Stateside
AUGUST 2020 FEA STATESIDE NEWSLETTER
Diane Gibbs - FEA Director for DDESS Ben Hunter - FEA-SR General Counsel Angelia Stubbs - FEA-SR General Counsel Director’s Corner DoDEA didn’t create COVID 19 but they are responsible for how they respond to the learning and working conditions it has created for students and teachers. If I had to grade DoDEA in the… Read More
MARCH 2020 FEA STATESIDE NEWSLETTER
Jane Loggins - FEA Director for DDESS Ben Hunter - FEA-SR General Counsel Angelia Stubbs - FEA-SR General Counsel We are living in challenging times. Stateside educators have faced so much in the last year. Now, we are facing another confusing and frightening time. As our nation struggles to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers… Read More
MANAGEMENT APPEALS FEA-SR CONTRACT RULING
From Ben Hunter, FEA-SR General Counsel: posted February 3, 2020 DoDEA has filed an appeal with the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) over Arbitrator Orkin's decision that declared the Agency's unilateral implementation of a successor Master Labor Agreement to be an Unfair Labor Practice. FEA-SR is disappointed DoDEA Director Tom Brady made the decision to… Read More
FEBRUARY 2020 FEA STATESIDE NEWSLETTER
JANE LOGGINS - FEA Director for DDESS BEN HUNTER - FEA-SR General Counsel ANGELIA STUBBS - FEA-SR General Counsel FEA SR HCR Election Update -- The FEA SR Human Civil Rights Coordinator will be elected by the active membership of FEA SR in the next few weeks. Nominations are open until February 26. Any active member may be nominated… Read More
ARBITRATOR RULES DDESS ILLEGALLY IMPLEMENTED SUCCESSOR MLA
posted January 2, 2020 An arbitrator ruled today that DDESS acted illegally by prematurely implementing an unsigned successor agreement on employees in its Stateside bargaining unit and the agency must continue to comply with the existing 2005 Master Labor Agreement while negotiations on a successor MLA continue. The decision by arbitrator Neal Orkin is a… Read More
FEA-SR RECOMMENDS NOT APPLYING FOR ENI
JANE LOGGINS - FEA Director for DDESS BEN HUNTER - FEA-SR General Counsel ANGELIA STUBBS - FEA-SR General Counsel The following information applies to Certified employees only FEA SR has learned the Agency will be offering an Early Notice Incentive (ENI) for educators who choose to resign or retire from their position at the end… Read More
FEA STATESIDE TAKES CONTRACT FIGHT TO ARBITRATOR
September 16, 2019 FEA-Stateside Region last week went before a neutral arbitrator to present its case that DoDEA illegally and unilaterally implemented an unsigned contract on the Stateside Certified bargaining unit. As relief, FEA-SR asked the arbitrator to order management to comply with the signed Master Labor Agreement that has been in place since… Read More
SEPTEMBER 2019 FEA STATESIDE NEWSLETTER
JANE LOGGINS - FEA Director for DDESS BEN HUNTER - FEA-SR General Counsel ANGELIA STUBBS - FEA-SR General Counsel Hurricane Dorian -- The pending threat of Hurricane Dorian is causing evacuations in at least two of our stateside locals, Laurel Bay and Fort Stewart, which are now under a base/post commanders mandatory evacuation order. The… Read More
AUGUST 2019 FEA STATESIDE NEWSLETTER
posted August 6, 2019 Jane Loggins - FEA Director For DDESS Ben Hunter - FEA-SR General Counsel Angelia Stubbs - FEA-SR General Counsel Welcome Back School Year 19 -- 20 -- Many schools in the Southeast have started and soon the mid Atlantic and Guam will join us! As educators return to school we face… Read More
EARLY NOTICE INCENTIVES AND REASSIGNMENTS
Special Update May 9, 2019 ENI Early Notice Incentive -- FEA-Stateside Region has been informed that HR is notifying bargaining unit members who applied for VERA/VSIP and ENI and did not receive an offer of VERA or VSIP that they must resign by June 30. The ENI interest form provided by the agency is not… Read More