USAFE-AFAFRICAI36-121 governs installation management roles and procedures for responding to Non-US work stoppages and requesting temporary military personnel.
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It covers host country labor relations, collective bargaining, work stoppage risks, strike prevention, economic factors, and personnel augmentation. It requires emergency planning, labor-environment knowledge, monitoring, and defined responses for stoppages lasting up to or beyond 10 days.
Whenever non-US citizens are employed, regardless of the employment system, commanders and management officials must acquire a working knowledge of host country labor-management relations and any collective labor agreements (CLA). (paragraph 3)
The highest potential for work stoppage occurs during collective bargaining. (paragraph 4)
Normally, this type of spontaneous stoppage consists of a short duration (1 or 2 days), allows for limited response time, and produces more of an irritant than obstruction to operations. (paragraph 4)
When a work stoppage occurs, management should avoid actions that would agitate the situation, make resolution more expensive, or embarrass the US Government. (paragraph 5)
When workers of a local national direct or indirect employment program engage in strike activities, the employer may legally stop their pay. (paragraph 6)