MSPB and EEOC: Can management ignore my attorney since I’m in a Union?

Have you been told that the Agency isn’t allowed to recognize your private attorney in an EEOC or MSPB case because the “Union said they can’t”?

With great frequency, many of our clients are being denied their rights to an attorney by an Agency management or human resources individual. Ironically, these management representatives claim that they cannot recognize a Federal employee’s private attorney because the “union” is the “exclusive representative of the bargaining unit”, and therefore no private attorney can [...]