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There was a labor strike in 1988 in which employees demanded a minimum wage of $12 per hour. [15] A 25-day strike in 1992 resulted in workers returning to work without a contract. [16] In 1996, a further strike hit the company. Around 2,700 employees stayed home while 50 marched in front of the company with picket signs. [17]
The United States Civil Service Commission was created by the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883. The commission was renamed as the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), and most of commission's former functions—with the exception of the federal employees appellate function—were assigned to new agencies, with most being assigned to the newly created U.S. Office of Personnel ...
In May 2018, President Donald Trump signed three executive orders intended to crack down on unions that represent federal employees and to make it easier to fire federal workers. [28] It was claimed that the changes are designed to strengthen merit-system principles in the civil service and improve efficiency, transparency, and accountability ...
According to recent studies, however, there are key differences in how pay-for-performance models influence federal employees in public service roles. [1] James Perry is one scholar who has conducted such studies. His research reveals that public servants tend to be more intrinsically motivated, and thus, are prone to have a negative reaction ...
NASSCO may refer to: National Steel and Shipbuilding Company; National Association of Sewer Service Companies This page was last edited on 29 ...
The Lloyd-La Follette Act provided a significant impetus to the formation federal employees' unions. In 1916, the American Federation of Labor (AFL) acted to bring the various local unions together to form a single national union. The National Federation of Federal Employees was founded in Washington, D.C., on September 17, 1917. In 1918, it ...
In 2010 8.4 million government workers were represented by unions, [19] including 31% of federal workers, 35% of state workers and 46% of local workers. [20] As Daniel Disalvo notes, "In today's public sector, good pay, generous benefits, and job security make possible a stable middle-class existence for nearly everyone from janitors to jailors."
There are currently three shipyards on San Diego Bay, National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO, a division of General Dynamics), Continental Maritime of San Diego (Huntington Ingalls), and Southwest Marine (BAE Systems). NASSCO is the largest new-construction shipyard on the west coast of the United States; "specializing in auxiliary and ...