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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.

Posted on May 11, 2015 by AdminUN

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 →

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Posted on May 11, 2015 by AdminUN

OVERVIEW OF NEW NTEU-IRS CONTRACT Any time one of the larger, federal sector bargaining units signs a new contract it is a big deal for everyone.   The novel provisions will be cited by unions or management at other bargaining tables … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 11, 2015 by AdminUN

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 →

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Posted on May 7, 2015 by AdminUN

6 WORK DESKS THAT WILL MAKE YOU HAPPIER-SO THEY SAY One of the more frustrating things to deal with as a union negotiator is office remodeling.  It seems that at last once a decade the office furniture industry convinces government … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 7, 2015 by AdminUN

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 →

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Posted on May 7, 2015 by AdminUN

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 →

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Posted on May 5, 2015 by AdminUN

UPDATE ON OGE ADVERSE ACTION REGULATIONS Not long ago we pointed out a case where MSPB overturned an employee’s removal from FDIC because the agency failed to get approval from the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) of an FDIC-created rule … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 5, 2015 by AdminUN

INTERESTING DRESS CODE DECISION Several federal judges have held that the FLRA should follow closely NLRB case law precedent since the private sector law was the model for the private sector one.  The NLRB just issued an interesting decision about … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 5, 2015 by AdminUN

AGENCIES MAY HAVE TO BARGAIN WITH UNIONS OVER EMPLOYEE DATA BREACHES The NLRB recently indicated it believes employers are obligated to bargain when employee data they hold is hacked. Take a look at this article, Employers May Have to Bargain … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 30, 2015 by AdminUN

FLRA REGIONAL OFFICE SEMINARS AVAILABLE FLRA just distributed the announcement below.  We have found these meetings interesting and helpful.  Sign up fast before all the seats are gone.

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