Category Archives: Union Administration
THE STATUTE AND CASE LAW DECISION YOUR UNION WILL NEVER EVER TELL YOU ABOUT Every union member has a critically important right that their union prays the member knows nothing about. Back in 1959 a law “was enacted after lengthy … Continue reading
IT IS “FOLLOW THE UNION MONEY” TIME AGAIN Want to know how your union is spending dues money, e.g., who is getting paid what, which outside contractors-consultants-counsels have been hired, how often the union went to arbitration last year, etc.? … Continue reading
DID VERONICA DESERVE THIS FROM HER UNION? Veronica worked hard and well for her union for ten years. She won some novel cases, worked nights helping to organize a couple of new units, made over 100 overnight trips away from her children despite … Continue reading
NATIONAL UNION PRESIDENT DESERVES PRAISE High on a very short list of things that bother me about unions is the hypocrisy of their national leaders. They demand that agency executives accept certain work protections for their employees and stand accountable … Continue reading
WANT AN EXECUTIVE BOARD OF PUPPETS? Wine them, dine them and fly them, but never ever tell them about (or let them decide) anything important. As our media headlines carry more and more stories about dictators and dictator wannabees, it … Continue reading
HOW TO PROTECT A UNION STAFFER’S CAREER AFGE seems to be the only federal sector union that values all its paid staff members (BU & NBU) enough to protect them from arbitrary and abusive treatment. Consequently, union staffers themselves need … Continue reading
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HAVE YOU TAKEN THE FEDSMILL CHALLENGE YET? None of us in the business of representing employees knows it all. So, whenever we have an opportunity to learn something that got by us in the past (or maybe we have just … Continue reading
TEN REASONS TO BE A UNION REP There are lots of good reasons to be a union rep, whether you get involved in grievances, negotiations, arbitrations, employee meetings, or information gathering & analysis. Here are ten that we hope lead you … Continue reading
THINGS THAT BUG ME ABOUT UNIONS I was born into a family of union activists and devoted over 40 years of my own life to working for unions, but there are a few things about them that truly “get my … Continue reading
WHICH UNION PROTECTS ITS NON-UNIONIZED STAFF THE BEST We have posted about a half-dozen articles complaining about how fed unions do an absolutely terrible, if not immoral, job protecting staff members not covered by the staff’s collective bargaining unit. (See … Continue reading