Category Archives: Union Administration
WHAT CHELIOTES JUST SHOWED ALL UNION LEADERS Arthur Cheliotes is the President of Local 1180 of the Communications Workers of America (CWA). It is an unusual union local because 1180 represents over 1,000 managers working for New York City. The … Continue reading
UNION POWER: YESTERDAY, TODAY & TOMORROW Every American school kid learns that one reason the Brits lost the American Revolution was that its tactics that once worked so well for them, did not work on the American battle field. Brightly … Continue reading
CAN THIS EMPLOYEE BE REFUSED UNION MEMBERSHIP? Suppose a non-unit employee in your agency was so angry with your union that he put the following message on his Facebook page addressing the members of your local: “rise up and create … Continue reading
COULD THIS HAPPEN TO YOUR LOCAL? The following statement appears on a local union’s web site: “Per IRS law, we are required to inform the membership of …. Local … that as of May15, 2012 this local lost its tax-exempt … Continue reading
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