Category Archives: Union Administration
LABOR’S VERY BIG BLUNDER (The AFL-ABA-CIO) Organized labor has been shrinking in numbers and influence for over 60 years. There are a lot of reasons: well-funded enemies, relentless lawlessness by many employers, a toothless labor law, foreign competition for jobs, … Continue reading
OUR APOLOGIES TO THE DVA RNS A few weeks ago we posted a piece entitled, “Why VA Nurses Should Study Wall Street.” It reviewed the advantages for employees working for the same nationwide employer to be represented by one union … Continue reading
TRADING INFORMATION FOR MEMBERSHIP We have noticed a couple of local union newsletters that are worth bringing to your attention. Why? Because the single most valuable thing a union can offer all its unit employees is information about what is … Continue reading
WHY VA NURSES SHOULD STUDY WALL STREET Wall Street moguls might not care about values, ethics, morality, statutes, humanity, the environment, the common good, or world peace, but the U.S. Veteran Affairs nurses could benefit greatly from doing what they … Continue reading
DOL’s FINANCIAL CONTROLS TRAINING MANUAL FOR UNIONS There is an interesting documents sitting deep inside the Dept. of Labor’s web site. It is a training PowerPoint manual it prepared, apparently for AFGE, to explain what the law requires union elected … Continue reading
OUR COMPLIMENTS TO GAO ANALYSTS FOR THEIR UNION WEB SITE If you have followed FEDSMILL.com for a while you know that we try to shine a light on particularly good union web sites. We have spotlighted ones at NFFE, NTEU, … Continue reading
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ARE THE SOLUTION As we inch closer to the fiscal cliff, everyone seems to be ignoring the role that federal employees could play in solving the problem. Americans have more options than raising taxes and/or decreasing spending to … Continue reading
CRISIS: WHEN UNION LEADERS DISAPPEAR Most federal sector unions have only two nationally elected officials constitutionally empowered to lead the union. When one suddenly leaves office, the other immediately takes up the leadership slack. But, who is in charge if … Continue reading
TERM LIMITS FOR UNION OFFICIALS Normally, we oppose term limits for elected union officers. If the leader is doing a good job in the eyes of the membership, let them decide via elections whether to return him/her to office—no matter … Continue reading
WHY 17,000 EEOC CHARGES MATTER TO UNION LEADERS One of organized labor’s biggest mistakes was to turn over to the government and private attorneys enforcement of the over 30 labor laws unions worked so hard to push through Congress. As … Continue reading
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