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About AdminUN

FEDSMILL staff has over 40 years of federal sector labor relations experience on the union as well as management side of the table and even some time as a neutral.

DOREEN TAKES ON ENTIRE TRUMP FAMILY I have known her for decades and while I have not always agreed with her decisions, there is no doubt in my mind that she will stand up to and fight anyone who threatens … Continue reading

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BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THOSE ARBITRATION ISSUE STATEMENTS If you knew there was a child predator wandering the neighborhood you would be extra careful about letting your child leave the house.  Given that Trump has installed two union predators on … Continue reading

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OPM ADDRESSES WHAT IS AND ISN’T STILL NEGOTIABLE ON PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS Now that we are moving to a forced distribution rating environment which will require each manager to brand some employees as the worst in the group even if they … Continue reading

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WANT A FED JOB? GET A TRUMP TATTOO I’m kidding—or am I?  An AI start-up got headlines recently for announcing that the process for getting a job with it began with getting a tattoo of the company logo. What a … Continue reading

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WHAT IS “THE HEIST?” It is a newly released documentary about you.  More specifically, it recounts the 2025 chaos the Trump/DOGE madness created in government.  It details what to the 249-year- old American civil service established on the concept of … Continue reading

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NTEU GETS HUGE WIN FOR HHS PROBATIONERS Early in his 2025 revenge tour against the federal civil service, Trump demanded that agencies purge as many probationers as they could.  Normally, he and any other President has the power to do … Continue reading

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GRIEVANCE DRAFTING TIPS 1, 2 & 3 Most contracts merely require the union to put the following in the grievance: 1- Article and section violated, 2- Description of the grieved event, and 3- Remedy desired.   As clear as that or … Continue reading

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GRIEVANCE DRAFTING TIPS 4, 5, & 6 Before we turn to three other parts of a grievance where you can boost its winning potential and impact, remember this.  If you were unable to draft the grievance broadly enough during the … Continue reading

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NFFE WINS BREAKTHROUGH TELEWORK ARBITRATION AWARD NFFE’s General Counsel’s shop has done all of us a favor with its recent arbitration victory. Like most unions since Trump’s anti-common sense decision to stamp out telework, it has had to file grievances … Continue reading

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ARE THE DOUGLAS FACTORS GONE? Not yet, but Trump’s appointees are doing their best to punish federal employees just for being part of the government that came after him and the January 6th terrorists.  Its latest revenge initiative, but hardly … Continue reading

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