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This issue of NAATS News represents a new approach to disseminating the Newsletter - We are providing a Word Formatted version online for downloading and printing:
(Plain DOC version ZIPped Version)
Please bear with us as we try to work out the bugs. Of course any and all comments are welcome.
Wally Pike, NAATS President
I have forwarded the AFSCME tentative agreement, including pay, to webmaster John Dibble for posting. Please check out our web page if you are interested in these documents.
We will resume negotiations with the management team next Wednesday. Our hope is that they have concluded they need to address our comparability issue and that we can make meaningful progress in these negotiations. So far we haven't seen much from them other than word games and "fuzzy math".
Meanwhile we continue to work the new Congress. Our thanks to those of you who used the information in the last update and contacted your representatives. It will pay dividends in the future.
The Federal Labor Relations Authority homepage (www.FLRA.gov) has a wealth of information concerning labor relations in the federal sector. John Dibble has provided a link from our web page and I encourage you to take advantage of this re-source. It's updated more frequently now and can be a major tool for all of our representatives and members.
I'm scheduling a meeting with Administrator Garvey to discuss the latest OASIS developments. I feel this presents us with a good opportunity to address this and related issues in a collaborative manner.
We've received many comments about the FLRA training conducted at the membership meeting in San Diego. We are coordinating with the FLRA again for this year and it would be helpful if you would suggest the areas that interest you. Please send either Ward Simpson ([email protected]) or me ([email protected]) a note with your thoughts and we'll tailor the training next October.
The minutes of the February NAATS Business Meeting will be published in the next edition of the quarterly Bulletin. I do however, want to tell you of one Board decision regarding facility membership reimbursement. The Board decided to in-crease, effective March 1, regional imprest funds $30 per facility per month. This money is earmarked for reimbursement of facility NAATS expenses. Since the Regional Directors will administer this funding using different methods, you are encouraged to contact them directly for details.Wally
MONTHLY NAATS NEWS TO BE PRINTED AND MAILED TO ALL FACILITIES
In response to your requests, the NAATS Board of Directors has decided to send one printed copy of the monthly NAATS News to all of our facilities. This will be in addition to the quarterly NAATS Bulletin.The timelines for the NAATS News are as follows:
Articles must be submitted to NAATS News Editor Eli Morrissy by the 15th of each month.
NAATS News is to be mailed by the 1st of each month.
In order to ensure timeliness of the articles, these timelines are to be strictly observed with no exceptions.
NAATS
CONVENTION
2001
LAS VEGAS, NV
OCT. 17-18, 2001
- Luxor Hotel
FACREP TRAINING
OCT. 16TH
- Reservations: (To be announced)
REMEMBER - REMEMBER - REMEMBER
Just a reminder for those who didn't get the word last month, the NAATS National Membership Meeting dates have been changed due to the Luxor Hotel's inability to accommodate us as contracted. The new dates are October 17-18, 2001. The location remains the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas. We are sorry for any inconvenience.
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