Author Archives: AdminUN
EARN MASTER’S IN LABOR STUDIES–WHILE WORKING Given that thousands of federal employees are union activists as stewards, officers, etc., we thought we would pass on some information to our readers about what seems like a pretty good deal for those … Continue reading
WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT A POTENTIAL ARBITRATOR—FOR FREE? Many times a year unions try to find out more about an arbitrator before they pick him/her to serve on a permanent panel or just to do a case. The AFL-CIO … Continue reading
DO DOD EMPLOYEES NEED NTEU AND/OR DOES NTEU NEED THEM? If you follow the NTEU National newsletter you have seen that the delegates at its upcoming August convention are going to consider whether or not the National President should retain … Continue reading
ARBITRATION DISPUTES INSIDE UNIONS How do unions handle dispute when local reps want to take a case to arbitration and the regional or national reps do not? Well, it turns out there are a variety of ways ranging from the … Continue reading
HOW TO INTERPRET CONTRACTS AND LAWS A recent post about two FLRA members declaring the placement of a single letter in the labor law to be so significant as to make clear and unambiguous the answer to three substantial labor … Continue reading
MADAME CAROL’S BANGED UP CRYSTAL BALL AND THE MAGIC “S” J. K. Rowling should be writing this given the elements of wizardry in a recent FLRA decision making it look like it is right out of the Department of Magical … Continue reading
HOW TO KILL A UNION FROM WITHIN Kodak, Borders, Blockbuster, Lehman Brothers, Circuit City—and the list goes on. Most business schools will tell you now that they have had a chance to examine the corpse of each of those once … Continue reading