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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.

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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MANAGEMENT’S IMPERIAL VIEW OF ITSELF We don’t hate management; in fact, we believe that both labor and management need to be very skilled at what they do to create a satisfying, effective workplace. But it does raise the hairs on … Continue reading

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YOU CAN KEEP TELEWORK IF YOU HAVE A COMPELLING REASON YUP! There is a way to wiggle out from under the Trump Administration efforts to punish federal employees for not voting for them. FEDWEEK just published a story you should … Continue reading

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AN INTERESTING DECISION ABOUT MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY The Office of the Special Counsel (OSC) posted a press release in late December announcing that it was ordering two SES Executives suspended for 30 & 36 days. OSC found that they committed prohibited personnel practices … Continue reading

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WHEN WILL COURTS REVIEW FLRA’S EXCEPTION DECISION INVOLVING A GRIEVANCE? Courts generally are not permitted to review the Authority’s decisions involving exceptions to grievance arbitration awards.  But there is an exception to that rule, i.e., when the FLRA exception decision … Continue reading

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FIRE UP THOSE NEGOTIABILITY DISPUTES NOW During the last Trump administration his FLRA appointees savaged decades of FLRA and judicial case law. They not only overturned about 20 important precedents, but they did so by replacing reasonably objective criteria for … Continue reading

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DON’T BET AGAINST THIS HAPPENING NEAR YOU Somewhere early in the next White House Administration some probationary employee is going to be fired because Team Trump thinks the employee does not support the new President’s political views or because some … Continue reading

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THE STATUTE AND CASE LAW DECISION YOUR UNION WILL NEVER EVER TELL YOU ABOUT Every union member has a critically important right that their union prays the member knows nothing about.  Back in 1959 a law “was enacted after lengthy … Continue reading

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