AmericanGirl05
Diamond Member
Granting rights and exercising rights are two different things; shill.why not; they got union members collective bargaining pay and benefits without the effort or cost, if what you claim is true.Congress also authorized the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, established the retirement systems (CSRS, effective from the 1920s till 1984 and FERS, its successor), and also sets by law, annual and sick leave policies. Also, due process in adverse actions.
All of these are the same whether you are a lowly GS-2 clerk typist or Lois Lerner, Senior Executive.
Unions had nothing to do with it.
Unions have lobbyists and lobby as well.
Yeah, well, they aren't very effective if you ask me.
But they didn't, bozo.
The GS scale was established long before Federal employee unions. The GS scale was established in the 1940s.
Federal unions were granted limited collective bargaining rights in the Kennedy administration.
My point, which you seem to have missed, is that Federal unions had no authority whatsoever when the GS scale was established.