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
.
Victoria
Davis
receiving the
donation check from
the AFGE Committee
Members and Local
912 President,
Charlie Bent. She
was very thankful,
she cried when she
saw the amount.
Today at the morning
shift Out Briefing
meeting, the new
acting President
Charlie Bent spoke
to the attendees
including the TSA
management telling
everyone that today
AFGE was giving
Victoria Davis a
check for $1000.00
to help her with the
loss from the
tornado that
happened on April
22, 2011. Everyone
clapped for AFGE.AFGE's Fight for TSA's
