NASA Procedural Requirements

NPR 5200.1E Effective Date: August 13, 2019 Expiration Date: August 13, 2024

Subject: Industrial Labor Relations

Responsible Office: Office of Procurement

Chapter 7. Procedure for Admitting Labor Union Representatives to NASA Centers

7.1 General

7.1.1 Labor union representatives who are not employees of NASA contractors but who have a bona fide bargaining unit with a NASA contractor will be permitted access to NASA Centers to conduct union business provided that safety and security regulations are complied with and there is no interference with work operations. Labor union representatives will be issued an appropriate pass (badge) that will authorize access to areas in which their members are working.

7.1.2 This procedure is intended to provide the union and the contractor with the same conditions as if their work was being performed at the employer’s premises outside of the NASA Center.

7.1.3. Labor union representatives, while at NASA Centers, are prohibited from performing union activities such as collecting dues, holding meetings with more than one contractor employee, making unauthorized speeches, distributing union literature or membership authorization cards, and soliciting union membership except during non-working hours and in non-work areas.

7.2 Procedures for Providing Access Passes to the NASA Center for Labor Union Representatives

7.2.1 All requests for access shall be submitted to the Center Industrial Relations Officer.

7.2.2 The Center Industrial Relations Officer will review and process appropriate requests by taking the following steps:

a. Notifying the NASA contractor whose employees the labor representatives will be visiting. Access is to be provided only to labor representatives that officially represent the contractor’s employees.

b. Contacting the Center Security Office to make necessary arrangements to allow the labor union representative access to the required areas.

c. Notifying the Agency Industrial Labor Relations Officer in the event a decision is made not to grant the labor union representative access to the Center.

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