President’s Update
MAY 7, 2021 FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT
TO: FEA Members Worldwide FROM: Brian Chance, FEA President RE: FEA President's Report DATE: May 7, 2021 RESTRICTION OF MOVEMENT REIMBURSEMENT Association action has led to a renewed chance at reimbursement of expenses incurred as a result of some members being required to quarantine themselves in hotel rooms following RAT travel last year. Employees who… Read More
APRIL 20, 2021 FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT
TO: FEA Members Worldwide FROM: Brian Chance, FEA President RE: FEA President's Report DATE: April 20, 2021 OVERSEAS SALARIES The review of data for SY 20-21 salaries in FEA's Overseas bargaining unit has been completed. The full salary schedules can be viewed at this page. Here is the AVERAGE rate of increase (across all steps… Read More
MARCH 25, 2021 FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT
TO: FEA Members Worldwide FROM: Brian Chance, FEA President RE: FEA President's Report DATE: March 25, 2021 DODDS SALARY MEETING FEA and DoDEA representatives will meet April 14 with staff from DoD's Special Pay Branch to review the data collected for the current school year's DODDS salary schedules. Once finalized, the new schedules will be… Read More
FEBRUARY 26, 2021 FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT
TO: FEA Members Worldwide FROM: Brian Chance, FEA President RE: FEA President's Report DATE: February 26, 2021 MEETING WITH MEMBERS It's now been over a year since the first DoDEA schools in Korea experienced shutdowns due to COVID. Since then, every single DoDEA school has experienced uncertainties, difficulties and, in some locations, tragedy. FEA continues… Read More
JANUARY 30, 2021 FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT
TO: FEA Members Worldwide FROM: Brian Chance, FEA President RE: FEA President's Report DATE: January 30, 2021 A NEW ADMINISTRATION In his first few days in office, President Biden issued an Executive Order eliminating a trio of Trump-era directives that were designed to diminish employee rights and union representation. President Biden is ordering agencies to… Read More
DECEMBER 17, 2020 FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT
TO: FEA Members Worldwide FROM: Brian Chance, FEA President RE: FEA President's Report DATE: December 17, 2020 OVERSEAS CONTRACT STATUS As we head into the winter break, the outcome of negotiations on a new Overseas contract remains up in the air. Following 30 days of renegotiations, which began after FEA Overseas members overwhelmingly voted in October to reject… Read More
NOVEMBER 14, 2020 FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT
TO: FEA MEMBERS WORLDWIDE FROM: BRIAN CHANCE, FEA PRESIDENT RE: FEA PRESIDENT'S REPORT DATE: NOVEMBER 14, 2020 SECOND FACTOR AUTHENTICATION Knowing that many Overseas members were not happy about the prospect of having to use their personal devices for second factor authentication to access DoDEA's Microsoft 365 platform, the Association worked with DoDEA HQ on a solution that will… Read More
OCTOBER 31, 2020 FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT
TO: FEA Members Worldwide FROM: Brian Chance, FEA President RE: FEA President's Report DATE: October 31, 2020 OVERSEAS PAY PROBLEMS Working to resolve members' pay problems continues to be one of the biggest issues I work on each week. DoDEA staffer Claudia Shaw recently posted an article, available to those with access to the DoDEA Connect site (use your… Read More
OCTOBER 11 2020 FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT
TO: FEA Members Worldwide FROM: Brian Chance, FEA President RE: FEA President's Report DATE: October 11, 2020 OVERSEAS TENTATIVE AGREEMENT RATIFICATION VOTE Hopefully all members in our Overseas bargaining unit are aware by now that a ratification vote will be conducted next week on a proposal by DoDEA for a tentative agreement on a new contract for the Overseas… Read More
SEPTEMBER 22 2020 FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT
TO: FEA Members Worldwide FROM: Brian Chance, FEA President RE: FEA President's Report DATE: September 22, 2020 OVERSEAS VIRTUAL MEETINGS Normally in the fall, I, along with FEA Executive Director/General Counsel Richard Tarr, would be traveling to attend the fantastic trainings put on for FRSs by our dedicated Area Directors and District Presidents/Division Representatives. Not only do these annual… Read More