Category Archives: Membership Building
APPRAISALS BASED ON MERE SAMPLES OF WORK One of the more notorious games of an unfair supervisor is manipulating the work selected to review for a performance appraisal. Those supervisors can set an employee up for great success or heartbreaking … Continue reading
Posted in Discipline/Adverse Action, Membership Building, Performance
Tagged MSPB, MSPR, OPM, Performance Appraisal, Random Sample of Work, union
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AFGE HAS A VERY NICE SECRET AFGE membership has grown by 40% since 2003, which puts its growth curve way, way ahead of all the other federal sector unions. NTEU increased by only 11% during the same time, NATCA and … Continue reading
JOHN (OPM) BERRY’S CONTEMPT FOR BILINGUAL EMPLOYEES OPM Director John Berry must be filled with contempt for bilingual federal employees. Or maybe the Obama appointee is just a hand puppet being worked by others with contempt for them. Or maybe … Continue reading
Posted in EEO/Discrimination, Membership Building
Tagged Allowance, Bilingual, John Berry, OPM, Stipend
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AFGE POSTS NEW HIRE RECRUITING GUIDE Congrats to AFGE for making available its guide for recruiting newly hired employees. There is probably no better time to recruiting an employee than during his or her first day or two on the … Continue reading
UNION MEMBERSHIP ACHIEVEMENTS AFGE, NTEU, and NATCA excel when it comes to membership statistics, but for different reasons.
Posted in Membership Building
Tagged AFGE, membership, NATCA, NSWEO, NTEU, POPA, union
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WHAT UNION REPS CAN DO THAT EMPLOYEES CAN’T All employees do not have equal legal rights. Union representatives have far more rights than most. In fact, they have far more rights than the average manager. So, if you hear anyone … Continue reading
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