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Asking for prayers for our officer and friend, Pamela Ward, who lost her mother last week.Please keep Pam and her family in your prayers.

Members, Yesterday afternoon we learned of the sudden loss of our co-workers and Union Rep, AIPQB SIS, Omar Toledo. This is quite a blow.   If any of you should need to speak with a grief counselor, please remember that we have counselors available with the EAP that can provide Read more

ARTICLE 26 Transfer of a Federal employee or reinstatement of a former Federal employee (including conversion to reinstatement from a temporary appointment) to a position at the same or lower grade than the highest permanent grade held under a career or career-conditional appointment provided the candidate was not demoted or Read more

DISCLAIMER — “Federal employees can request hardship transfers to move for personal problems such as caring for sick parents, being closer to children after a divorce, gaining access to medical facilities for specific treatments for the employee or the employee’s family.  These transfers can only happen under the condition that Read more

Internal, Hardship, and Other Transfers Internal Placement Transfers / Hardship Transfers / Transferring to Other Agencies There are a number of programs available for active federal employees to request and obtain transfers to other locations or for reassignment to another organizational office at your current duty station. For those who Read more

United States of America BEFORE THE FEDERAL SERVICE IMPASSES PANEL In the Matter of SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION BALTIMORE, MARYLAND and COUNCIL 220, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO Case No. 07 FSIP 38 DECISION AND ORDER Council 220, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO (Union) filed a request for assistance Read more

HARDSHIP TRANSFER REQUESTS 1.      Any employee may request special consideration for transfer due to personal hardship.  Management will consider all hardship transfer requests. 2.      Hardships are situations outside of the employee’s reasonable ability to control that affect the health and welfare of the employee or a family member.   3.      Examples of significant hardship include, Read more

https://www.osha.gov/pls/osha7/ecomplaintform.html How long does it take OSHA to respond to a complaint? within five days OSHA telephones the employer, describes the alleged hazards and then follows up with a fax or a letter. The employer must respond within five days, identifying in writing any problems found and noting corrective actions taken Read more