AN OPEN LETTER TO PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEES
Below is a letter you should copy and send to all probationary employees to undermine those who tell them that they have no rights. Continue reading
Posted in Membership Building, Probation Period
Tagged Appeal, Probationary period, union
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16 WAYS PROBATIONERS CAN APPEAL TERMINATIONS
The single biggest lie told newly hired federal employees may be the words “Probationary employees have no rights.” The second biggest might be that there is nothing the union can do for them during their probationary period. The truth is that a fired probationary employee has more than a dozen options for challenging a termination and only the union has the resources to enforce them. FEDSMILL.com has listed below many that the typical GS federal employee has. Continue reading
PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEE INTERVIEW CHECKLIST
If a probationary employee comes to the union for help because he/she is about to be or has been terminated, the union should go over the following issues with the employee to see if there are grounds for appeal or a strategy for avoiding termination. Continue reading
Posted in FLRA, Grievance/Arbitration, MSPB, Probation Period
Tagged Interview, Investigation, Probationary period, Termination
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AN OPEN LETTER TO PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEES
Below is a letter you should copy and send to all probationary employees to undermine those who tell them that they have no rights. Continue reading
EXCLUDING UNION REPS FROM CHOICE ASSIGNMENTS
Almost every job has those few assignments that carry a lot of hidden benefits, e.g., they almost always earn those assigned a cash award, generate extra promotion points, or even almost automatically boost one’s appraisal. What right does management have to exclude an active union rep from one? Continue reading
Posted in FLRA, Union Rights
Tagged Coerce, Interfere, Restrain, Retaliation, union, Union Animus
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APPRAISALS BASED ON MERE SAMPLES OF WORK
One of the more notorious games of an unfair supervisor is manipulating the work selected to review for a performance appraisal. Those supervisors can set an employee up for great success or heartbreaking failure merely by how they choose the sample of the employee’s work. Consequently, unions need to focus on how work is chosen for review. Continue reading
Posted in Discipline/Adverse Action, Membership Building, Performance
Tagged MSPB, MSPR, OPM, Performance Appraisal, Random Sample of Work, union
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AFGE HAS A VERY NICE SECRET
AFGE membership has grown by 40% since 2003, which puts its growth curve way, way ahead of all the other federal sector unions. NTEU increased by only 11% during the same time, NATCA and NSWEO by 10%, and NFFE had zero growth. Continue reading