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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.

PUSHING BACK AGAINST ELON It would not surprise me if hundreds of feds and ex-feds are wandering around keying parked Tesla cars, glueing Tesla charging station plugs to make them unusable, and maybe even “disrupting” Tesla sales stores. After all, … Continue reading

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UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS IN A RIF, MASS FIRING OF PROBATIONERS, DIRECTED REASSIGNMENT REMOVAL OR DEFERRED RESIGNATION The lethal litigators at the Gilbert Employment Laws, PC in Silver Spring Maryland are working hard to help federal employees.  They not only filed a … Continue reading

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“SHE IS ON MEDICATION” A supervisor asked a contractor to keep an eye on an employee who had yelled and cursed on the job that day and to report back to him about any further incidents. The supervisor then told … Continue reading

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OOPS, THEY DID IT AGAIN. SELECTING OFFICIALS WHO CAN’T EXPLAIN THEIR ACTIONS Like Brittany Spears’ song, some selecting officials are still getting “lost in the game,”  and in the process hurting those around them.  In this case, an employee over … Continue reading

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THE MSPB STAY OF PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEE TERMINATIONS Click here for a short overview on what is happening with this extremely welcomed decision from the folks at Democracy Now, who are doing very creative legal work for federal employees. And here … Continue reading

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FOR ALL US FMLA GROUPIES I know that some union locals have designated stewards who handle all their FMLA matters.  The rest need to be able to get answers quickly when a member knocks on the door with an FMLA … Continue reading

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SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS: PROBATIONERS AND THE PRIVACY ACT If you are not heartbroken about what King Kruel has done to thousands of innocent federal probationary employees, then you likely spent your childhood pulling wings off flies and lighting random … Continue reading

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WHY (ALMOST) ALL FEDERAL EMPLOYEE UNIONS’ TOP LEADERS ARE HYPOCRITES That’s right, even though the staffers at Fedsmill consider themselves to be diehard supporters of unions, we must call a foul when we see top union leaders behave so miserably … Continue reading

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SAVE A PROBATIONER Here is something unions should consider to help probationers in addition to the lawsuit they filed.  By terminating probationers, the agencies undoubtedly impacted the employees left behind. And as we all know, if an agency intends to … Continue reading

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A NEGOTIATOR’S ROOKIE MISTAKE & APPROPRIATE ARRANGEMENTS This is one of those case law precedents that union negotiators cannot hear about enough. If your proposals are all non-negotiable, you give the employer the right to unilaterally implement its proposed midterm … Continue reading

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