By Brittany R. Ballenstedt
The American Federation of Government Employees said on Wednesday that it plans to seek arbitration or file a lawsuit against the Pentagon's pay-for-performance system.
In a conference call with reporters, AFGE President John Gage said the union was weighing its options for challenging some of the final regulations issued in September by the Defense Department that modified portions of its National Security Personnel System. In particular, the union charged that the new rules limit the scope of collective bargaining.
"Our position has hardened on NSPS," Gage said. "DoD over the past six or seven months has put through regulations that we feel Congress has taken away from them."
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