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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 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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Posted on July 17, 2012 by AdminUN

A LITTLE HELP WITH FLRA CASE LAW Julia Akins Clark, the FLRA General Counsel, has done us all a favor, by posting on her web site a document highlighting the most significant case law holdings on dozens of key points … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 15, 2012 by AdminUN

GAO LOCAL 1921 NEGOTIATES FOR ENHANCED CUBICLES (This posting has been copied almost verbatim from the Local 1921 web site.) In July, GAO will be relocating several employees in the headquarters building, including APSS staff, to make space for new … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 15, 2012 by AdminUN

HOW TO STOP PERFORMANCE STANDARD CHANGES While death and taxes may be the more commonly recognized guarantees of life, not far behind are changes in performance standards.  Employees everywhere can count on managers trying to change their expectations, even if … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 15, 2012 by AdminUN

THE RESUSCITATED “FAIR & EQUITABLE” CLAUSE For the longest time FLRA has not let unions bargain a clause obligating agencies to apply their management rights in a “fair and equitable” manner.  But, all that changed not long ago.

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Posted on July 15, 2012 by AdminUN

GAGE ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT AFGE’s National President John Gage announced his retirement this week in a letter he to the union’s members.  Gage has been president of the federal sector’s largest union for nine years and during that time the union … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 15, 2012 by AdminUN

FDIC FLIPS, FLOPS, FLAPS, & FLAILS The FDIC leadership is currently doing its best impression of a fish tightly caught on the end of an angler’s line. It’s struggling mightily in a desperate attempt to break free of the hook … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 1, 2012 by AdminUN

FUBAR: POPE’S PERMISSIVE POPPYCOCK QUESTION: Why should a union never accept a management offer to sign contract language over a Section 7106(b)(1) permissive subject, such as method and means, technology, numbers, grades, etc.? ANSWER: Because Carol Waller Pope, Chair of … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 1, 2012 by AdminUN

CONTRACTOR CHUTZPAH CHUTZPAH-Definition:  Nerve, Gall, Audacity. Private contractors doing government work are a lot of things.  They are often more expensive than government, they are notorious for missing deadlines, and they have no shame about taking government work paid for … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 1, 2012 by AdminUN

THE NTEU-AFGE RACE CONTINUES AT DHS Not long ago we posted a piece entitled, “LR’s ‘Biggest Losers.””  It was about how the LR decision-making at DHS is so poor that NTEU has a .789 winning percentage against DHS and AFGE … Continue reading →

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