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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.

SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS: PROBATIONERS AND THE PRIVACY ACT If you are not heartbroken about what King Kruel has done to thousands of innocent federal probationary employees, then you likely spent your childhood pulling wings off flies and lighting random … Continue reading

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WHY (ALMOST) ALL FEDERAL EMPLOYEE UNIONS’ TOP LEADERS ARE HYPOCRITES That’s right, even though the staffers at Fedsmill consider themselves to be diehard supporters of unions, we must call a foul when we see top union leaders behave so miserably … Continue reading

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SAVE A PROBATIONER Here is something unions should consider to help probationers in addition to the lawsuit they filed.  By terminating probationers, the agencies undoubtedly impacted the employees left behind. And as we all know, if an agency intends to … Continue reading

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A NEGOTIATOR’S ROOKIE MISTAKE & APPROPRIATE ARRANGEMENTS This is one of those case law precedents that union negotiators cannot hear about enough. If your proposals are all non-negotiable, you give the employer the right to unilaterally implement its proposed midterm … Continue reading

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AND THE FUTURE JUST KEEP COMING: WEARABLES It will creep up on feds slowly, but make no mistake that it is coming for you.  So, you might as well take a few minutes to know what it is, what it … Continue reading

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WHAT TRUMP CAN TEACH UNIONS (MOUGA) Love him or hate him, but union leaders can learn something from studying what he has done to get his way in business, government, and a few other more intimate areas. So, we have … Continue reading

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BEHOLD THE GOLDEN AGE OF DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS With the House of Orange 2.0 abolishing anything remotely related to DEI, it is inevitable that some folks will think it is once again OK to discriminate, harass, retaliate, etc. against others based … Continue reading

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THE NEGOTIABILITY OF THE MUSK BUYOUT If a co-worker decides to “take the public’s tax money and run” buyout opportunity that Czar Musk is offering, doesn’t that have an impact on the bargaining unit?  And if it does have an … Continue reading

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EEOC ORDERS AGENCY TO, “KEEP HIM AWAY FROM HER.” This new decision caught our eye when EEOC reported that the agency told a supervisor he “was not allowed on the floor when Complainant [Jene] was present for about two months.” … Continue reading

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HOW YOUR UNION’S LEADER SOLD YOU OUT FOR BEANS Any federal union activist with two IQ points to rub together has known since the Reagan era that there are two big holes in the labor law.  First, the White House … Continue reading

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