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September 22, 2008 

 

 

Union Notices

 

Happy One-Year Anniversary to the Union!!!

Membership Drive Underway! Brownbag Information Sessions Begin This Week

Please Give Us Your Feedback and Contributions

Union Contacts

Get Active Action Center – Give the IFPTE Feedback

DISCLAIMER

Happy One-Year Anniversary to the Union!!!

Friday, September 19th marked the one-year anniversary of the Union at GAO.  To mark the occasion, employees in headquarters and the field offices held parties to celebrate the successes of the past year and look forward to the future.  Employees throughout headquarters turned out to make sure that the headquarters-based anniversary party was a success.  Guests from inside and outside the bargaining unit came to enjoy the ice cream and the conversation – including guards, cafeteria staff and Gene Dodaro.  Parties at the field offices were also very successful with staff members and management celebrating and supporting the benefits that the Union has brought to GAO over the last year.  Some field offices that were not able to have parties last week will be hosting parties this week.  At both headquarters and field office parties, many people stayed to sign membership cards and many others asked the experts questions about the membership drive and future plans regarding the Union.  Overall, turnout was great and all look forward to future successes for the Union.

 

 

Membership Drive Underway! Brownbag Information Sessions Begin This Week

To mark the first anniversary of the establishment of the Union, the membership drive has begun! To sign up, please visit the web site at: http://www.gaoanalysts.org/HTML_Pages/Membership.htm. If you signed a card to have a vote on a union, you still must sign up now to join the union officially. After the bargaining unit ratifies our Union’s Constitution, only union members will be able to vote to ratify Union matters and run for representative office.

 

Also, please join the Membership Committee for a Q&A session on membership at one of the following times. Field office staff may participate in any of the sessions by calling 1-866-285-7778 (Passcode 9164844). 

- September 25, 2008 at 12:00 to 1:00 pm ET - HQ Room 4950B

- October 7, 2008 at 12:00 to 1:00 pm ET - HQ Room 5T63

- October 22, 2008 at 12:00 to 1:00 pm ET - HQ Room 4950B

- November 3, 2008 at 12:00 to 1:00 pm ET - HQ Room 2T59

 

Please Give Us Your Feedback and Contributions

The Communications Committee would like your feedback regarding articles you'd like to see, questions you'd like answered, or any other suggestions!  Please send your feedback to Charlie Willson (willsonc@gao.gov).  If you would like the next Communiqué to include a Union-related announcement or the time and place of a Union-related meeting, please forward the information to Lise Levie (leviel@gao.gov) by 6 p.m. ET on Thursday, September 25, to be considered for next week's Communiqué. 

 

 

Union Contacts

If you have questions or comments, or need assistance from the Union, please email your Interim Council Representative.  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.