The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) has found evidence to support AFGE Local 3599’s Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charge against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for refusing to disclose the results of the employee opinion survey taken of its Miami District Office staff.
The local had requested a survey of the office climate to address employee concerns in the EEOC district that includes its Miami, Tampa, and San Juan offices. A contractor conducted the staff survey in late 2022, but to date the agency has refused to provide the full report. The local subsequently filed the ULP with the FLRA in October last year after making numerous inquiries to the agency about the report.
The FLRA recently notified the local that it “has decided that there is sufficient evidence to support recommending, to the Office of General Counsel, that it issue a complaint alleging that the Agency violated Section 7116(a)(1), (5), and (8), when it failed to disclose information to the National Council of EEOC Locals No. 216, AFGE, AFL-CIO in a timely manner and when it failed to disclose the EEOC Climate Assessment: Miami District report.”
The FLRA’s decision is the local’s first win in the process to get the EEOC to release the report. After the FLRA issues a complaint, the matter will be set for a hearing before an administrative law judge on a date to be determined in Miami, Florida.
“This local will remain firm in its stance to ensure that its members’ voices are suitably heard, and their concerns are effectively addressed,” AFGE Local 3599 President LaTasha Nelson stated. “As local president, I will continue to fight for transparency and accountability to safeguard our members’ fair employment rights. The local is entitled to the full climate survey report for the Miami District. While we feel vindicated with FLRA’s findings, we will not rest until the agency properly resolves this matter.”
Rachel Shonfield, the EEOC Miami District union steward who filed the ULP, said it was the union that urged the agency to conduct the survey.
“Obviously when the local union urged EEOC to conduct this staff survey, it was to identify concerns and solutions, not to lock away the report and throw away the key,” she said. “It really begs the question of what is in the Miami District’s full climate survey report that EEOC refuses to disclose.”
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