Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§4101 Congressional findings and policy

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 52— - FOREIGN SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER X— - LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS › § 4101

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Protecting workers’ rights to join labor groups, bargain together, and take part in job decisions helps the public, makes government work better, and makes it easier to resolve job disputes. The public also needs Foreign Service members to meet high standards and to keep improving with modern work methods. Because Foreign Service jobs are special, there must be a distinct system to build cooperative, constructive relationships between managers and the groups that represent workers.

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Title 22, §4101

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The Congress finds that—

(1)experience in both private and public employment indicates that the statutory protection of the right of workers to organize, bargain collectively, and participate through labor organizations of their own choosing in decisions which affect them—

(A)safeguards the public interest,

(B)contributes to the effective conduct of public business, and

(C)facilitates and encourages the amicable settlement of disputes between workers and their employers involving conditions of employment;

(2)the public interest demands the highest standards of performance by members of the Service and the continuous development and implementation of modern and progressive work practices to facilitate improved performance and efficiency; and

(3)the unique conditions of Foreign Service employment require a distinct framework for the development and implementation of modern, constructive, and cooperative relationships between management officials and organizations representing members of the Service.

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22 U.S.C. § 4101

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73