Author Archives: AdminUN

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.

Posted on August 15, 2012 by AdminUN

SSA SUPERVISORS CLUELESS AGAIN LR specialists have so concentrated power in their hands that employees and union reps rarely can have a substantive discussion with their managers about fixing problems promptly. There may be some agency benefits from this approach, … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 15, 2012 by AdminUN

WATCH THIS NLRB CASE The NLRB just issued a decision that should have a significant impact on how federal agencies investigate their own employees. The Board confronted a situation where an employer was investigating an employee misconduct matter and instructed … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 15, 2012 by AdminUN

SCIENCE BACKS FIRST CONSIDERATION OF UNIT EMPLOYEES Unions have always wanted their bargaining unit members considered for open jobs before management looks at those outside the unit.  Now we have some scientific proof from the highly prestigious Ivy League Wharton … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 30, 2012 by AdminUN

WHAT IS A PROPHYLACTIC PROPOSAL? It is not only something union negotiators can use to protect members from the adverse effects of a management intrusion into their lives, but also something the FLRA endorses.

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Posted on July 30, 2012 by AdminUN

INTERESTING CONTRACT CLAUSES- AFGE & VA All union negotiators should be aware of what is in other contracts, but that can be hard to do as more and more contracts exceed 200 pages.  So, from time-to-time our small army of … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 22, 2012 by AdminUN

THE RIGHT TO SWAP JOBS We noticed that this issue is causing some strife inside the AFGE Border Patrol Council, which only confirms that the right to swap jobs is a critical collective bargaining issue.

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Posted on July 22, 2012 by AdminUN

WONDERFUL WEB SITES We watch what unions post on their web sites in case there is something we should all know about.  FEDSMILL.com recently took a look at a lot of AFGE web sites (not all or even a majority) … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 22, 2012 by AdminUN

NEW AFGE-SSA CONTRACT HIGHLIGHTS This is one of those bargaining units whose contract is one of the benchmark deals in the federal sector.  The local has just published a list of the changes to its new 2012 contract that are … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 19, 2012 by AdminUN

GETTING $$$,$$$ FOR EMOTIONAL STRESS The secret is getting out quickly.  Over the last three years, employees have frequently received checks for $100,000 and more for the emotional stress managers have illegally caused them. Here is how.

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Posted on July 17, 2012 by AdminUN

A LITTLE HELP WITH FMLA CASE LAW The U. S. Dept. of Labor just made it a little easier for us to understand the Family Medical Leave Act by publishing a “plain English” guide to the law. While OPM, not … Continue reading →

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