Category Archives: RIF
WHY SO MANY OWE AFGE SO MUCH AFGE just won an injunction stopping White House actions against federal employees that is not just a “whopper,” but a “mega-whopper.” The Trump-Musk axis ordered agencies to undertake wholesale RIFs’ so it can … Continue reading
DON’T RIF BORDER PATROL; REDEPLOY THEM There must be tickles and giggles all around DOGE these days at the mushrooming number of CBP Border Patrol Agents they can label excess and RIF. Billions and billions of easy savings are just … Continue reading
SOME HELP FOR DEPARTING IRS EMPLOYEES Life is miserable for many IRS employees as Elon and The Donald wipe out the IRS workforce so they can prepare to contract all the work IRS employees do to campaign donors. But a … Continue reading
BE CAREFUL GRIEVING RIF’S RIFs are popping up all over government and right behind them are union grievances alleging a ULP and/or a violation of the negotiated agreement’s provisions on a RIF. But what about the Trump order obliterating unions’ … Continue reading
LOOKING AHEAD TO THE TRUMP RIFS At the White House’s request agencies are preparing their systems to execute RIF’s in the next few months. One defense to a RIF is to argue that it has an inordinate impact on one … Continue reading
BE ON THE LOOKOUT (BOLO ALERT) The senseless, wasteful, vindictive RIFs are coming. Most unions have negotiated RIF procedures into their agreements, which is going to seriously damage their ability to demand negotiations before the RIF can take place. That’s … Continue reading
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SEQUESTRATION AND RIF With the curtains about to roll back on the annual budget theatrics for us, it is time to think about what role labor law plays in it. The most dreaded response to a budget shortfall from any … Continue reading