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NATIONAL UNION PRESIDENT BARS STAFF FEDSMILL INFORMATION That’s right. We have been hit with what amounts to a “gag order.” We have been posting Fedsmill pieces for almost 13 years trying to make sure union reps get information that their … Continue reading
WHY ALL FEDERAL EMPLOYEE UNIONS’ TOP LEADERS ARE HYPOCRITES That’s right, even though the staffers at Fedsmill consider themselves to be diehard supporters of unions, we must call a foul when we see top union leaders behave so miserably toward … Continue reading
NO ENVIRONMENTAL DIFFERENTIAL PAY (EDP) FOR COVID EXPOSURE Not sure why the union chose to take this case to the generally anti-employee Federal Circuit Court rather than to arbitration. Afterall, arbitrators have ordered EDP and the FLRA has upheld those orders. But … Continue reading
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FMLA, DISABILITIES, AND LIGHT DUTY An employee, Jessie Crutch, had a long-time reasonable accommodation of being allowed to rest his hip for a few minutes every few hours while working as a warehouse custodian. As the injury got worse and … Continue reading
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ASKING THE SPOUSE IS A D.O. DUE PROCESS NO-NO When a federal firefighter failed a random drug test, he claimed that he must have mistakenly taken one of his mother’s pills given that they live together. The agency decided not … Continue reading
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WHEN HAIR TRUMPS URINE An agency suspended a firefighter for 30 days who tested positive for illegal drugs after being selected in a random test. Because the employee was absolutely convinced that he had not used drugs, he tried to … Continue reading
WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN CBP? FEDSMILL.com reports on CBP-related cases coming out of the FLRA, FSIP, EEOC, CBCA, MSPB, OSC and a handful of other agencies. We do not care if the case was won by a … Continue reading
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WHEN THE GERMANS BOMBED PEARL HARBOR One of the great lines from film is the Animal House passage where one of the frat boys declares that nothing is over until the frat declares it over—just like it wasn’t over for … Continue reading
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WHAT DID THIS UNION DO WRONG? Here are the facts. See if you can figure out two things the union did wrong. The agency had a practice of placing a guard at each of its strategically important locations around its property every … Continue reading
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IS AFGE THE UNION OF THE CENTURY? That is what one reader suggested. So, we decided to look into how it has done since the year 2000. The most powerful piece of evidence supporting the reader’s claim is the increase … Continue reading