Alcoholic Beverages  |  Cafeteria/Snack Bar  |  Commissary
Day Care Center  |  Equipment/Facilities  |  Information  |  License/Examination  |  Mail Services
Meals/Food/Beverage  |  Office Work Space  |  Parking  |  Paycheck/Leave/Earnings Statement
Recreation Facilities and Equipment  |  Services/Equipment to Unions  |  Telephone/Autovon/Beepers
Travel/Transportation/Lodging/Vehicle  |  Uniforms  |  Miscellaneous

1. Prohibiting the dispensation of alcoholic beverages only to persons on duty by membership associations of non–appropriated fund instrumentalities, as opposed to prohibiting the dispensation of such beverages to all employees during duty hours regardless of whether or not an employee is on duty. NFFE, Local 1363, 12 FLRA 635 [NN]
2. Permitting off duty employees to drink alcoholic beverages in membership associations. NFFE, Local 1363, 12 FLRA 665 [NN]

Cafeteria/Snack Bar

1. Management to take whatever action it can to ensure that prices in the employees’ cafeteria do not rise faster than the income of employees and post on the bulletin board outside the cafeteria a statement of the percentage increase in prices, month by month and cumulative for the year. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 32, 8 FLRA 409 [N]
2. Management and the union will cooperate in the continuing effort to establish and maintain equity in prices and quality of services at the snack bar. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 51, 9 FLRA 809 [N]
3. Agency to furnish food workers meals valued at a price higher than provided by agency policy. AFGE, AFL–CIO, AFGE, Locals 2670 and 1504, 10 FLRA 71, Proposals 1 and 2 [N]
4. Agency to provide adequate space for employees to store, prepare and eat their lunches. AFGE, Social Security Local 3231, AFL–CIO, 16 FLRA 47, Proposal 1 [N]
5. Providing a refrigerator, a stove and/or microwave oven, eating utensils, a telephone, a coffee maker or dispensing machines, and a sink and/or dishwasher. AFGE, Social Security Local 3231, AFL–CIO, 16 FLRA 47, Proposal 2 [N]
6. Agency to take whatever action it could to ensure that prices in the cafeteria did not rise faster than the income of employees, including subsidizing the prices. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 32, 29 FLRA 380, Proposal 1 [N]
7. Requiring that renovation, modification and fabrication of a structure or space for use as a cafeteria be delayed pending completion of negotiations. NAGE, Local R1–134, 38 FLRA 589, Proposal 1 [N]
8. The quality of food services. NAGE, Local R1–134, 38 FLRA 589, Proposal 2 [N]
9. The level of monetary contributions to the food services board derived from the vending machines operations. NAGE, Local R1–134, 38 FLRA 589, Proposal 3 [NN]
10. The level of monetary contributions to the food services board derived from the mobile food service. NAGE, Local R1–134, 38 FLRA 589, Proposal 4 [NN]
11. Requiring that an American flag be prominently displayed at or near the proposed cafeteria. NAGE, Local R1–144, 43 FLRA 1331, Proposal 1 [NN]
12. The cafeteria will have seating capacity for not less than 30 percent of the agency population. NAGE, Local R1–144, 43 FLRA 1331, Proposal 2 [N]
13. A private dining room will be provided for unit members with no less than 15 percent of total capacity. NAGE, Local R1–144, 43 FLRA 1331, Proposal 3 [N]
14. “Drive through” services will be available during all normal hours. NAGE, Local R1–144, 43 FLRA 1331, Proposal 4 [N]
15. Requiring the cafeteria to provide services from 6:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. for breakfast, lunch, and supper, and to make snacks available at all times the cafeteria is open. NAGE, Local R1–144, 43 FLRA 1331, Proposal 5 [N]
16. All entrees will be available and sold as a complete meal and a la carte is negotiable. NAGE, Local R1–144, 43 FLRA 1331, Proposal 6 [N]
17. A minimum of 10 percent of gross income per month will be remitted to the Welfare and Recreation Board and none of the monies will be retained for more than 45 days. NAGE, Local R1–144, 43 FLRA 1331, Proposal 7 [NN]
18. All furnishings provided by the contractor will become the property of the Welfare and Recreation Board at the end of a ten-year period or when either the contractor or the agency closes the facility. NAGE, Local R1–144, 43 FLRA 1331, Proposal 8 [NN]
19. Any leftovers will be priced at 50 percent of the original cost. NAGE, Local R1–144, 43 FLRA 1331, Proposal 9 [N]
20. No frozen, canned or dried products may be used unless fresh products are not available locally, and signs will notify patrons when fresh products are not in use. NAGE, Local R1–144, 43 FLRA 1331, Proposal 10 [N]
21. Second day leftovers will be made available to the needy without charge. NAGE, Local R1–144, 43 FLRA 1331, Proposal 11 [NN]
22. Customers will be provided with chilled water equivalent to “Crystal Spring” in quality and taste. NAGE, Local R1–144, 43 FLRA 1331, Proposal 12 [N]
23. Four microwave ovens will be available for patrons’ use. NAGE, Local R1–144, 43 FLRA 1331, Proposal 13 [N]
24. Separate dining tables will be designated for contractor personnel. NAGE, Local R1–144, 43 FLRA 1331, Proposal 14 [NN]
25. All furnishings and facilities will be new and unused and not more than five years old from the date of manufacture. NAGE, Local R1–144, 43 FLRA 1331, Proposal 15 [N]
26. No disposable utensils or plates will be used except for take–out service. NAGE, Local R1–144, 43 FLRA 1331, Proposal 16 [N]
27. The parties to agree on a specified location for the cafeteria. NAGE, Local R1–144, 43 FLRA 1331, Proposal 17 [N]
28. Requiring the agency to discharge an outstanding utility debt owed to it by the Food Service Operation. IAF, Local F–48, 44 FLRA 302, Proposal 1 [NN]
29. Agency will contribute to the Mare Island Civilian Recreation Association the sum of $1000 per month until the Food Service Board resumes such payments. IAF, Local F–48, 44 FLRA 302, Proposal 2 [NN]
30. Requiring an audit of the financial records of the Food Service Operation, at Government expense. IAF, Local F–48, 44 FLRA 302, Proposal 3 [NN]
31. The agency will payoff a loan balance owed to the Naval Military Personnel Command. IAF, Local F–48, 44 FLRA 302, Proposal 4 [NN]
32. Requiring the agency to:  1) provide firefighters who choose to eat-their meals–outside of the fire station with access to all base dining facilities; and 2) authorize firefighters who choose to eat in dining facilities to drive Government response vehicles to and from those facilities and to carry communications equipment. NFFE, Local 1214, 45 FLRA 1121, Proposal 1 [NN]
33. Requiring that a McDonald's restaurant be located in the Scott Center Annex. IFPTE, Local 35, 54 FLRA 1377 [N]

Commissary

1. Eliminating limits placed on commissary, exchange and other purchases. NFFE, Local 1363, 4 FLRA 139 [N]
2. Granting all pilots and their families military commissary and related privileges. International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots, 13 FLRA 508, Proposal 10 [NN]
3. Permitting commissary employees who are entitled to commissary privileges to purchase food items for other commissary employees. NAGE, SEIU, AFL–CIO, 16 FLRA 361, Proposal 1 [NN]
4. Giving unit employees access to various base facilities including the Exchange, retail food outlets, and special services recreation morale support facilities. Antilles Consolidated Education Association, 22 FLRA 235, Parts A-D [NN]
5. Granting exchange privileges to unit employees. AFGE, Local 2614, 43 FLRA 830 [N]
6. Allowing all civilian employees at the base to shop at the exchange. NAGE, Local R1–100, 46 FLRA 520 [NN]
7. Granting exchange privileges to bargaining unit employees. Antilles Consolidated Education Association, 46 FLRA 625 [N]
8. Seeking to continue a past practice of extending PX shopping privileges to all NAP instrumentality employees. AFGE, Local 1786, 49 FLRA 534 [N]
9. Involving shopping privileges at the base exchange. SEIU, Local 556, 49 FLRA 1205 [N]

Day Care Center

1. Providing for space and facilities for union–operated day care centers. AFGE, AFL–CIO, 2 FLRA 604, Proposal 1 [N]
2. Agency to seek authorization and funds to provide free day care centers. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 32, 6 FLRA 423, Proposal 1 [N]
3. Day care be either provided or paid for the children of relocated employees requesting such service. NTEU, 30 FLRA 677, Proposal 3 [N]
4. Civilian employees will be permitted to enroll dependents in the child development center, up to 10 percent of the total enrollment. AFGE, Local 1501, 38 FLRA 1515, Provision 1 [N]
5. Civilian employees will be placed on waiting lists at the center on an alternating basis with military personnel. AFGE, Local 1501, 38 FLRA 1515, Provision 2 [N]
6. Specified waiting lists will be established for each age group at the center. AFGE, Local 1501, 38 FLRA 1515, Provision 3 [N]
7. Requiring the agency to provide free child care. NAGE, Local R4–26, 40 FLRA 118, Proposal 4 [N] (to the extent it does not require the agency to provide free child care at facilities operated for members of the armed forces).
8. Providing child development center employees a 50 percent discount on the fee normally charged the employee for child care services when the services are provided by the center during the employee’s duty hours. NAGE, Local R4–6, 42 FLRA 687, Proposal 8 [NN]
9. Requiring that child care services be provided at each of the agency’s facilities for fees which are comparable to fees charged at similar Department of Defense facilities in the areas. NAGE, 43 FLRA 414, Proposal 1 [N]. Reversed in Veterans Affairs v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, No. 92-1111 (D.C. Cir. 1993). Unpublished.
10. The Union will designate all bargaining unit employees who will participate on child care panels. NAGE, 48 FLRA 599, Proposal 2 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
11. Requiring the agency to agree to the exclusive use of an OPM-based child care subsidy program, instead of a program that also requires compliance with any DOD–related laws and regulations. AFGE, Local 3529, 59 FLRA 619 [NN, LAW]

Equipment/Facilities

1. Permitting employees to use privately owned weapons. AFGE, AFL–CIO, International Council of U.S. Marshals Service Locals, 4 FLRA 384, Proposal 1 (second paragraph) [PN]
2. The gun range will be open for practice and qualifying in the evenings and on Saturdays. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 2272, 9 FLRA 1004, Proposal 6 [N]
3. Agency to hire qualified readers for the blind. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1858, 10 FLRA 440, Proposal 3, Paragraph A [NN]
4. Agency to provide taped documents for the blind and to provide teletypewriters for deaf employees. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1858, 10 FLRA 440, Proposal 3, Paragraphs B and C [PN]
5. Agency to issue certain employees calculators. NFFE, Council of Consolidated SSA Locals, 13 FLRA 422, Proposal 1 [PN]
6. Management to provide housing, including telephone and utilities, free for all pilots and their families. International Organization of Master, Mates and Pilots, 13 FLRA 508, Proposal 5 [NN]
7. Use of seniority to decide which employee will have use of equipment when more than one needs to use the same equipment. LIUNA, AFL–CIO–CLC, Local 1267, 14 FLRA 686, Proposal 7, Section 7C [NN]
8. Agency to provide lockers or other secure areas for employees to store personal items during working hours. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1770, 17 FLRA 752, Proposal 4 [N]
9. Agency to advise that recreation facilities might be available to unit employees while in non–work status. NAGE, Local R5–168, 19 FLRA 552 [NN]
10. Shipping ammunition as household goods. NFFE, Local 1363, 19 FLRA 1183, Proposals 1 and 2 [NN]
11. Allowing employees who are students at the National Weather Service Training Center to arrange for their own housing rather than staying in agency–arranged housing. NWSEO, MEBA, AFL–CIO, 21 FLRA 590 [N]
12. Agency to lease automobiles for the business use of employees. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 3804, 21 FLRA 870, Proposal 10 [NN]
13. Giving unit employees access to hospital facilities on a paid basis. Antilles Consolidated Education Association, 22 FLRA 235, Part E [NN]
14. Agency to take what action it can to provide each faculty lounge with a telephone and, in any case, to provide employees access to military and civilian telephones at the work site. Overseas Education Association, Inc., 22 FLRA 351, Proposal 14 [PN]
15. Giving unit employees the use of the swimming pool and the gym. AFGE, Local 2094, AFL–CIO, 22 FLRA 710, Proposal 3 [NN]
16. Establishing that specifications (adjustable work stations, illumination levels, low reflecting work surfaces, radiation protection shields, ionizing radiation levels, glare shields, heat exhausts, and printer decibel levels) of furniture be provided to employees working with video display terminals and the equipment itself. AFGE, AFL–CIO, National Council of Social Security Field Office Locals, 24 FLRA 842, Proposals 2–12 [N]
17. Employees shall not be required to physically move any material or equipment other than their personal property during a move. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 644, 27 FLRA 375, Proposal 3 [NN]
18. Suitable shower and sanitary facilities shall be provided for all employees including employees outside the unit. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 644, 27 FLRA 375, Proposal 4 [NN]
19. Entitling employees to storage of household goods until they obtained new housing, without being subject to a time limit. Overseas Education Association, Inc., 27 FLRA 492, Proposal 2 [NN]
20. Authorizing the maximum weight of goods shipped for all unit employees. Overseas Education Association, Inc., 27 FLRA 492, Proposal 46 (first sentence) [NN]
21. Specifying a maximum weight per family member for unaccompanied baggage. Overseas Education Association, Inc., 27 FLRA 492, Proposal 46 (second sentence) [N]
22. Permitting an employee to ship his household goods, at his option, between his overseas duty post and his initial point of hire or current official residence. Overseas Education Association, Inc., 27 FLRA 492, Proposal 47 [NN]
23. Authorizing partial shipment of goods to and from a place of storage. Overseas Education Association, Inc., 27 FLRA 492, Proposal 48 [N]
24. Authorizing partial shipment of goods to and from a place of storage, subject only to statutory weight limitations. Overseas Education Association, Inc., 27 FLRA 492, Proposal 49 [NN]
25. Agency to make every effort to provide certain equipment, facilities and supplies necessary for the education process to unit employees. Overseas Education Association, Inc., 29 FLRA 734, Proposal 13 [PN]
26. Employees will be provided with a locker or lockable space in convenient location. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Council of Prison Locals, Local 1661, 29 FLRA 990, Proposal 33 (first sentence) [N]
27. Employee will not be required to leave a key to his locker or lockable space at the institution. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Council of Prison Locals, Local 1661, 29 FLRA 990, Proposal 33 (second sentence) [NN]
28. Agency to pay for the personal protective equipment for employees who operate motorcycles. Federal Employees Metal Trades Council, AFL–CIO, 30 FLRA 275, Proposals 2-6 [NN]
29. Prescribing the conditions under which certain vehicles will be allowed to operate.NFFE, Local 1442, 30 FLRA 373, Proposal 2 [NN]
30. Allowing motorcyclists to wear, in lieu of safety helmets with full face shields prescribed by regulations, glasses or have a windshield on the cycle. NAGE, SEIU, Local R7–51, 30 FLRA 415 [NN]
31. Concerning building temperatures. NFFE, Local 2052, 30 FLRA 797, Proposal 6, Part (d) [NN]
32. Agency to make available to employees a private location where employees may change into and out of the uniforms. AFGE, Council 214, AFL–CIO, 30 FLRA 1025, Proposal 21 [N]
33. Permitting employees to use agency-owned equipment with management's approval. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 24, Section 7 (fourth sentence) [N]
34. Agency to maintain the practice of providing 2–way radios and other necessary equipment, and provide a vehicle for the officers’ use. FOP, Lodge 1f (R.I.) Federal, 32 FLRA 944, Proposal 6 [NN]
35. Establishing policies governing how military guards carried their weapons and ammunition. IFPTE, Local 25, 33 FLRA 304 [NN]
36. Requiring the agency to furnish a storage area where employees could leave their uniforms when they were not required to wear them. NAGE, Locals R12–122, R12–222, 38 FLRA 295, Proposal 3, Part B [N]
37. Requiring automatic garage doors with an alarm system if there is access to a garage within 100 feet of the basement holding area. NFFE, Local 2050, 39 FLRA 291, Proposal 13(g) [N]
38. Requiring the agency to provide facilities for employees to change into and out of the required protective clothing. Federal Employees Metal Trades Council, 41 FLRA 107, Proposal 3 [NN]
39. Providing lockable doors in employee work areas for the express purpose of protecting both the persons and the property of employees. POPA, 41 FLRA 795, Provision 12 (third sentence) [N]
40. Requiring the agency to maintain an existing employee lounge area until bargaining concerning comparable space is completed. AFGE, Local 12, 45 FLRA 923 [N]
41. The break room will be equipped with certain conveniences. AFGE, National Border Patrol Council, Local 2544, 46 FLRA 930, Proposal 2 [N]. Upheld in Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, No. 9370137 (9th Cir. 1993).
42. The computer printer will be in a room not occupied by an employee. AFGE, National Border Patrol Council, Local 2544, 46 FLRA 930, Proposal 3 [N]. Upheld in Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, No. 93-70137 (9th Cir. 1993).
43. Each employee will have a computer terminal at his or her work station. AFGE, National Border Patrol Council, Local 2544, 46 FLRA 930, Proposal 4 (first sentence) [PN]. Upheld in Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, No. 93-70137 (9th Cir. 1993).
44. All printing will be done at the printer located separately from employee work stations. AFGE, National Border Patrol Council, Local 2544, 46 FLRA 930, Proposal 4 (second sentence) [N]
45. Specifying the types of phone lines that the Intelligence Officer and the Intelligence Aide will have. AFGE, National Border Patrol Council, Local 2544, 46 FLRA 930, Proposal 5 [NN]
46. Management will provide lockable file cabinets and a safe or safe/filing cabinet combination. AFGE, National Border Patrol Council, Local 2544, 46 FLRA 930, Proposal 7 [NN]
47. Requiring the agency to use certain equipment in its police cruisers. Int’l Brotherhood of Police Officers, 47 FLRA 397, Proposal 1 [NN]
48. Requiring the agency to properly maintain not less than three electric scooters for use by maintenance employees. AFGE, Local 2761, 47 FLRA 931, Proposal 1 [N]
49. Requiring the agency to continue to make electric scooters available to maintenance employees who, by appropriate statements or medical documentation, demonstrate that they suffer from physical hardship or a handicapping condition. AFGE, Local 2761, 47 FLRA 931, Proposal 2 [N]
50. Identifying the types of equipment that employees will be allowed to wear in the performance of their duties and prescribing the work areas or types of duties wherein employees will be allowed to wear that equipment. AFGE, Local 1917, 55 FLRA 228 [NN]
51. Establishing a standard of employee liability for loss of or damage to government property. AFGE, Local 3529, 57 FLRA 456 [NN, (a)(1)]
52. Applying to both male and female employees who would require an alternative holster in order to address a change in an employee’s “physical circumstances.” NTEU, 59 FLRA 978 [NN, (a)(1)]
53. Requiring the agency to continue, as it has since the mid–1970’s, to operate the exercise facility at the location and times specified. AFGE, Local 12, 60 FLRA 533, Proposal 1, Article 9, Section 4c [N]
54. Requires the Agency to buy a second set of surgical instruments for its West Haven facility so that surgical procedures can continue at the facility while the original set of instruments can be sterilized during the day at the Newington facility. NAGE, Local R1–109, 61 FLRA 593, Proposal 1 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]