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LINKEDIN AND LABOR RELATIONS Billy Milton, David Scholl, Bruce Waxman, Mike Herlihy, and a few more folks acquired a lifetime of LR/ER/HR experience in the federal government. They were in government from the earliest days of the labor law in … Continue reading
WHY DO UNIONS REOPEN NEGOTIATIONS SO OFTEN? It is not unusual for a union to propose as part of reopening and modifying a master or term agreement that it be allowed to reopen certain articles for another round of negotiations … Continue reading
DON’T LIKE THE FLRA DECISION? JUST SAY “NO F….ING WAY!” Fortunately for the effectiveness of the system, most losing parties accept an FLRA decision on exceptions to an arbitration award as final and implement the remedy. However, what can a … Continue reading
CONGRATS TO NATCA ON COLLABORATION A big tip of our hat to NATCA for developing several videos explaining how its collaboration with the FFA works. If you agency is struggling with the concept, these are a good source of ideas.
DO YOU USE FEDSMILL THESE 5 WAY? While we welcome those of you who just read our postings, we hope that most of you are squeezing everything out of Fedsmill.com that you can to build a strong labor-management process. Here … Continue reading
WE DO NOT ADVISE DOING THIS, BUT … Most union reps know that when a manager orders an employee to do something the employee had better do it no matter how wrong the order is. There is a collective bargaining … Continue reading
WHAT IF A CO-WORKER GETS YOU FIRED? Aside from hopefully momentary thoughts of physical revenge in the extreme, the average person may not realize that a childhood fable about a cat and chestnuts figures prominently in the answer. Have you … Continue reading
WHEN EMPLOYEES HAVE SEIZURES Whether a fed’s job involves driving, operating equipment or enforcing the law, seizures create serious, if not life-threatening, risks for the employee, co-workers, employer and public. So, what choice does an employer have when an employee … Continue reading
TEST YOURSELF: HOURS OF WORK {Revised} In this fictional scenario the employees regularly work from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. processing on-line applications for federal benefits. Each night the headquarters computer center downloads an inventory of cases to each employee’s … Continue reading