Category Archives: Union Administration
WOULD E-HARMONY MATCH NFFE WITH NTEU, AFGE OR IAMAW? (Revised) Match-making has gone high tech in nearly every corner of society. Corporations long ago saw the value of strategic planning algorithms to find acquisitions, drive mergers, sell business lines, etc. At … Continue reading
WHO WERE THE HIGHEST PAID UNION OFFICIALS? A few weeks ago we compared the four major federal sector unions to one another with a particular focus on how each spends its dues money. (See “Compare AFGE, NATCA, NFFE & NTEU … Continue reading
WHY DOESN’T MY UNION DO THIS? OPM does it. The Department of Labor and a number of federal Labor Relations shops do it too. So why don’t unions provide the same simple automated service to its local leaders? Here is … Continue reading
COMPARE AFGE, NATCA, NFFE & NTEU BY THE NUMBERS We have not made it a secret that we think that unions should be run as efficiently as any business. In fact, we wish that Goldman Sachs and other investment bankers … Continue reading
CONGRATS TO AFGE’S TSA COUNCIL We just noticed that the TSA council posted a Dept. of Labor report last month showing that it has over 15,000 members. That is great news for the employees of that unit, AFGE, and the rest … Continue reading
WHAT SHOULD NATIONAL UNION EXECUTIVE BOARDS BE DOING? There are several kinds of executive boards in the corporate and non-profit worlds ranging from the merely ceremonial rubber stamp varieties to those that engage in the active oversight management of the … Continue reading
QUIZ: HOW DO UNION STAFFERS INFLUENCE LOCAL ELECTIONS? Let’s start with a hypothetical. Assume that the local’s election of officers is coming up in three months and that the only member who can beat the current local president is waffling … Continue reading
DEVELOPING NATIONAL UNION LEADERS FROM WITHIN Running a national labor unions well demands a lot of skill. AFGE, for example, has an annual budget of over $100 million, 300,000 members, and thousands of locals involving almost every government agency. Even … Continue reading
DON’T LIE ABOUT OFFICIAL TIME, PLEEEEEEEAZE Not long ago, media material started pointing out that when federal employees act together to defraud the United States, it exposes them to potential criminal conspiracy charges under 18 USC 371. That got us … Continue reading