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MSPB's Chairman McPhie says "Alternative discipline is a great tool for supervisors to consider if they have an employee who is engaging in misconduct".
The author offers some suggestions to Federal union officials in developing productive relationships with Agency officials. Having served as a representative of both employees and management in his…
A federal court concludes that a decision resulting in the 342 suspension of an employee in the Social Security Administration was arbitrary because it was based solely on…
NATCA President Patrick Forrey says that a recent article on the labor portion of the 2008 Democratic Party's platform obscures the issues "through the recalling of the most…
Senator Obama may want to think twice about accepting an Air Traffic Controllers' union endorsement. When a controllers' union endorses a presidential candidate, watch out! In 1980, they…
How do you deal with "Cants" in the federal government? These are people who are not necessarily devious, lazy or malevolent but they are incompetent and cannot do…
A drastic decline in union members in the private sector and a dramatically pro-union, anti-business House bill endorsed by Senator Obama may mean that labor relations takes a…
An Air Force Air Traffic Control Specialist was fired for not maintaining a certification required by the agency. A court upholds the agency's right to set requirements, despite…
A federal employee who was found to be "rude and obnoxious" ended up being fired as the incident occurred after he had already signed a "last chance" agreement…
Bargaining a contract is a lot to get your arms around. The Author offers these tools to make preparation, tracking and figuring out the status of a negotiation…