Category Archives: Union Administration
MILESTONE MARCH March 2015 has been a very good month for FEDSMILL.com. We posted our 500th article since beginning this venture in September 2011. We also set a new personal record for the number of articles read in a single … Continue reading
FORMER EXECUTIVE VP PROPOSES NTEU CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS Frank Ferris, former National Executive VP of NTEU, spent 38 years with NTEU operating under a union constitution put in place in the mid-60s. The 60’s were very different times for NTEU. It … Continue reading
WHAT DO YOU THINK? LEGAL OR ILLEGAL? Can a union constitution prohibit members from holding more than one elected office at a time even if at different levels of the organization, e.g., local president and regional vice president on the … Continue reading
DEPT. OF LABOR & IRS REPORT PROBLEMS? Given the political climate, unions need to avoid any suggestion of internal problems, especially federal employee unions which are regulated by these two agencies. So, imagine the fallout if AFGE had any significant … Continue reading
NTEU PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN BEGINS The Washington Post carried a nice piece March 9th about the retiring NTEU National President, but the bigger news may be what it did not address, namely, the campaign to replace her. The first announced candidates appear to … Continue reading
THE ELAW ADVISOR As we have said before, several federal agencies have developed what we will call “A-Z Indexes” to simplify a user’s search for HR/ER/LR information. Typically, these indexes pull together the most important information a user might need … Continue reading
MODEL LOCAL WEBSITES NFFE’s Local 1998 at the Passport Service, AFGE’s Councils in the Bureau of Prisons, HUD and VA, all qualify as models against any criteria. They have up to date news, helpful pages, easy to digest layouts, and … Continue reading
PRESIDENT KELLEY RETIRES FROM NTEU Colleen Kelley, a fixture around NTEU for decades, announced today that she will leave office this August. She first made an impact as president of the NTEU IRS chapter in Pittsburgh, PA where she nearly … Continue reading
WE REALLY LIKE THIS WEB SITE Although great web sites are not the cure for everything that ails unions, they can do a lot of good, such as A-Z topic pages. So, we like to point out examples of good … Continue reading
AFGE BOOSTS ITS FINANCIAL STRENGTH AFGE recently announced that it has paid off the mortgage on its headquarters building, located in a prime spot just a couple of blocks from the U.S. Congress in Washington, DC. Based on its DOL … Continue reading