david walker, liar and union buster
David M. Walker is Comptroller General (CG) of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). IFPTE Outlook reports that approximately 1,400 analysts employed at the GAO are fighting for union representation after the agency restructured their positions, freezing their salaries and cost-of-living increases after promising not to do so.
“The organizing campaign, the first in GAO’s history…happened because the CG misled the analysts and Congress when seeking the authority to restructure stating that ‘no employee would ever be denied a COLA if the individual’s ratings were at an acceptable level…”.
The day after the analysts filed a petition for an election with GAO’s Personnel Appeals Board, Walker’s representative announced he was challenging 461 (almost one-third) of the 1,386 signatures. The GAO also hired private law firm Venable LLC to assist in their effort of “union avoidance”.
Walker’s actions are a clear example of government interference in the analysts right to a fair election for union representation. And it’s our own tax dollars that are paying for it.