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FREE ONLINE LABOR RELATIONS TRAINING The FLRA staff has three online training programs coming up this month. If interested, click on the course’s link and sign up. The course are as follows: 7116(a)(1)/(b)(1), 7116(a)(2) and (4), Flagrant Misconduct and Duty … Continue reading
GRIEVANCE STRATEGY ISSUES- Part 2 Now let’s turn to the common labor agreement requirement that the grievance include “the article(s) and section(s) violated.” Again, this sounds simple and very often is, but there are important exceptions.
WHAT CAN UNIONS DO ANYMORE FOR MEMBERS? Now that Trump has declared that suddenly hundreds of thousands of feds are involved in national security work, those employees’ unions have lost the right to bargain contracts, take grievances to arbitration, and … Continue reading
GRIEVANCE STRATEGY OPTIONS TO CONSIDER – Part 1 Most labor-management agreements list a few simple items that must be addressed to file a valid grievance, e.g., 1- name of the grievant, 2- agreement article and section violated, 3- date of … Continue reading
CONGRATS TO AFGE TO CLUBBING DOGE ONCE AGAIN Unions are fighting Trump and the ghost of Elon in very imaginative ways. I always love to see unions stepping outside the normal collective bargaining tools such as ULP’s, grievances, etc. to … Continue reading
COURT EXPANDS PAID MILITARY LEAVE RIGHTS FOR FEDS Given how casually Trump is activating National Guard units don’t be surprised if some of your members are pulled away soon. A court has just improved the benefits they get while deployed. … Continue reading
IS “AGE HARASSMENT” ILLEGAL? Sexual harassment is a well-known and well-litigated matter. Mainstream media write about it often and most employers have policies prohibiting it. But how many have heard of “age harassment” or an age-hostile work environment? Here is … Continue reading
TRUMP SPECIAL COUNSEL PICK HAS TIES TO ANTISEMITIC EXTREMEISTS AND TATE BROTHERS Hey, Harvard! You will get a kick out of this. While Trump is beating you senseless because he alleges you do not treat Jews properly, he just nominated … Continue reading
WHY SO MANY OWE AFGE SO MUCH AFGE just won an injunction stopping White House actions against federal employees that is not just a “whopper,” but a “mega-whopper.” The Trump-Musk axis ordered agencies to undertake wholesale RIFs’ so it can … Continue reading