February 12th Update
Headlines

  • JW has decided to pursue other professional opportunities and will be stepping down as West Area Rep and from the LSC. We thank him for his service and hope that he gets involved locally in the future.

  • We are currently soliciting volunteers for a Wes LSC Rep, the EBoard will make a selection on Friday 2/18.

  • In accordance with our local constitution, there will be a special election for West Area Rep in the near future. Thanks to MM and FS for their continued work on the election committee. Expect details with the election timeline in our next update.

  • There will be a chili cook-off (bragging rights only) on Sunday evening for the Super Bowl. Feel free to bring your own Chili entry or anything else you'd like to share. Please go to the website and sign up if you plan to bring anything. NATCA will be chipping in to make sure we have plenty of supplies/food/drinks.

  • Luke will be in DC for training 2/16-2/18. Please see Barry if you need anything over those days, Luke will be also be available by phone as needed.
Finals Workgroup Progress
The Finals Workgroup was off the schedule Monday through Friday this week to complete their assignment. A finished product was Presented to Luke and Andre on Thursday afternoon. They spent Friday developing training for the implementation of the procedures. Thanks to TH, RZ, RO, CP, and CU for the hard work!
  • We filed an Article 8 this week and got 8 hours of leave returned to a member after they were unduly denied a shift swap.

  • After several weeks of effort, time off awards were secured for multiple members that did not originally receive them in accordance with the Vaccine Incentive MOU.
New Furniture
IA and EX purchased some new furniture for the NATCA break room this week. They plan to continue the improvements over the next couple months. If the Bengals win the Super Bowl, this stuff will be free since it was purchased at Gallery Furniture.
TRACON Lighting

NATCA and management agreed that lights in the TRACON can and should be adjusted with mutual agreement between the NATCA rep on duty and the OM. Please let a rep know if lighting levels need to be adjusted as needed.
  • If you'd like to earn credit on your day off and do CIC classroom training from home (via Zoom), please let SW know.

  • Team Briefs will be starting again this week. They will have to be a bit smaller due to social distancing, so we only expect to get each employee one briefing per pay period. Please be patient, we expect this to be a little challenging as we roll into it.

  • Briefings for the new RNP approaches will begin soon. You'll also have an opportunity to see these in the lab during recurrent training.
CXO Tower Visit
Luke and Andre visited CXO tower along with YA and HM. They spent about two hours in the cab and discussed ways we can better work together and increase professionalism between facilities. No agreements were made regarding our LOA.
Keeping The Books
Monica and Anthony spent a day last week preparing our tax forms and going over all things financial for our local. Monica is now officially onboarded as our Treasurer. Thanks to both of them for putting in the extra effort to help or local function.
Whether you’re building for your future in retirement, or ready to put your retirement plan into action, NATCA offers a valuable benefit to members via online retirement briefings. These briefings are a valuable resource that explains the features of the federal benefits program, including choices that can be made at retirement and the impact of those choices on the retirees, their spouses, and potential survivor spouses. Spouses are encouraged to attend. There are two briefings this month, Feb. 16 at 2 p.m. CST and Feb. 26 at 10 a.m. CST. Further virtual and in-person seminars are being discussed and developed for 2022. 

For a full schedule and more information, click here. 
 
Register at portal.natca.org


Respectfully,

I90 NATCA
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