Author Archives: AdminUN
TEST YOURSELF: Is There a Violation Here? Read over the facts below and identify what, if anything, the union can do to help. The answer is provided below the facts. FACTS: Assume that an employee’s administrative workweek starts in the wee … Continue reading
DID VERONICA DESERVE THIS FROM HER UNION? Veronica worked hard and well for her union for ten years. She won some novel cases, worked nights helping to organize a couple of new units, made over 100 overnight trips away from her children despite … Continue reading
DAMAGE TO EMPLOYEE’S PROFESSIONAL REPUTATION COSTS AGENCY $4,000 EEOC just issued another decision awarding an employee $4,000 in damages for the “embarrassment, frustration, social isolation, and injury to his professional reputation” he suffered when his manager confronted him about his … Continue reading
NEVER BORROW A STRIPPER’S VAPE PEN A Correctional Officer at the Federal Bureau of Prisons is learning why. After a death in his family, he went to a bar, had one too many, took a few hits off a stripper’s … Continue reading
IF YOU INSIST ON BITING YOUR WIFE… expect some job consequences if she has you arrested, especially if you are a Homeland Security law enforcement officer (LEO). When the employee reported the arrest to his supervisor the next workday, he … Continue reading
AGENCY INCOMPETENCE SNATCHES DEFEAT FROM JAWS OF VICTORY Harold, a GSA employee, filed an EEO complaint alleging discrimination based on sexual orientation (gay) and/or the intersection of his sex (male) and race (African American) when he was not selected for … Continue reading