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Employees have right of union representation
AFGE, Local 1662
Employees covered by exclusive bargain-
ing units have the right of representation, or
Weingarten Rights.
Pursuant to Section 7114(1)(2)(B) of the
Federal Service Labor-Management Rela-
tions statute, the exclusive representative
of employees in the bargaining unit must
be given the opportunity to be represented
at any examination of an employee in a bar-
gaining unit by a management representa-
tive in connection with an investigation if
the employee reasonably believes that the
examination may result in disciplinary ac-
tion against the employee and if he or she
requests representation.
The exclusive representative for employ-
ees in the bargaining units at Fort Huachuca
is the American Federation of Government
Employees, Local 1662.
Further information as to employee rights
under this provision of the FSLMR statute
may be obtained from the Civilian Personnel
Advisory Center at 520.533.3110, or the lo-
cal union office at 520.533.2879.
DOD Civilian personnel chief discusses future force
By Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone Marshall Jr.
DOD News, Defense Media Activity
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department’s top
Civilian personnel policy chief discussed develop-
ments intended to address Civilian workforce chal-
lenges and improve performance management and
resourcing as part of the Future of the Force initiative
during a panel discussion held here Tuesday.
Paige Hinkle-Bowles, deputy assistant secretary
of defense for Civilian personnel policy, participated
in “Future of the Force: Recruitment, Retention and
Utility jobs training to open for troops, veterans, spouses
By Terri Moon Cronk
DOD News, Defense Media Activity
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department an-
nounced Tuesday a partnership to launch employment
training for transitioning service members, veterans and
military spouses in highly skilled utility industry jobs.
The Utility Industry Workforce Initiative is a public-
private partnership comprising DOD, the departments
of Energy, Veterans Affairs and Labor, and private-sec-
tor companies Edison Electric Institute, Center for En-
ergy Workforce Development, Nuclear Energy Institute,
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and
American Gas Association, defense officials said.
The initiative’s goal is to promote and design training dentialing opportunities in the utility sector, and expand
and credentialing opportunities for applicants to enter
the utility industry, officials noted.
Program builds on White House efforts
The announcement builds on the White House effort
AFGE Union, Local 1662, relocates
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Laquardia and Arizona Streets. The relocation was completed in April and is shown on the above map.
Readiness,” a Defense One Live-sponsored event.
Civilian personnel policy mission
Hinkle-Bowles explained DOD’s Civilian popula-
tion is a part of a “very large and complicated organi-
zation that we work within.”
“We focus, in my organization, predominantly on
the Civilian population,” she said. “If you list out the
different categories of Civilians that we have in the de-
partment, we have about 900,000, which is very large
by any standard of an organization.”
Those individuals, Hinkle-Bowles said, are grouped
that began in April to help America’s veterans find high-
quality jobs, with a goal to train 75,000 workers for the
renewable energy industry by 2020. About 200,000 Ser-
vice members leave the military annually.
The energy sector is projected to require an addition-
al 1.5 million workers by 2030 to modernize the nation’s
energy infrastructure, according to Quadrennial Energy
Review.
VA’s Veterans Economic Communities Initiative will
work with local resources to connect transitioning Ser-
vice members, veterans, and their Families on training
and employment opportunities.
DOL will match military occupation codes with cre-
training capacity in SkillBridge through the community
college structure.
‘SkillBridge’ Helps Transitioning Troops
The DOD SkillBridge authority promotes civilian job
training available to transitioning military Service members. later this year.
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into about 600 occupations in 3,000 locations across
the U.S. and around the world.
“In those occupations, we range from everything
from logistics, acquisitions, information technology
[and] medical [services] to human resources and edu-
cation,” Hinkle-Bowles said. “So we really cover the
full gamut.”
Hinkle-Bowles said most of DOD’s Civilian work-
force work outside of the Washington, D.C., area.
“About 14 percent of our Civilians are located here
in the D.C. area,” she said. “The rest are out, again, in
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“This announcement is just the latest example of how
leveraging our new SkillBridge authority can help in
easing the transition of our Service members to Civil-
ian life — while delivering real value to the American
economy,” said Frank DiGiovanni, DOD’s director of
force readiness and training.
“As we have seen, [by] the private sector participat-
ing in SkillBridge, it just makes good business sense,”
he added.
SkillBridge will help link military occupations
to utility jobs, and active-duty troops can receive
entry-level utility training, such as apprenticeships
or internships, in their last six months before sepa-
ration.
To qualify, the eight- to 12-week training must lead
to a “high probability” of employment and must be pro-
vided at little or no cost to Service members, officials
said.
Defense officials said the strategic plan will roll out