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Member Comments and Contributions
No comments – March 2019
MEMBER COMMENT - February 2019 LESA has added Facebook and Twitter accounts to help keep members informed. Come to a LESA meeting to find out about these new communications channels. There is a real need for union members to step forward and volunteer to fill the open positions within the LESA organization. Negotiations of the next union contract with the Glenn Research Center are starting next month. Did you know that when you have a complaint about something, one of the best methods to deal with it, is be on the committee to make the decisions. So this is the right time to join the union committee to draft the union regulations for the future. This person needs to be someone that normally works with contracts and wants to make a difference.
MEMBER COMMENT - January 2019
Please feel free to email me at mjkulis@hotmail.com.
Michael J. Kulis
LESA Local 28 President.
Please feel free to email me at mjkulis@hotmail.com.
Michael J. Kulis
LESA Local 28 President.
MEMBER COMMENT - December 2018
As you may be aware, Dr. Sheila Bailey announced her retirement in December 2018 leaving the LESA Union without an elected President for the next two years. There have been a number of retirements and deaths over the last year that have also directly impacted the LESA Union. While all federal employees at NASA Glenn Research Center are under the LESA bargaining agreement, they are not required to be dues paying members. Only dues paying members are allowed at the LESA Union meetings and can take part in negotiations of an updated contract agreement. As they say "use it or lose it" so I encourage all federal NASA Glenn Research Center employees to join LESA and help protect the interest of NASA Glenn Research Center and all employees.
As you may be aware, Dr. Sheila Bailey announced her retirement in December 2018 leaving the LESA Union without an elected President for the next two years. There have been a number of retirements and deaths over the last year that have also directly impacted the LESA Union. While all federal employees at NASA Glenn Research Center are under the LESA bargaining agreement, they are not required to be dues paying members. Only dues paying members are allowed at the LESA Union meetings and can take part in negotiations of an updated contract agreement. As they say "use it or lose it" so I encourage all federal NASA Glenn Research Center employees to join LESA and help protect the interest of NASA Glenn Research Center and all employees.
No comments – November 2018
No comments – October 2018
MEMBER COMMENT - September 2018
As you may be aware, a decision has issued in federal district court for the lawsuit challenging the issuance of Executive Orders 13836, 13837, and 13839. See AFGE, AFL-CIO, et al. v. Trump, et al, No. 18-cv-1261 (D.D.C. 8/25/18). The decision declared most of the substantive provisions of the Executive Orders invalid and enjoined federal agencies from implementing or giving effect to any of the invalid provisions; namely, Executive Order 13836 §§ 5(a), 5(e), 6; Executive Order 13837 §§ 3(a), 4(a), 4(b); and Executive Order 13839 §§ 3, 4(a), 4(c).
As such, IFPTE Local 28 hereby requests that (Agency) respect the court’s order by refraining from implementing any invalid provisions of these Executive Orders and by undoing any and all illegal implementation that has taken place to date. Pursuant to the court’s order, we expect that the Union shall be restored to the state of affairs that existed prior to May 25, 2018. A copy of the Order is attached.
As you may be aware, a decision has issued in federal district court for the lawsuit challenging the issuance of Executive Orders 13836, 13837, and 13839. See AFGE, AFL-CIO, et al. v. Trump, et al, No. 18-cv-1261 (D.D.C. 8/25/18). The decision declared most of the substantive provisions of the Executive Orders invalid and enjoined federal agencies from implementing or giving effect to any of the invalid provisions; namely, Executive Order 13836 §§ 5(a), 5(e), 6; Executive Order 13837 §§ 3(a), 4(a), 4(b); and Executive Order 13839 §§ 3, 4(a), 4(c).
As such, IFPTE Local 28 hereby requests that (Agency) respect the court’s order by refraining from implementing any invalid provisions of these Executive Orders and by undoing any and all illegal implementation that has taken place to date. Pursuant to the court’s order, we expect that the Union shall be restored to the state of affairs that existed prior to May 25, 2018. A copy of the Order is attached.