As you all know the FAA has filed exceptions to the arbirator's award that the Agency violatd the CBA by forcing employees off on their day in lieu of the holiday. If folks that lost money aren't Union members and need another reason to support PASS and join our cause, please encourage them to read the attached document. then ask them to sign an 1187 and Member app.
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Here is the message from PASS Chief Counsel Mike Derby:
Attached is a copy of the Agency's exceptions to Arbitrator Das' recent decision sustaining PASS' national grievance regarding the Agency's repudiation of Article 41, Section 4. Under the FLRA's regulations, PASS's opposition to the exceptions must be filed within 30 days. Based on the major backlog of cases at the FLRA caused by the lengthy period of time during which the Authority was without a quorum or a third member to break tie votes, it is unlikely that a decision on the exceptions will be rendered in 2009. In the meantime, watchstanders who are forced off from work on their in-lieu-of days should continue to file grievances at the local level so that we will have a good database for back pay purposes once the FLRA upholds the arbitration decision. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Download Art.41AgencyExceptions031609
