Tag Archives: NTEU

Posted on November 20, 2011 by AdminUN

FEATHERBEDDING AT FSIP Featherbedding is a widely condemned practice in labor-management circles.  At best, it is wasteful; at worst, it is dishonest; and, at present, it appears that the Federal Service Impasses Panel (FSIP) is mired in it.  The cost … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 29, 2011 by AdminUN

UNDERMINING A NEGOTIABILITY APPEAL NEGOTIATOR’S ALERT! Here is a case negotiators should not forget about. NTEU filed a negotiability appeal with FLRA over an issue arising out of term negotiations. However, later in those negotiations it agreed that even if … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 5, 2011 by AdminUN

NTEU WINS $ FOR SIGHT & HEARING IMPAIRED, BUT SHAME ON FLRA Calling once again on the small army of lawyers it employs, NTEU has won two more Section 508 Rehabilitation Act discrimination cases. 

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Posted on September 30, 2011 by AdminUN

GRIEVING NON-SELECTION FOR PROMOTION (Pt. 4 – Regs) At this point, the union has built a grievance that levels allegations of contract violations, probably a discrimination charge, and perhaps a ULP.  But there is at least one more claim it … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 21, 2011 by AdminUN

UNION MEMBERSHIP ACHIEVEMENTS AFGE, NTEU, and NATCA excel when it comes to membership statistics, but for different reasons.

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Posted on September 14, 2011 by AdminUN

HOW FLRA BLEEDS AGENCY BUDGETS Almost no one talks about it, but every day FLRA takes to resolve back pay cases costs federal agencies dearly. That is not opinion; it is cold, hard fact. Here is a great example.

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