DSC Partnership Council

The management and employees of DSC, through their authorized representative the American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1105, entered into a formal partnership relationship in November of 1999. In the spirit of other successful labor-management partnerships, the purpose of the DSC Partnership Council was to design, implement, and maintain a cooperative, constructive working relationship between labor and management and to identify interests towards achieving common goals. Over a period of years, the partners have made a considerable effort and investment to establish an atmosphere of mutual respect and trust in accomplishing this mission.

The partners have agreed to hold monthly council meetings to achieve the following objectives:

• Improve DSC operations in order to make DSC competitive with other public and private sector organizations in order to attract work from parks, support offices, regions and other organizations
• Improve working conditions and work-life considerations for DSC employees
• Make recommendations for attracting and retaining a qualified, high quality workforce
• Develop and implement methods for voluntarily resolving disputes without use of a third party decision-maker
• Negotiate the implementation of government-wide, Department of the Interior, and National Park Service policies and procedures that affect DSC employees and their service to customers.

The Council has been credited with a number of achievements on behalf of the DSC and its employees. In May of 2001, the DSC Partnership Council was awarded the Denver Federal Executive Board’s Excellence in Governments Award for “Outstanding Labor / Management Partnership”.