MOU on Executive Order No. 14019 “Promoting Access to Voting”
A quick reminder that this MOU is still in effect. BUEs may request up to four hours of excused absence for:
Federal general elections;
Primaries and caucuses;
State, local, municipal, tribal, and territorial level elections;
Special congressional elections that are not held on the date of a federal general election;
Serving as a non-partisan poll worker (including training); and
Participating in non-partisan observer activities at the federal, state, local (i.e., county, and municipal), tribal, and territorial level (including training).
This is applicable even in states with absentee voting like ours. There is no restriction on time they are allowed to give but I would not expect all four hours. Read the full MOU HERE.
UNUM Open Season / NATCA Benefits Visit
UNUM open season is upon us. If you don’t recall, this is the disability insurance offered for NATCA members. While no one plans on getting a long-term illness, this service will allow you to focus on healing with the assurance that your bills will be taken care of. Lance Liberty will be in the facility on 11/12 and 11/14 and will be set up in the cafeteria. He will also be answering questions about the alternatives to FEGLI (federal life insurance). All employees sign up for FEGLI when first employed with the FAA, but it quickly becomes the more expensive option. Please stop by and talk with Lance to start the process of getting moved over.
MOU Update
All the area schedules have been negotiated, and we should finalize the AL and BWS MOUs tomorrow. We will brief the MOUs Sunday, 10/27, through Friday, 11/1, and should start bidding after the last briefing on Friday, the 1st. We were briefed on the OT Fatigue MOU last week and will begin negotiations at the local level shortly.
T-Shirt Raffle
Congratulations to Fartun Strutin (B Area) and Katrina Linder (A Area) on winning this month’s raffle. We are doing this every month on the 15th, so be sure to wear a NATCA shirt to enter and have a chance to win a gift card!
In Solidarity,
Amy