In an effort to prevent spreading (wilfull or precipitate) of misinformation by certain managers regarding the rules that apply to telework program, here is an answer to a question circulating the hallways of RMA, “Can I still telework if I am a part-time employee?” -Yes. The “Memorandum of Understanding RMA Kansas City Bargaining Unit Telework [...]
Last week, Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and Tom Coburn (R-OK) introduced the Public-Private Employee Retirement Parity Act, S. 644, a bill to eliminate federal pensions for all new government hires starting in 2013. Under the deceptively named bill, new employees would no longer receive the pension portion of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). Instead, [...]
New York (CNN) — The 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. Fire this Friday should throw into sharp relief recent efforts by lawmakers in Wisconsin and other states in the industrial heartland to curtail collective-bargaining rights for state employees. The Triangle fire in New York City on March 25, 1911, killed 146 people, mainly [...]
“A unionized public employee, a teabagger, and a CEO are sitting at a table. In the middle of the table is a plate with a dozen cookies on it. The CEO reaches across and takes 11 cookies, looks at the teabagger and says, “Watch out for that union guy. He wants a piece of your [...]
Yet again RMA employees have been treated to a spectacle of secretive behavior and less than scrupulous manipulation, coming from the bowels of the “front office.”
By Ed O’Keefe Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, October 7, 2010; 10:08 PM The Obama administration is such a strong supporter of allowing federal employees to work from home that it even allowed a government official to be sworn in via telephone. Because of the snowstorms earlier this year, Martha Johnson had no choice. “I [...]
The new departmental regulation bans any and all text messaging by all USDA employees when driving an official government vehicle AND when driving a private vehicle while on official Government business. It also give agencies the authority to take appropriate disciplinary action for violation of this mandatory ban on texting, up to and including removal [...]
