Author Archives: AdminUN
WHAT SHOULD FEDSMILL WRITE ABOUT We have no shortage of ideas to address on this site. But it would be hypocritical to have a motto urging management to respect employee and union insights if we did not do the same. … Continue reading
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TEN REASONS TO BE A UNION REPRESENTATIVE There are lots of good reasons to be a union rep, whether you get involved in grievances, negotiations, arbitrations, employee meetings, or information gathering & analysis. Here are ten that we hope lead … Continue reading
NTEU WINS $ FOR SIGHT & HEARING IMPAIRED, BUT SHAME ON FLRA Calling once again on the small army of lawyers it employs, NTEU has won two more Section 508 Rehabilitation Act discrimination cases.
Posted in EEO/Disabilities, FLRA
Tagged Blind, Deaf, Disability, NTEU, Rehabilitaton Act
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EEOC TO MANAGERS: “ZIP IT!” Loose lips not only sink ships, but they also violate employee rights. EEOC issued two decisions recently where it could not have made it clearer that managers are not to talk about employee EEO complaints.
Posted in EEO/Discrimination, Medical Issues
Tagged Compensatory, Disclosure, EEOC, Privacy
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GRIEVING NON-SELECTION FOR PROMOTION (Pt. 4 – Regs) At this point, the union has built a grievance that levels allegations of contract violations, probably a discrimination charge, and perhaps a ULP. But there is at least one more claim it … Continue reading
Posted in Back Pay, FLRA, Grievance/Arbitration, Regulations
Tagged CFR, FLRA, NTEU, Promotion
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GRIEVING NON-SELECTION FOR PROMOTION (Part 3-ULPs) Another kind of discrimination management must avoid is anti-union animus or discrimination. Title 5 USC 7116(a)(2) makes it an unfair labor practice for management “to encourage or discourage membership in any labor organization by … Continue reading
Posted in FLRA, Promotion/Hiring, ULPs
Tagged animus, anti-union, Discrimination, Promotion, ULP
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GRIEVING NON-SELECTION FOR PROMOTION (Part 2- EEO) If the union levels charges of discrimination in a non-selection grievance, it substantially increases its chances of winning. So great is the advantage that FEDSMILL believes the union should level a discrimination charge … Continue reading
Posted in EEO/Discrimination, FLRA, Grievance/Arbitration, Promotion/Hiring
Tagged "Prima facie", Discrimination, FLRA, grievance
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GRIEVING NON-SELECTION FOR PROMOTION (Part 1) Ask a manager if you can grieve non-selection from a BQ list and you are likely to hear that you can’t. Some of them will even quote part of a federal regulation that bars … Continue reading
Posted in Promotion/Hiring
Tagged arbitrator, federal, FLRA, grieve, priority consideration, Promotion, retroactive, selecting official, union
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EDITORIAL – WHAT HAPPENS AT FLRA HAPPY HOURS How do we know that FLRA is having regular happy hours during the day? Well, we don’t, but something like that must be happening based on the quality of its particularized need … Continue reading
UNION MEMBERSHIP ACHIEVEMENTS AFGE, NTEU, and NATCA excel when it comes to membership statistics, but for different reasons.
Posted in Membership Building
Tagged AFGE, membership, NATCA, NSWEO, NTEU, POPA, union
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