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About AdminUN

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.

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

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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

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QUICK UNION POWER QUIZ Do you know the difference between these SIX contract dates: 1- Execution Date, 2- Approval Date, 3- Effective Date, 4- Implementation Date, 5- Reopener Date, and 6- Termination Date? Do you know the FIVE routes a … Continue reading

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IVF AND VALUING THE DAMAGES WHEN AGENCY ERRORS DENY COUPLE A CHILD The simple story here is that EEOC has reviewed and upheld its 2018 conclusion that it violates the law protecting employees with disabilities for the feds to have … Continue reading

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PROTECT YOUR “SANTOS” RIGHTS Two years ago the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals reversed an MSPB decision holding that “an agency must justify institution of a PIP when an employee challenges a PIP-based removal.”  In other words, when an agency … Continue reading

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REMOVED CBP EMPLOYEE WINS FIVE YEARS OF BACK PAY PLUS This employee worked as an Air Interdiction Agent with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) until the agency removed him for unacceptable performance in June 2019.  However, the agency so botched … Continue reading

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FLRA PUNISHES UNION WITH DISPARATE TREATMENT Personally, I think FLRA is wrong, especially since it treats management much better in the same situation. But here is what it did last week and is very likely to do in the future. … Continue reading

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NATIONAL UNION PRESIDENT DESERVES PRAISE High on a very short list of things that bother me about unions is the hypocrisy of their national leaders. They demand that agency executives accept certain work protections for their employees and stand accountable … Continue reading

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LAW FIRM GENERATES $45 MILLION FOR CBP FEMALE EMPLOYEES We just read that the Gilbert Employment Law (GEL) Group has racked up another huge $$$ win for CBP employees. Although federal employees can only be represented by their union if … Continue reading

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ILLEGAL TELEWORK DEALS What do you call it when a bargaining unit employee asks her manager to allow her to telework, the manager agrees, and they work out the details of when, where, and under what conditions? “Illegal” is what … Continue reading

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