Category Archives: Union Administration
WHERE DO NATIONAL UNION PRESIDENTS COME FROM? That is a more interesting question than you might think—and worthy of some thought given how important leadership can be. Some unions, like NWSEO and NLRBU demand that a member be an active … Continue reading
COX OVERWHELMS AFGE, CONGRATS Back in 2012 David Cox won the AFGE National Presidency in a squeaker with 51% of the vote, but a short three years later he roared back into the job last week with 63% of the … Continue reading
NTEU ELECTS REARDON NATIONAL PRESIDENT NTEU convention delegates elected Tony Reardon today to be the next National President of NTEU, giving him more than 85% of the vote. For the past decade or so Tony has managed the union’s finances, … Continue reading
Posted in Union Administration
Leave a comment
NTEU CONVENTION BEGINS THIS WEEK BEHIND CLOSED DOORS While the NTEU convention does not start officially until August 9, its Resolutions Committee meets this week behind doors closed to delegates and members. Under its Constitution, the NTEU National President appoints … Continue reading
DOL TARGETS UNION FINANCIAL ERRORS & CRIMES Actually, that is an understatement. Since the beginning of the year DOL has announced about 70 indictments, guilty pleas, or convictions from union leaders for embezzlement, fraud, wire fraud, false statements, and whatever … Continue reading
THIS LOCAL UNION BEST WEB SITE JUST GOT BETTER A couple of years ago we declared the local union web site run by NTEU Chapter 293 the best among all we have seen. Well, ignore that post and the good … Continue reading
DOL DEMANDS GREATER SECRECY IN CONVENTION VOTES There is an interesting case working its way through the Colorado federal courts. The Department of Labor has sued a union alleging that the voting process at its convention was not as secret … Continue reading
EXECUTIVE BOARD SEAT EQUALITY Should seats on a union’s national executive board be distributed equally–and by equally we mean based on a relatively equal number of members represented by each board member? We looked around the fed sector recently and found that many … Continue reading
HOW UNION CONVENTIONS ARE (OR ARE NOT) CONTROLLED With the summer union convention season just getting underway, it is time to touch on the two-sided issue of convention control. Every convention needs some control mechanisms if it is going to … Continue reading
EARN MASTER’S IN LABOR STUDIES–WHILE WORKING Given that thousands of federal employees are union activists as stewards, officers, etc., we thought we would pass on some information to our readers about what seems like a pretty good deal for those … Continue reading