Economy, finance and labor

Executive Order 13203: Revocation of Executive Order and Presidential Memorandum Concerning Labor-Management Partnerships

President: George W. Bush

Revoked EO 12871 and a 1999 memorandum, dissolved the National Partnership Council and ended the government-wide requirement that agencies create labor-management partnerships.

Status: Completed/expired.

Is Executive Order 13203 still in effect? No. Completed; mandatory partnership system ended; later forum policies changed separately.

What does Executive Order 13203 do?

The order assigned these duties: President and National Partnership Council — Dissolve the council and revoke the prior mandate; OPM — Withdraw central implementation guidance.

SignedFebruary 17, 2001
IssuerPresident George W. Bush
Lead agencies or officialsOffice of Personnel Management and executive agencies
Express timingImmediate dissolution; prompt rescission of implementing policies

Before and after

Before the order

EO 12871 required executive agencies to create labor-management partnerships and bargain over specified permissive subjects.

After the order

OPM withdrew its partnership guidance and told agencies to rescind implementing policies, while preserving existing collective-bargaining agreements. Later presidents separately created and revoked labor-management forum policies.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
President and National Partnership CouncilDissolve the council and revoke the prior mandateImmediately
OPMWithdraw central implementation guidancePromptly
Executive agenciesRescind their implementing rules and policies where lawfulPromptly

What happened next

EO 13203 signed.

OPM issued implementation guidance and withdrew its 1993 and 2000 partnership guidance.

EO 13522 created a different labor-management forum framework.

EO 13812 revoked the 2009 forum order.