Elections Have Consequences: Rebellion in the Ranks at NTEU
“NTEU Contrarians” have a website to express their concerns about the lack of democracy in the union and its direction.
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Aggressive Union Organizing at Transportation Security Administration: National Security Issues?
The Author looks at one of the unions involved in organizing TSA. In a letter to airport screeners, a union president promises to continue pressure for a collective bargaining agreement and that if NTEU is elected, all Federal security Agencies present at an airport will be represented by the same union. The Author asks if that is a good idea. You decide.
Must Reads for Managers: Federal Union Steward Guides
The Author provides links to various Federal employee union guides prepared specifically for shop stewards. Supervisors and managers who must deal with union representatives and with such issues as employee performance discipline, grievances in a unionized environment should put these on their critical reading lists.
“It’s Not Personal, It’s Just Business”
Press releases are written to provide a favorable image of an organization or to create an unfavorable image of another person or organization. Federal employee unions issue lots of press releases. Sometimes, the unions attack each other. Here is an example and an analysis of what the press releases really mean.
NTEU’s Alleged Defense of Merit Principles: What’s a Little Hypocrisy Among Friends and Colleagues?
Are the goals of a recent lawsuit filed by a federal union to improve the merit system or to prevent an agency from being able to bring in new employees from outside the agency?
Court Strikes Down Labor Relations Portion of New DHS System
The Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has decided that the labor relations portion of the new human resources system for DHS is not consistent with Congressional intent.
NTEU Gets A Big Win In Round One
An injunction against a portion of the new rules for a human resources system in the Department of Homeland Security is the latest round in the implenting a new civil service structure
