Facility Closing and Part Timings
Section 1. The Employer agrees to inform NAATS at the
national level as far in advance as possible regarding any intent to close,
consolidate, or reduce hours of operation at any facility where NAATS
bargaining members work.
Section 2. The Employer agrees to inform the Union at the regional
level regarding bargaining unit members who must transfer as a result of any
reduction of hours.
Section 3. Bargaining unit members who elect to retire rather than
transfer under this Article will be given maximum consideration and shall be
allowed maximum permissible benefits.
Section 4. The Employer shall allow bargaining unit employees who are
scheduled to be reassigned to an AFSS to swap reassignments with other
employees who are also scheduled for reassignments to an AFSS, absent a
compelling reason to the contrary. To the extent allowable, any moving
expenses shall be paid in accordance with the FAA Travel Policy.
Section 5. The Employer agrees to give the Union�s national
Headquarters quarterly reports which include the number of employees and hours
of operation at each FSS and AFSS facility nationwide.
Section 6. No facility in which NAATS bargaining unit members work
shall be closed, consolidated or reduced in hours until the agency has
notified the union and negotiated to the extent required by law and in
accordance with Article 91, Mid-Term Bargaining.
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