Litigation
Federal Judge Denounces SSA in Disabilit...
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January, 2006
In early January, U.S. District Court Judge William M. Nickerson denied
SSA’s request that he dismiss a handicap discrimination case brought by
the union on behalf of a union member who had been forced to quit by
management’s failure to accommodate her disability.
In the course...
Settlement - SUSPENSION REDUCED...
Posted by admin in Litigation on March 30, 2004 | No Comments
March, 2004
Teleservice Center Representative Justine Conway was instrumental in reducing a 5-day suspension for misuse of time to one day over a weekend. The SSA grievant received backpay plus interest and the suspension would not be included in her OPF or 7B file.
Settlement
Settlement - HIGHER GRADED DUTY CASE...
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January, 2004
Vice President Donald Bricknell was successful in representing a DoD Stump Neck Naval Service Warfare employee who was detailed from a GS-12 position and was assigned the duties of a supervisory GS-13 position without being compensated. Mr. Bricknell negotiated with management to discontinue...
EEO - SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASE...
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January, 2004
A DoD employee charged the Agency with sexual harassment. The EEO judge agreed and the Grievant was awarded $15,000 and promoted to the next GS-level. In addition, the Grievant was transferred out of her unit and 80 hours of leave was reinstated. The supervisor was relocated to another...
Settlement - MERIT PROMOTION...
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January, 2004
An SSA employee filed charges because she was denied a promotion. As part of the settlement, the Grievant agreed to retire and the Agency paid her $15,000 and retroactively promoted her for the previous three years. The Grievant also had 224 hours of advance sick leave cancelled.
Settlement - EMPLOYEE REINSTATED...
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January, 2004
VA Representative Monica Hagen fought an unjust removal of an employee. The union prevailed and the employee was reinstated.
Settlement - REMOVAL RESCINDED...
Posted by admin in Litigation on January 15, 2004 | No Comments
January, 2004
Local 1923 was successful in getting management to rescind on a removal case. The grievant also received a clean SF-50 record , accepted a voluntary retirement and received $90,000 in backpay. The agency also agreed to pay reasonable attorney fees to the Union’s Legal Representational...
Settlement - SUSPENSION REDUCED...
Posted by admin in Litigation on November 30, 1999 | No Comments
February, 2004
SSA Vice President Woody Kocher aided Union staff attorney in reducing a 10-day suspension to 8 1/2 days. The grievant received 1 1/2 days backpay and the suspension was expunged from his records.
Settlement - TERMINATION REVOKED...
Posted by admin in Litigation on November 30, 1999 | No Comments
February, 2004
Vice President Donald Bricknell in Stump Neck, Maryland represented an employee who was being terminated during his probationary period. After Mr. Bricknell met with management, the agency agreed to transfer the employee to another department and was given the opportunity to complete...
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Cynthia Ennis
Cynthia Ennis has served as Executive Vice President of Local 1923 for over 20 years and was elected as President in August, 2003. Cynthia is fervently committed and dedicated to the labor movement.
In her position, Cynthia will move full speed ahead and address some of the serious challenges currently facing the federal workforce. Issues such as personnel reform, contracting out, pay parity, the stripping away of bargaining rights, and continually rising health insurance premiums are just to name a few. Cynthia intends on tackling these and many other issues in order to provide federal employees the rights they so richly deserve.