Practice. During the thirty day period, Management and GESTA will meet in a good faith effort to resolve the issue(s).
