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Thank you for your previous participation in our email campaigns. We are asking again for your time and support in helping your Nation's Air Traffic Controllers by sending another email to your elected leaders in Washington DC. The letter below, when submitted, will only go to your Congressman in order to garner support for new legislation in the House of Representatives that will restore good faith bargaining in the FAA. We have been working with a bipartisan coalition of Congressional representatives from across the country to ensure that our issue remains a congressional priority. Now, Congressman Steve LaTourette,a Republican leader from Ohio, has introduced a new bill, HR5449, to restore fairness and accountability to the bargaining process at FAA. The LaTourette Bill would not create new law, but simply amend existing law by eliminating the section that allowed for the interpretation that created the unfair and one-sided impasse procedure. The FAA Administrator has used this provision in the past, is using it now, and shows every indication of using it to avoid all collective bargaining in the future. The FAA Administrator unilaterally declared impasse in contract negotiations, sent the impasse to Congress, and is planning to use her interpretation of the impasse provision to impose her unwelcome pay and work rules on an unwilling workforce. If passed, the LaTourette Bill would be retroactive to April 1, 2006, and our contract impasse would then be resolved using the provisions of Chapter 71 of Title 5, United States Code, just like every other union-management dispute in the federal sector. Congressman LaTourette has reached an agreement with the Speaker of the House, Congressman Hastert, to bring this bill to the House floor for a vote the week of June 5th. The bill will be voted on under a "suspension vote" rule, meaning it will require 2/3rds present to vote in the affirmative for it to pass. Our friends on Capitol Hill believe this is achievable if we seize the day. If this bill passes with overwhelming support the momentum will not only carry into the Senate, but it will present our friends and us with a host of legislative opportunities for resolving this problem once and for all. Thank you for all your support and dedication to this cause.

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