SSA HQ AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES GET $22 MILLION IN BACK PAY

Why?  Because for years the agency discriminated against them when performance awards were handed out. If your union is not doing a simple statistical analysis of how awards are distributed among the various protected classes of employees each year, it is not doing its job. Why do we call it simple?  Because it is. All one need do is plug as few as four numbers into a free, on-line calculator and click “Calculate.” (Check out the Fedsmill post entitled, “How to Measure Management Unfairness” for a step-by-step guide.)  Seconds later the app will spit out a multi-page report.  If its conclusion is that there is evidence of discrimination, then the union should bring in some experts to help it move the case to the next stage.  They could be folks on the union staff or your union might have to contact a law firm like the one that handled this case for AFGE. Check out the FEDSMILL post entitled, “When Agency Awards Discriminate”