STEWARD ALERT! It is illegal for any employer to use tests of any kind (oral, written, behavioral) if they tend to discriminate against a class of protected employees under any of the Civil Rights acts, unless it can that the test is job-related, is a business necessity and no reasonable alternative is available. (See 5 CFR 300) Continue reading
MEMBER ALERT! The Justice Dept. just announced it settled a case where an employee had been denied leave to go on a religious pilgrimage. Continue reading
MEMBER ALERT! Employers are now required by a new federal regulation to minimize the potential for workplace violence, whether it comes from members of the public seeking help, co-workers, or anyone else allowed into a workplace. Continue reading
You will see some small changes with today’s new articles. We have reduced the size of the headlines, and added a subtitle at the beginning of the article to remind union leaders to pass these articles on to members, stewards or even other union activists. Information only creates union power when you give it to those who can use it. After all, isn’t that why our times is called the Information Generation? We have also made a small change in our Motto to reflect the linkage to what we are doing and the power that various mills have produced for our society over generations.
Congrats to AFGE for making available its guide for recruiting newly hired employees. There is probably no better time to recruiting an employee than during his or her first day or two on the job. If you do not already have an effective routine for doing this, borrow liberally from AFGE.
While this Administration seems to understand the economic value of federal employees doing work rather than turning government work into profit opportunities for private venture capitalists, that can change. Continue reading
We have no shortage of ideas to address on this site. But it would be hypocritical to have a motto urging management to respect employee and union insights if we did not do the same. So, we are asking for your suggestions about what information we could deliver that would be most helpful to you. At the end of this piece there is a place to leave comments. Just enter your suggested topics there and we will start working through them. We cannot guarantee that we will get to all of them or that we have the expertise to deal with each topic, but we would like to try.
There are lots of good reasons to be a union rep, whether you get involved in grievances, negotiations, arbitrations, employee meetings, or information gathering & analysis. Here are ten that we hope lead you to think about getting involved. Continue reading
Calling once again on the small army of lawyers it employs, NTEU has won two more Section 508 Rehabilitation Act discrimination cases. Continue reading
Loose lips not only sink ships, but they also violate employee rights. EEOC issued two decisions recently where it could not have made it clearer that managers are not to talk about employee EEO complaints. Continue reading