Monthly Archives: September 2025
FROM THEIR LIPS TO GOD’S EARS Without triggering a theological inquisition about whether God has ears or even more fundamental questions, I want to share with you the latest Federal Court of Appeals decision blocking Trump’s Executive Order to kill … Continue reading
OUR COMPLIMENTS TO NTEU FOR… Its newsletter to members-only updating them on all the court cases it and other unions have filed against the various Trump efforts to destroy unions, fire federal employees, and turn the Executive Branch into a … Continue reading
DON’T BE A SUCKER FOR THIS AWARDS PROGRAM The White House revels in taking some federal program that was around long before its current occupant arrived and declaring it new, ingenious, and the best ever—or words to that effect. A … Continue reading
WHEN DINOSAURS DECIDE FULL-TIME TELEWORK REQUESTS With our apologies to the dinosaur community, we have to say we immediately thought of the stereotypical behemoths when we read about an agency official who decided that “telework was not an entitlement.” Hew … Continue reading
WHAT COUNTS AS A WHISTLEBLOWER RETALIATION? Loved this post from the Devadoss Law Firm (Click here) . I suspect with all the shenanigans going on in government right now there will be more and more opportunities to blow the whistle … Continue reading
REMEDIES: WHAT IS A “NO CONTACT” ORDER? It is a remedy no one should forget to request. Josefina at the VA did not. She filed a complaint alleging her manager had subjected her to a hostile work environment on the … Continue reading
THAT TIME NTEU SMACKED DOWN A U.S. PRESIDENT The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) is unique among unions. Despite its name, it represents thousands of employees who work for agencies other than those in the Treasury Department. It is a very … Continue reading
WOMEN! WHY DON’T THEY KNOW THEIR PLACE? For those of you with an archeological interest, return with me to observe a Stone Age man at the Dep’t. of Agriculture. Lia, an employee of that Neanderthal, filed an EEO complaint charging … Continue reading
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