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DO UNION ATTORNEY FEES VIOLATE NONMEMBERS’ CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS? Labor unions are breathing a sigh of relief now that Justice Scalia chose an ultra-rightwing meeting of animal killers to steal the spotlight by following the groups’ prey to another place. He … Continue reading
EEOC UPHOLDS LANGUAGE DISCRIMINATION VIOLATION When a private contractor being audited by the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) complained that he could not understand the federal employee auditing him, the management ordered the employee to communicate all messages through a … Continue reading
A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE MAKES $6.4 MILLION And this guy wants to lower federal employee pensions. Read for yourself from the N. Y. Times.
ANOTHER EEOC GUIDE Just a few days ago we pointed you in the direction of the AFGE Guide to Fighting Discrimination as a great source for employees and their union reps embarking on an EEO charge. But we don’t want … Continue reading
CBP’S HAIL MARY PASS BLOWN DEAD You needn’t have stayed on top of federal sector labor relations developments over the last decade to know that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is involved in a ton of litigation with the unions … Continue reading
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SELL-OUT UNIONISM Assume for a minute that something like this message popped up in our mail last weekend: “My union won a huge arbitration case for a group of us whose career ladder promotions have been habitually delayed. I was … Continue reading
HOW SPECIFIC MUST GROUP GRIEVANCES BE? Is the following a legitimate grievance: “Local X007 alleges on behalf of impacted employees that the agency violated the compensation rights of employees at various offices over the last six years and asks that … Continue reading
HOW TO CHANGE UNION AFFILIATION On March 28, 1988, NAGE Local R14-146 was certified as the exclusive representative of a unit of health care employees at the U.S. Public Health Service, Indian Health Service Hospital, Shiprock, New Mexico, including employees … Continue reading
WOW! AFGE’S GUIDE TO FIGHTING DISCRIMINATION AFGE has published online a 170-page roadmap to the EEO complaint process for employees and union reps that underscores two things about the union. First is its obviously deep commitment to civil rights issues. … Continue reading
OFFICIAL TIME, TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT AND UNION INVESTMENTS Even a quick review of the latest LM-2 and IRS 990 reports filed by unions reveals that some federal sector unions have a lot of money in the bank at not just the … Continue reading