CONGRATS ON 2015 MEMBERSHIP GROWTH GOES TO…

The International Federation of Professional and Technical Employees (IFPTE), the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) and the National Labor Relations Board Union (NLRBU). We looked over the fiscal year 2015 LM reports filed so far by all national unions representing large numbers of federal employees to compare this year’s membership count to last year’s. These three showed that even when federal employment is dropping quickly a well-conceived membership plan will pay off. SF-1187 signing incentives of $100.00 or more, cultural accountability for those local leaders who chronically fail to generate new members, computer-assisted demographical analyses of individual locals to identify how to energize support group-by-group, national strategic plans, etc. are all well-known ingredients. In fact, if a union does not have three out of the four and a good substitute for the missing one then it need look no further for the cause of its problems.