Labor Issues and Collective Bargaining Department

This department provides labor relations assistance related to collective bargaining including financial analysis, wage comparables, collective bargaining agreement analysis, and technical assistance for negotiation and arbitration.  Additionally, the staff is trained to answer questions regarding the Fair Labor Standards Act, employee health and pension benefits, and conduct analysis of collective bargaining agreements.

The department houses local affiliate collective bargaining agreements and after being analyzed, the data is used to update the IAFF databases used in preparing many customized and technical assistance projects by this Department. The department also houses 80% of the IAFF publications made available to local affiliates.

The following links detail the information and services that the LI/CB department provides:
 

	Contract and Wage Information
	Municipal Financial Analysis
	Pension and Health Care Benefits
	Current Events and Resources

The Labor Issues and Collective Bargaining Department is led by:
Michele Shaffer, Director,  Phone: (202) 824-1546

Michele Shaffer is assisted by

Research Assistants
Sue Valentine
Kelley Parks
Randy Goldstein
Andrew McKinley

Secretary
Brenda Cox