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Happy American Education Week

"You truly are world class!"


View FEA President Chuck McCarter's message to Association members marking American Education Week 2018.





FEA AT-LARGE OFFICER CANDIDATES

The candidates for the following FEA At-Large offices, to be elected by Association members during balloting in January, February and March, 2019, can be found at the FEA Election Information Page:
  • FEA President

  • Vice President/Secretary-Treasurer

  • Human & Civil Rights State Coordinator

  • NEA Director

Ballots will be mailed January 17, 2019, to all FEA Active Members. The deadline for the RECEIPT of ballots is March 26, 2019.

FEA-SR/DoDEA TENTATIVELY AGREE ON WORK HOURS, SALARIES AND PLANNING TIME; OTHER ISSUES HEADED TO FULL FSIP FOR RULING

posted October 27, 2018

Tentative agreements reached this week between FEA's Stateside Region (FEA-SR) and DoDEA would allow for only limited increases in work hours per academic quarter, preserve the promise of weekly allotted planning time, and make increases in Stateside salary schedules proportional to increases in the GS schedule.

Other disputed issues, including whether Stateside employees can be compelled to make up cancelled school days without added compensation and whether prep time should be mandatory for educators reassigned to new classrooms and/or subjects, could not be agreed on during this week's sessions and will be presented to the full FSIP at a future meeting, where the panel will rule on them.

The existing Stateside Master Labor Agreement and all its provisions, including those governing pay, the workday, and planning time, still remain in effect as work on a new contract continues.

Read the full update on the outcomes of the FEA-SR/DoDEA meeting with the FSIP here.

Update on Taxable Moving Allowances

posted October 25, 2018
FEA continues to advocate for relief from taxes on moving allowances for retirees and new employees, even as DFAS begins issuing information to employees regarding their 2018 tax liabilities and opportunities for reimbursement for some employees.
Read the update from FEA here.

Management Seeks FSIP Involvement In Overseas Contract Ground Rules

posted October 3, 2018

DoDEA this week informed FEA that it has asked the FSIP to also assert jurisdiction over the negotiation of ground rules that will govern the bargaining of a new contract for educators in FEA's Overseas bargaining unit. FEA will soon file our response, asserting our reasons why the two sides are not at impasse and why the FSIP should not take jurisdiction. The FSIP will then decide whether to take jurisdiction over the ground rules negotiations. If it does, a process similar to that described above for the negotiation of the Stateside contract would begin. The timeframe for the entire process is uncertain.


Government Appeals Executive Order Ruling

posted October 3, 2018

The federal government recently filed an appeal of a judge's decision that struck down most parts of three anti-worker, anti-union Executive Orders issued earlier this year by the Trump White House. Those Executive Orders seek to limit union representation and bargaining rights and to make it easier to fire federal employees. In August, a federal judge ruled most provisions of the Executive Orders to be improper because they infringed upon existing labor laws passed by Congress. The government's appeal of the ruling is not a surprise and the outcome of this appeal is likely to eventually head to the Supreme Court. This appeals process is expected to carry over into 2019.


Get details about the judge's ruling here



FEA MEMBERS:
DODEA HEADING IN WRONG DIRECTION

A recent online survey of FEA members revealed that, by a huge margin, Association members feel that DoDEA as a whole is heading in the wrong direction. See the survey results here.



#August 2018 FEA Journal
August 2018 Journal Now Online

DoDEA working to have FSIP impose harmful contracts on Stateside, Overseas schools; FEA At-Large Officer nominations; anti-worker proposals omitted from NDAA; more inside.
Read the August FEA Journal in PDF format



Hatch Act Information

Visit this page to learn more about the Hatch Act and find examples of activities allowed and prohibited under the law.
Hatch Act Do's and Don'ts

FEA HCR Newsletter and other HCR Info

View the latest issue of The Advocate, the monthly newsletter of FEA's Human and Civil Rights Program, and find other resources by clicking here.

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CALL ATTENTION TO PAY PROBLEMS

IMPORTANT -- Do not download or forward this information while on government time or while using government equipment. Also, do not forward this information to any government email account, such as DoDEA Outlook mail.
Under guidance from the FEA Board of Directors, FEA Europe General Counsel/UniServ Bill Freeman has developed a letter writing campaign, aimed at bringing the numerous pay and collection issues DoDEA employees face to the attention of Congress and Pentagon leaders. Please use the link below to access information from Bill Freeman and share your stories/concerns with the decision makers suggested by Bill. Please avoid doing so, however, while on government property, while using government owned computer equipment, or while on government time.

Click here to learn more about writing decision makers in an effort to raise awareness of pay problems




Teaching Channel: Videos that Inspire Teaching

The Teaching Channel website offers a growing library of short videos to inspire K-12 teaching. These video lessons - in English language arts, math, science, and history/social sciences - include lesson objectives, questions to consider, homework ideas, and more.

Free registration provides access to:

See the Welcome to Teaching Channel video.

Updates for our Members

Read the FEA President's Report and link to other updates for FEA members here.


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