BAND
TOGETHER
COMMUNIQUÉ
August 11,
2008
Constitution Listening Sessions Begin this
Week
We Want Your
Feedback
Call for
Communiqué Contributions
Union Contacts
Get Active Action Center – Give the IFPTE
Feedback
DISCLAIMER
Constitution
Listening Sessions Begin this
Week
As mentioned in last Wednesday’s special edition of
the Communique, the draft GAO Union Constitution outline is now
available for bargaining unit members’ review and input,
and we would like to request your input on it. To seek your input, we
will be holding multiple listening sessions in August in both
the field and headquarters.
Lunchtime listening sessions will be held at noon on Thursday,
August 14 and Thursday, August 28 in Headquarters room 2T59. So
far, the following field office listening sessions have been
scheduled (all times local to each office):
-Dayton, Tuesday August 12 at noon
-Atlanta &
Norfolk, Tuesday August 19 at noon
-Seattle, Wednesday August
20 at 10am
-Denver, Thursday August 21 11:30am
-Boston,
Tuesday August 26 at noon
-Los Angeles, Thursday August 4 at
noon
Additional information can be found on our website. Please contact the constitution committee through
Stephen Ulrich (ulrichs@gao.gov) or your representative
if you have any comments, questions, or concerns regarding the
constitution or the listening sessions.
We Want Your
Feedback
The
Communications Committee would like your feedback regarding
articles you'd like to see, questions you’d like answered,
or any other suggestions. Do you have a question or concern that
you think others in the bargaining unit might share? Do you have
a perspective on Union-management relations that you think might
provide insight to others in the bargaining unit? Do you have an
idea for a regular column? Do you know someone who should be
receiving the newsletter, but isn’t? This type of feedback
will help to make the newsletter relevant and keep us from
becoming just another “Delete” item in your
mailbox! Please
send your comments to Lesia Mandzia (HC) or Charlie Willson
(EWIS).
Call for Communiqué
Contributions
If you are
scheduling a Union-related meeting or have a Union-related
announcement and would like to ensure that the information is
circulated throughout the bargaining unit, please forward the
information to Lesia Mandzia (HC) or Lise Levie (EWIS) by
6 p.m. ET on
Thursday, August 14th, for inclusion in the next
edition.
Union
Contacts
If you have questions or comments, or need
assistance from the Union,
please email your Interim Council representative (listed
below). You can
also send questions and comments to ICquestions@gaoanalysts.org.
Members of the bargaining unit are welcome to observe
Interim Council meetings, either in person or by phone. In addition, members are
invited to submit or share thoughts at the beginning of the
meeting. Please contact your representative or another member of
the IC for more details, including the call-in number for those
who cannot attend in person. The Interim Council meets
each Wednesday at 3:30
PM ET in room 2T59.
Get
Active Action Center - Give the IFPTE
Feedback
As we get more volunteers, we have better ideas. To
assist Analysts in advancing their rights and representation
within GAO, IFPTE has developed an advocacy tool to allow
Analysts to provide feedback to the Union. GAO Analysts are encouraged to
sign up for the Action Center if they
haven’t already done so.
DISCLAIMER - Communications that are
not sent directly from the IFPTE or the GAO Union Interim
Council, or communications posted anonymously on the Web, do not
represent the views of IFPTE or the official position of the
collective members of the GAO bargaining unit.
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