Welcome to the FCS page of the AFSA website. Stephen Anderson, our FCS Representative, and I look forward to working closely with the membership to establish priorities and raise agenda items - formally and informally - with management over the next two years. AFSA is a professional association as well as a union, and we rely in the first instance on our strong member base to advance our interest in both areas. We face many challenges as you all know, but we hope that you feel you can rely on your AFSA leaders to provide top-notch communications between the membership and management on all issues and to provide close and persistent support on individual issues of interest to members.

You may contact me at Donald.Businger@mail.doc.gov if you have questions or concerns. Stephen's e-mail address is Stephen.Anderson@mail.doc.gov.

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AFSA's Main Rights and Responsibilities as a Labor Union
• The right to negotiate collective
   bargaining agreements;
• To be consulted on any changes in
   government wide or agency matters
   affecting our rights or benefits;
• To negotiate the implementation of
   management actions, and
• To seek appropriate relief via the
   grievance system for members
   adversely affected by management
   actions..