Ernie DuBester currently serves as a Member on the Federal Labor Relations Authority, a position he has held since 2009.

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The U.S. Federal Labor Relations Authority rejected his plea for justice.

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But the administration -- backed by a variety of immigrant and civil rights groups -- says allowing such state authority would hurt relations between the United States and other countries, disrupt existing cooperative efforts and unfairly target legal immigrants.

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The policy said that employees in positions of authority must report such relations to "eliminate conflict of interest or appearance of impropriety" or be subject to discipline.

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Under the authority of the Assistant Director-General for External Relations and Public Information and the Director of the Division of Relations with Member States and National Commissions, and under the direct supervision of the Chief of the Europe and North America Section, the assistant liaison officer shall contribute to ensuring and strengthening liaison with the Europe and North America region Member States.

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Lord Harris said that the fringe meeting - organised by the Greater London Authority - was "an historic first step" in terms of relations between New Labour and the mayor.

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Its prime minister, Hisham Qandil, told Mr Haniyeh to conciliate his Palestinian rivals under Mahmoud Abbas who run the Palestinian Authority based in Ramallah on the West Bank, if he wanted relations with Egypt to improve.

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It recommended the matter be referred to the authority's governance committee and that the council review its media protocol and give "refresher" training to improve relations between councillors and officers.

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