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OVERSEAS BARGAINING UPDATE #7
OVERSEAS BARGAINING UPDATE #7 DODEA MANAGEMENT MOVES TO IMPOSE PUNITIVE OVERSEAS CONTRACT PROPOSALS ON WORKFORCE REELING FROM VIRUS SCARE posted April 17, 2020 At a time when working conditions have never been more stressful and chaotic, DoDEA is asking a federal panel to assert jurisdiction over the remaining proposals for which the parties have… Read More
OVERSEAS CONTRACT BARGAINING UPDATE #6
posted January 26, 2020 MEDIATION TO RESUME ON OVERSEAS CONTRACT TALKS The members of FEA's Overseas Bargaining Team and DoDEA's bargaining team met for two weeks earlier this month with a federally appointed mediator, in an effort to reach common ground on the many contract proposals that remain unresolved. The two sides will resume work… Read More
THE DECEMBER 2019 FEA JOURNAL HAS INFORMATION ON THE CONTRACT MEDIATION PROCESS
View the Dec 2019 journal here. Read More
OVERSEAS BARGAINING UPDATE #5
FACE-TO-FACE SESSION CONCLUDES, MOST CONTENTIOUS ISSUES STILL REMAIN posted October 23, 2019 FEA members, last week, concluded six weeks of face-to-face bargaining with DoDEA management on a new negotiated agreement for the Overseas bargaining unit and now return home to continue with virtual bargaining through the remainder of 2019. FEA wishes to thank the following… Read More
OVERSEAS BARGAINING UPDATE #4
posted September 24, 2019 The five members of FEA's bargaining team for a new Overseas contract have been meeting with DoDEA staff the past few weeks. Three additional contract articles have been signed off on, bringing the total number of completed articles to 16. However, these articles are not on significant issues. Serious disputes remain… Read More
OVERSEAS BARGAINING UPDATE #3
posted July 31, 2019 Management wants to increase the length of the duty day and eliminate guaranteed prep time As part of a new contract for Overseas employees, DoDEA wants to extend the work day to 8.5 hours (8 hours of duty time plus a 30 minute duty-free lunch), with no added pay. The Agency… Read More
OVERSEAS BARGAINING UPDATE #2
posted July 9, 2019 Management Attempts to Eliminate Grievance Rights DoDEA seeks to eliminate the right for the Association and individual employees to file grievances over issues such as discrimination and improper pay, even if the new Overseas contract presently being bargained contains language prohibiting such practices. In effect, this means DoDEA wants to make… Read More
OVERSEAS BARGAINING UPDATE #1
posted June 29, 2019 MANAGEMENT WANTS TO ELIMINATE DUE PROCESS, JUST CAUSE PROTECTIONS DoDEA seeks unilateral and uncontested authority to discipline or remove Overseas employees with no need for the Agency to prove just cause and no due-process right of appeal or review for those employees. That, so far, is the most shocking and harmful… Read More
OVERSEAS CONTRACT BARGAINING TEAM ANNOUNCED
posted May 30, 2019 The following FEA members will serve as our bargaining team for a new Overseas contract: Patricia Hannon, Hohenfels ES, Germany Adele Collins, Kaiserslautern HS, Germany Romy Kerstetter, Ansbach M/HS, Germany Matt Binfield, Humphries Central ES, Korea Teresa Snowden, Ryukyu MS, Okinawa Alternates will be Robert Skully (Germany), Melanie Horton (Okinawa), Alina… Read More
FEA/DODEA EXCHANGE BARGAINING PROPOSALS
posted May 1, 2019 In accordance with the ground rules imposed earlier this year by the Federal Service Impasses Panel, FEA and DoDEA exchanged their bargaining proposals recently as the opening step in the negotiation of a new contract for the Overseas bargaining unit. FEA has posted its complete proposal at this page. The document… Read More