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American Federation of Government Employees

AFGE #2859

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AFGE Local 2859 area of representation is:

Reno, Nevada; Las Vegas, Nevada; Arizona

Agencies Represented:

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Federal Labor Relations Authority has ordered, beginning August 3, 2005, the Service will provide the Union with sanitized copies of the comparative disciplinary information requested by the Union..including proposal and decision notices, agency final decisions, decisions after appeal and any settlement agreements for legacy INS employees..

MAX HR LABOR RELATIONS PUT ON...... STOPPED!!!

August 2005, STRIKE ONE, October 2005, STRIKE TWO

June 2006, STRIKE THREE

MAXHR IS OUT!!!

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PAY FOR PERFORMANCE WARRIOR EXITS BATTLEFIELD!!!

"..federal labor union officials see [Mr.]Nesterczuk as an ideologue who helped hatch an evil plan at a conservative Washington think tank, The Heritage Foundation, and then returned to government to impose it. The nefarious plan? Rid the country of an oversized bureaucracy and its pesky unions".

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Congress Responds To Union Victory Against DHS

Rep. Bennie Thompson (Miss.), top Democrat on the House Committee on Homeland Security----"They cannot set up a system -- in the name of homeland or national security -- that runs roughshod over workers' rights to representation and collective bargaining"

ELEANOR HOLMES NORTEN, CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, SAYS !!“none of our concerns about the stripping of the right to appeal to the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), a statutory independent agency were taken seriously by DHS.” CLICK HERE FOR FULL RELEASE.

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The Defense Fund is Working for You!

AFGE Local 2859 has delivered a high success rate of winning arbitration over the last few years which involved mostly CBP and ICE of the Department of Homeland Security. Here are just 3 of the arbitrations on file.

Arbitration Decision 1 HERE

Arbitration Decision 2 HERE

Arbitration Decision 3 HERE

Council 118 Arbitration Decision 4 HERE

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AFGE loses its bid to represent CBP employees as of June 28, 2006, however, AFGE will appeal decision (click here for story)

May 18, 2007 - AFGE is unsuccessful in its right to represent CBP. CBP is now part of the Treasury Union.

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