internal revenue service national grievance ... - NTEU Chapter 48

ISSUE/REMEDY
5/20/10 – ULP Over Breach of
5/6/09 MOU Regarding the
(TAS) Revisions to IRM 13.2,
Processing Advocacy Issues
Initiative
Remedy – Return to the status
quo ante; from this time
forward, the IRS must follow
the 5/6/09 MOU.
5/20/10 – National Grievance
Over the Inputting of Manual
Refunds by TAS Case
Advocates in non-Service
Center TAS Offices
Remedy – Cease and desist;
return to the status quo ante;
make whole all bargaining unit
employees negatively
impacted; post a notice of
wrong doing.
5/20/10 – National Grievance
Over the IRS’ Discipline of
Employees for Failure to Use
the Interactive Tax Law
Assistant
Remedy – Cease and desist;
return to the status quo ante;
make whole all bargaining unit
employees negatively
impacted; post a notice of
wrong doing.
5/10/10 – National Grievance
Alleging Unilateral
Implementation of Retention
Allowances
Remedy – Bargain with NTEU
over this initiative, and make
whole any employees
negatively impacted.
ASSIGNED
STAFF
MEMBER
CURRENT STATUS
Alexa Rukstele • FLRA Investigating – telephone interview
scheduled for 7/14.
2 | P age
IRS STAFF ASSIGNED, AND, IF INVOKED,
ARBITRATOR
IRS: Jim Falcone
Alexa Rukstele • 7/28/10 – Parties will hold grievance meeting. IRS: Dom Murgo
Bryan Knowles • 6/28/10 - Parties held grievance meeting;
Wendy Lucas
Pisman
• Awaiting IRS answer, due 7/27/10.
• 5/26/2010 – Supplemental information request
submitted to the IRS;
• 6/18/2010 – Parties held grievance meeting;
• Resolution to grievance meeting: the information
requested by NTEU will be received by 7/18/10; at
that point, NTEU will determine whether to invoke
arbitration or schedule a second grievance
Arbitrator: Jeanne Vonhof
IRS: Bobbie Tosca
Arbitrator: Joshua Javits
IRS: Dom Murgo
Arbitrator: David Vaughn