The resolution, also supported by the AFL-CIO and the United DoD Workers
Coalition, said that Rumsfeld promised Congress and DoD employees that the
department , in creating a new personnel system, would respect collective
bargaining requirements and create safeguards to assure due process and to
prevent favoritism in the workplace.
"Secretary Rumsfeld has proven that what he says and what he does are very
different," the resolution said.

The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest
federal employee union, representing 600,000 workers in the federal government
and the government of the District of Columbia.

Poll Predicts Majority Turnout for US Airways Union Vote

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National Mediation Board requires that 50 percent plus one member of any
potential bargaining unit must vote for any union to ensure union
representation .

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"In misleading Congress and his employees,
pushing an agenda that attacks fairness in the workplace , taking away the
employees' voice over important workplace conditions and putting forth a pay
system that will undermine the future of living for most DoD employees,
Secretary Rumsfeld has broken the bonds of trust with the employees.

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In the poll, workers rated issues of concern in their US Airways
workplace.

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Pensions, Wages, Health Care and Outsourcing
Top Workers' List of Concerns

WASHINGTON, A late November poll of US Airways
mechanics , utility, GSE and stock clerks predicts majority turnout for a union
representation election -- a strong signal that the issue will go to a vote of
workers."

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Those issues included pensions, wages, health care costs and
outsourcing.

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The NSPS, designed to eventually cover more than 700,000 civilian DoD
employees, would replace the General Schedule pay system with one in which pay
raises would be tied to annual performance evaluations.

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AFGE Takes Vote of 'No Confidence' Against DoD's Rumsfeld Over Appeal of NSPS Ruling

On Feb. Workers said their responses to the recent poll were driven by
concerns about the airline industry's trend toward outsourcing of work -- and
by misleading information generated by US Airways.

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AFGE's Defense Conference Says Rumsfeld Broke 'Bonds of Trust' with Employees

WASHINGTON, The American Federation of Government
Employees (AFGE) today issued a vote of "no confidence" against Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

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DEFCON is a coalition of AFGE local union offices representing DoD
employees. "The results of this
poll show us that we are one step closer to beginning that process.

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The telephone poll of a random sample of US Airways workers showed that 89
percent of workers polled planned to vote in a representation election.

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The vote by AFGE's Defense Conference (DEFCON) followed a decision by the
Department of Defense (DoD) to appeal a federal judge's ruling against
Rumsfeld and the department over its new personnel regulations, known as the
National Security Personnel System .
That agreement will protect all the members' work," said Andy Marshall,
Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 104 in Phoenix.

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Sullivan prohibited DoD from implementing NSPS, saying it eviscerated
collective bargaining rights, failed to provide employees with a fair way to
appeal disciplinary actions, and did not provide for an independent third-
party review of labor relations rulings.

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"No matter what US Airways or any other union may say, as soon as these
workers choose the Teamsters as their certified bargaining agent, we will
begin bargaining an amalgamated agreement from the two existing contracts.

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4 million hardworking men and women throughout the United States
and Canada.