Monthly Archives: December 2014
BEHOLD! THE MEGA GRIEVANCE OPTION Twenty years ago if Sherman, our hypothetical disappointed non-selected employee, walked into the union office complaining that he thought the promotion interview questions were chosen to make one particular applicant look better than all the … Continue reading
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES LEGAL SURVIVAL GUIDE REPUBLISHED A tip of the hat to the law firm of Passman & Kaplan for its new book entitled, FEDERAL EMPLOYEES LEGAL SURVIVAL GUIDE (3rd ed.). The firm, whose lawyers only represent employees and unions, has produced … Continue reading
WHAT MORE CAN THIS UNION DO FOR SHARON? Here are the facts. A member, let’s call her Sharon, walks into the union office and asks for help because her manager just gave her an Unacceptable Performance rating and put her … Continue reading
$50 MILLION IN BACK PAY OR 210,000 DAYS OF RESTORED LEAVE OR OPTION 3? IRS has a tough decision to make. An arbitrator just ruled that when it furloughed employees for three days in 2013, it violated the law. But … Continue reading
HOW TO HACK INTO THE FEDERAL PROMOTION PROCESS Ten of millions are spent each year to ensure that federal promotions are based on merit factors, e.g., professionally developed, job-related criteria rationally related to the position to be filled. Laws have … Continue reading
WHY DOESN’T MY UNION DO THIS? OPM does it. The Department of Labor and a number of federal Labor Relations shops do it too. So why don’t unions provide the same simple automated service to its local leaders? Here is … Continue reading
COMPARE AFGE, NATCA, NFFE & NTEU BY THE NUMBERS We have not made it a secret that we think that unions should be run as efficiently as any business. In fact, we wish that Goldman Sachs and other investment bankers … Continue reading
WEIGHT DISCRIMINATION “AS HORRIBLE AND DEPRESSING AS EVER” Time Magazine just published a story about a new university study confirming the rampant presence of weight discrimination. We found it worth checking out and a good place to start a conversation … Continue reading