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Seated (L-R):
MG David Poythress, TAG-GA, (Agency Head)
Mr. Eugene Hardy, State Chairman, GA Association of Civilian
Technicians (ACT), (Labor Assistant Chief Negotiator)
Standing (L-R):
Lt
Col Jay Peno (Management Assistant
Chief Negotiator)
Mr. Anthony Burks (Labor Negotiator)
Mr. Mark McCray (Labor Negotiator)
WOC Larry Dawson, HRO EDS (Management Negotiator)
MAJ Perry Carter (Management Negotiator)
Mr. Mark McKinney (Labor Negotiator)
Mr. Ed Chamberlain (DOWD - non-negotiator)
Mr. Ed Wexler (HRO - non-negotiator)
MAJ Jim Schroeder (TAG Exec - non-negotiator)
Mr. Everett Martin (Sr. HR Advisor, Life-Span Services,
non-negotiator)
LTC Steve Joyce (Incoming HRO - non-negotiator)
Negotiators Absent:
For Management:
Col Richard Poppell
(management chief negotiator); LTC(R) Charles Moulton (management
negotiator)
For Labor: Mr. Terry Garnett (labor chief negotiator); Mr. Phil
McNeill (labor negotiator) |
Georgia Labor Agreement
Concluded In Record Time
Georgia DOD and labor officials gathered at
Confederate Avenue recently for the signing of the Georgia DOD
Labor-Management agreement.
The new contract
between the Georgia DOD and the Georgia Association of Civilian
Technicians was marked with a number of “firsts” for the GA DOD Labor
agreement including interest based bargaining, record negotiating time and
outstanding cooperation for merit promotion and placement.
“The agreement was completed only 3 ½ days,” said Lt
Col Jay Peno, Deputy HRO and Assistant Chief Negotiator, “a record for
these types of negotiations. Signing the agreement for the Agency was MG
David Poythress, Col Ed Wexler, HRO; Lt Col Steve Joyce , Incoming HRO;
Major Perry Carter and WOC Larry Dawson, Negotiators. Signing the
agreement for ACT was Eugene Hardy, Assistant Chief Negotiator and Messrs
Mark McKinney, Anthony Burkes, and Mark McCray.
Approximately 1,050 GA DOD employees are currently
covered by the agreement. While the contract is now considered “executed”
by the Agency and ratified by the ACT and will be submitted to the Defense
Civilian Personnel Management Service for the 3-day review period.
The twenty three article agreement was re-negotiated
in record time without a single submission to the Federal Service Impasse
Panel. The speed of the negotiation indicates the very positive labor
–management relationship and climate in Georgia.
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