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Cheeks must still sting at FLRA after a hard slapping by the DC Circuit finding "the Authority endorsed an incoherent arbitral award and embraced an unreasonably narrow view…
"NTEU Contrarians"Âť have a website to express their concerns about the lack of democracy in the union and its direction.
This IRS employee had both a five and twenty day suspension on his record for AWOL and failure to follow instructions. The third time around, the agency removed…
A federal employee was cited for numerous errors which resulted in inmates being held without a hearing, transferring an inmate for no reason, and other problems. She was…
In a follow up on the Federal sector’s largest union’s demands in a nation-wide agreement, the author highlights the kinds of proposals AFGE is making to Agencies. As…
The author goes over election results at TSA and suggests much less of an overwhelming interest in union representation by most employees than claimed by the involved unions.
The author says an AFGE official time proposal fails to address accountability or tracking of the time.
The author discusses the recent House hearings on official time. He suggests that none of the parties to the hearing addressed a number of critical issues surrounding this…
A recent court decision has many federal managers and supervisors asking serious questions about their exposure and personal liability in civil or 'personal capacity' lawsuits for work-related matters…
No dancing at the Jefferson Memorial to celebrate his birthday. "Mr. Jefferson is on record discouraging celebration of his birthday: On Mr. Jefferson's accession to the Presidency [visitors]…