Posted on February 23, 2012 by AdminUN

WATERBOARDING SELECTING OFFICIALS

Ever wonder how to get selecting officials to tell you the real reason why you were not selected for a promotion?  Tens of thousands do each year.  Here is how. Continue reading →

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Posted on February 22, 2012 by AdminUN

TICKLE TORTURING PROMOTION RATING OFFICIALS

“Tickle torturing” might be an option when rating officials will not explain their scoring system that denied you a promotion.  After all, unlike selecting officials whose vagueness and secrecy make you want to waterboard them for an explanation of why you were not selected, rating officials do not make the final decision.   But a far less violent option for the disappointed fed applicant is to use civil rights case law.  A Texas Rangers interviewing panel learned this the hard way. Continue reading →

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Posted on February 20, 2012 by AdminUN

HOW TO MINIMIZE CONTRACTING OUT

While management has a right to contract out work, the union has a right to negotiate procedures making that decision a fair one and softening the impact on employees. Here is how. Continue reading →

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Posted on February 20, 2012 by AdminUN

POPA & NTEU LOWER EMPLOYEE PARKING COSTS

Agencies are no longer regularly including free parking for employees in the buildings they rent.  They save money by shifting the cost of daily parking to the employee.  But here is how the union can help the employee. Continue reading →

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Posted on February 20, 2012 by AdminUN

WHAT CAN BACK PAY AND DAMAGES INCLUDE?

You will be surprised to see what can be included and it all depends on how you draft the grievance. Continue reading →

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Posted on February 14, 2012 by AdminUN

CHRISTIANS – 1, CBP MANAGEMENT –MINUS $28,600.

That is the way EEOC scored the Miami faceoff between the Customs and Border Protection Service and one of its CBP Officers who asked for Sundays off to practice his faith.   Continue reading →

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Posted on February 14, 2012 by AdminUN

FDIC CLOBBERED FOR LACKING CREDIBILITY

FDIC management has been ordered to rehire a former employee retroactively to late 2000.  KAAAA-POW for management and KAH-CHING for the employee.  EEOC found that management repeatedly lacked credibility when it tried to explain why it missed a deadline by 862 days.   Continue reading →

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Posted on February 14, 2012 by AdminUN

FREE NEGOTIATIONS TRAINING VIDEOS

Ye olde Internet is an amazing place to get help with almost anything, and teaching union leaders how to negotiate is one of its strong points.  FEDSMILL.com advises that you start with Youtube.com. Continue reading →

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Posted on February 5, 2012 by AdminUN

SF-1187 DOLLAR INCENTIVE CAMPAIGNS

How much should national union leaders offer for each new SF-1187?  NTEU has offered $25.00 incentives, AFGE $50.00, and NFFE $100.00.  What is the right amount? Continue reading →

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Posted on February 5, 2012 by AdminUN

WHO ARE THE SIMILARLY-SITUATED?

“All things being equal, if an employer takes an action against one employee in a protected class but not another outside that class, one can infer discrimination. The ‘similarly situated’ prong establishes whether all things are in fact equal.”  Consequently, any union rep involved in representing employees in disciplinary or other harmful actions should know what makes employees similarly-situated. Continue reading →

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