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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.

“OH, YOU BLACK PEOPLE” No, that is not a quote from President Trump’s latest anti-fed employee executive order, but we can’t vouch for the drafts.  The words were uttered by a Postal Service supervisor. According to the EEOC, his exact … Continue reading

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WE WILL SEE A LOT MORE OF THIS THANKS TO ELON Gregory, an employee at the U.S. Agency for Global Media applied for the vacant position of “Kurdish Senior Television Specialist.”  When he was not selected, he filed an EEO … Continue reading

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DADS-IN-THE-21ST-CENTURY WORKPLACE QUIZ! There is an interesting blog piece out there about the rights of Dads. It is from a law firm that leans slightly toward management’s perspective, but their analyses are thought provoking and reasonable. Check it out here.

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FREE ONLINE LABOR RELATIONS  TRAINING The FLRA staff has three online training programs coming up this month. If interested, click on the course’s link and sign up.  The course are as follows: 7116(a)(1)/(b)(1), 7116(a)(2) and (4), Flagrant Misconduct and Duty … Continue reading

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GRIEVANCE STRATEGY ISSUES- Part 2 Now let’s turn to the common labor agreement requirement that the grievance include “the article(s) and section(s) violated.” Again, this sounds simple and very often is, but there are important exceptions. 

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WHAT CAN UNIONS DO ANYMORE FOR MEMBERS? Now that Trump has declared that suddenly hundreds of thousands of feds are involved in national security work, those employees’ unions have lost the right to bargain contracts, take grievances to arbitration, and … Continue reading

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ACT NOW OR ELSE The White House is doing its best to screw over federal employees and if you want to stop it, NOW is the time to get involved politically.  Here is just a sample of the terrible things … Continue reading

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GRIEVANCE STRATEGY OPTIONS TO CONSIDER  – Part 1 Most labor-management agreements list a few simple items that must be addressed to file a valid grievance, e.g., 1- name of the grievant, 2- agreement article and section violated, 3- date of … Continue reading

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CONGRATS TO AFGE TO CLUBBING DOGE ONCE AGAIN Unions are fighting Trump and the ghost of Elon in very imaginative ways. I always love to see unions stepping outside the normal collective bargaining tools such as ULP’s, grievances, etc. to … Continue reading

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COURT EXPANDS PAID MILITARY LEAVE RIGHTS FOR FEDS Given how casually Trump is activating National Guard units don’t be surprised if some of your members are pulled away soon.  A court has just improved the benefits they get while deployed.  … Continue reading

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