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FPCD-76-94 1 (1976-11-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaavpm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: a If c'4 r-. (<~~COMPTROLLER GENEJRAL OF THE UNITED STATES 7.~,,r1WASHINJGTON. D.C. 2US - Not to lie rccoascdl ,c ..; ?fccexccpt !;! thc ,X - B-185589 cc of Corgressiolal rlc1A.i.v NOV 17 1976 The Honorable David N. Henderson Chairman, Committee on Post Office - zd-~-Civil Wcr~'e 00677 House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: In response to your request, dated December 18, 1975, we have reviewed strike prevention and contingency planning of seJected Federal agencies, including the United States Postal Service. You were concerned with the occurrence of strikes and related actions in Federal agencies and asked for informa- tion which would provide the Committee with some insight on such incidents. Enclosure I contains information on work disruptions at the agencies included in our review and high- ligh s of other disruptions in the Federal se;.1ce. A strip, is defintd as any concerted action by employees to withdraw or linit their services or to interrupt operations. A strike may involve various activities, such as employees as a group deliberately staying away fron work, a slowdown of production, a sickout, a sitin, walking off the job, and similar coacerted actions. Although lengthy strikes have not been characteristic of disruptions in the Federal Government, there have been many incidents whir'h have seriously disrupted public serv- ices. In March 1970 a nationwide stike of postal employees resulted in limited mail service for many areas and a complete halt in deliveries in a number of- large cities. The strike lasted a week an6 involved more than 150,000 postal employees across the country. In June 1969 and again in March 1970, air travel service was seriously disrupted because of various job actions by many of the nation'i air traffic controllers. More recently, a strike involving out 500 Fedeal employees in the Panama Canal Zone caused a weeklong slowdown of canal traffic. You also requested that we determine whether Federal agencies have developed plans which would help them to maintain services in the event of a strike. Enclosure II lists the agcncies we contacted and discusses the planning policies and practices of those agencies. FPCD-76-94

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