AFGE 9th District
My first experience with AFGE was a rewarding one. I worked for the Department of Defense as an aircraft mechanic, performing operational modifications on B-52’s. My supervisor summoned me into our break-room, and handed me my annual appraisal rating. Having received many appraisals, I believed this one was not going to be any different than those in the past.
When I first glanced at my rating I realized that this rating was not like those I had received in the past. This one was terrible! As I continued to review my rating, I quickly realized I was being set up to be terminated. Anyone that knows appraisal ratings, particularly the critical elements, knows that these elements are the most important ones to be concerned with. I had failed two critical elements. Naturally, my supervisor had no objective reasons for my rating except that I was not on the aircraft enough,
As long as there is organized capital, there will be organized labor. And, that is as it should be in a democratic society. The true union member wants to help, and not hinder, his employer. He realizes that the more successful the business is, the more successful the employee will be ... if he receives fair value for his labor, and a fair share of the profits he has helped produce. A working man's life is valuable. Every time the clock ticks, there goes
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RYAN'S
BUDGET PLAN A
'SHAMEFUL ATTACK' ON
PUBLIC WORKERS
House Budget
Committee Chairman
Paul Ryan has lost
any shred of
integrity by
introducing a 2012
budget resolution
that is full of
false assumptions,
misleading
statements and
factual errors, the
head of the largest
federal employee
union said today.
“Congressman Ryan
unfairly targets
federal workers by
proposing to freeze
federal wages, cut
the work force and
drastically raise
pension
contributions 
Weingarten Rights
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Romney rips 'unfairness' of federal pay, benefits
After winning a set of
Republican primaries Tuesday
night, presumptive GOP
presidential nominee Mitt
Romney debuted his general
election message, including
federal pay and benefits in
a list of items he considers
to be unfair
