Monthly Archives: October 2016

RETIRED STEWARDS’ AND OFFICERS’ JOBS JUST GOT TOUGHER In the early days of the labor law, FLRA made it quite clear that former employees or even those who had never been employed by a federal agency could hold any representational … Continue reading

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LINKEDIN AND LABOR RELATIONS Billy Milton, David Scholl, Bruce Waxman, Mike Herlihy, and a few more folks acquired a lifetime of LR/ER/HR experience in the federal government. They were in government from the earliest days of the labor law in … Continue reading

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WHY DO UNIONS REOPEN NEGOTIATIONS SO OFTEN? It is not unusual for a union to propose as part of reopening and modifying a master or term agreement that it be allowed to reopen certain articles for another round of negotiations … Continue reading

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