The Federal Service Impasses Panel (FSIP) serves as the arbiter of disputes between federal agencies and unions that arise from the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations statute and the Federal Employees Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules Act. The panel steps in if the agency and union cannot come to an agreement after bargaining or mediation.
President Trumps 7 member pick for this panel range from people who publicly campaign against unions to people that actively litigate against unions. None of the new panel members have arbitration or mediation experience. None have ever represented a union or people who have always been actively against unions. Past Presidents have always chosen members that have had extensive arbitration or mediation of Labor law experience.
Do you think this panel can properly evaluate a dispute without inherent bias or personal ideology interfering? What are your thoughts behind these picks?