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OPM’S COMPETITIVE SELECTION AVATARS Last week the Washington Post reported that OPM has begun using avatars to measure the aptitude of people applying for federal jobs. The Post wrote that the system, “…uses animated avatars and videos to simulate challenges that … Continue reading
UNION POWER: YESTERDAY, TODAY & TOMORROW Every American school kid learns that one reason the Brits lost the American Revolution was that its tactics that once worked so well for them, did not work on the American battle field. Brightly … Continue reading
HOW MANAGEMENT KEEPS UNION MEMBERSHIP LOW If you have been following us for a while you know we have often publicly expressed our anguish over union locals where the percentage of unit employees who are union members is less than … Continue reading
GOOD NEWS FOR UNION TRUE BELIEVERS Thanks to the Washington Post for an article Sunday about how the thousands of temporary employees Microsoft hires through contractors, to avoid giving them the Microsoft benefits, have unionized and just won the right … Continue reading
CAN THIS EMPLOYEE BE REFUSED UNION MEMBERSHIP? Suppose a non-unit employee in your agency was so angry with your union that he put the following message on his Facebook page addressing the members of your local: “rise up and create … Continue reading
COULD THIS HAPPEN TO YOUR LOCAL? The following statement appears on a local union’s web site: “Per IRS law, we are required to inform the membership of …. Local … that as of May15, 2012 this local lost its tax-exempt … Continue reading
REASSIGNMENT VIA THE EEO ROUTE What’s a guy to do when his wife, who works for the same agency as he does, is transferred from San Diego to Washington, DC, he applies for a reassignment to DC himself under the … Continue reading
MILESTONE MARCH March 2015 has been a very good month for FEDSMILL.com. We posted our 500th article since beginning this venture in September 2011. We also set a new personal record for the number of articles read in a single … Continue reading
DUTY TIME AND THE NCAA TOURNAMENT As March Madness continues to escalate over the next two weeks, there will inevitably be employees disciplined for checking in on their favorite team on duty time via agency computers. So, we thought we … Continue reading