Author Archives: AdminUN
AFGE BOOSTS ITS FINANCIAL STRENGTH AFGE recently announced that it has paid off the mortgage on its headquarters building, located in a prime spot just a couple of blocks from the U.S. Congress in Washington, DC. Based on its DOL … Continue reading
INTERESTING FURLOUGH MOU The FLRA just issued a decision describing the creative way that one union structured sequester furloughs through an MOU. The National Association of Independent Labor (NAIL) negotiated the following concerning employee rights to pick the days on … Continue reading
POPA’S AWARD AGREEMENT ASTONISHING The Patent Office Professional Association is one of our favorite unions if for no other reason than it knows how to protect benefits once negotiated. It wrote the book on how a union can dig its heals … Continue reading
ANOTHER AMAZING AFGE ACCOMPLISHMENT If your read Joe Davidson’s column in Washington Post on February 16th, you already know about AFGE’s latest achievement in Homeland Security. We know it is a blockbuster because we cannot think of the last time … Continue reading
MANIPULATING EXECUTIVE BOARD EXPERTISE While national union leaders are constantly asking agency managers to involve employees in workplace decisions, some leaders operate under constitutions that deliberately exclude the best local union leaders from also setting internal union policy. We can’t point … Continue reading
(TIGTA) THIS IG NEEDS INVESTIGATING J. Russell George has led a decent life and we are not going to suggest that he is anything other than a fine person. In fact, we will always remember him for what may his … Continue reading
WOW! NWSEO GOES ALL IN ON 1187 BONUSES Just a couple of weeks ago we were extolling AFGE’s commitment to boosting membership by giving out $100 for every newly signed 1187. CITE But the National Weather Service Employees Organization has … Continue reading
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WERE THIS UNION’S PRESIDENT? Most leadership programs put participants in hypothetical situations, give them the facts, and then ask them to lead their group to a solution. What follows is a tale of two … Continue reading