Omaha Steve's Labor Group

From what I can gather, the National Guard members can conduct negotiations as a union even while on federal active duty as long as it is related to a state deployment. I suspect that the union will not be able to negotiate in relation to any duties performed at a federal level.

The solution to this issue is to eliminate or at least reduce the state deployments. The reservists don't have time to conduct union organizing activities when there is a real emergency occurring such as an earthquake, fire, or weather event. However, the months-long deployments for what isn't an emergency does hit the finances and family life of the reservists.