President’s Update
FEBRUARY 23rd, 2023 FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT
FEA FIGHTING FOR RESOLUTION TO HEALTH CARE CRISIS FOR EDUCATORS OVERSEAS DoDEA employees and other federal civilian employees in Japan and Okinawa not covered by Tricare Prime have lost nearly all access to DoD medical facilities under a policy enacted by the Pentagon last year, forcing them to seek medical attention in the Japanese communities… Read More
FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT JANUARY 26th, 2023
OVERSEAS CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE After an arbitrator determined in 2022 that DoDEA previously negotiated in bad faith with FEA on the Overseas contract, the Association and the Agency have been making progress in recent negotiations. Over the coming weeks and months, FEA will provide more details to prepare Overseas members for a possible ratification vote… Read More
NOVEMBER 22nd, 2022 FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT
FEA PRESSING FOR CLARIFICATION ON DODEA’S MISCALCULATION OF RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS Earlier this month DoDEA was informed there was a programming error found within the Defense Civilian Payroll System (DCPS) when retroactive payroll corrections were processed for a prior year. Due to this error, the retirement contributions (from employees and employer) were miscalculated for some employees… Read More
OCTOBER 20TH, 2022 FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT
BACK IN THE FIELD I have just returned from over a month of visiting schools and assisting with trainings in FEA’s Europe and Pacific regions. It was wonderful to meet the leaders stepping up in FEA roles. Thank you for representing educators in your school. Thank you as well to our fantastic UniServ Attorneys… Read More
SEPTEMBER 20th 2022 FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT
LEADERSHIP TRAININGS I am currently visiting schools in Europe to help train new FRSs. I will also be going to trainings in Japan, South Korea and Okinawa later this month and early October and will attend the Stateside Council meeting in November. We are extremely grateful to our members for stepping up to fill these… Read More
FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT AUGUST 23RD, 2022
Welcome Back the New School Year! I hope all FEA members had a restful and healthy summer and feel energized for the 2022-2023 school year. I thank you for your FEA membership, standing with your fellow education employees, and for allowing FEA to stand for you. Please know that FEA is your union. It is… Read More
JUNE 3rd, 2022 FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT
THANK YOU TO ALL FRSs AND LOCAL/AREA PRESIDENTS I would like to thank all of the FEA FRSs and Local and Area Presidents, both Overseas and Stateside, for their work in supporting educators this school year. As our members educate the children of military-connected children, your support and advocacy for their rights and dignity is… Read More
MAY 5TH, 2022 FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT
ARBITRATOR FINDS DODEA TO HAVE NEGOTIATED IN BAD FAITH, ORDERS PARTIES TO RESTART OVERSEAS CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS In a major victory for Association members, last week Arbitrator Charles Feigenbaum issued his decision in an Unfair Labor Practice grievance brought by FEA on behalf of the Overseas bargaining unit. The Grievance concerned the Association’s allegations of… Read More
FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT APRIL 12, 2022
FEA AT-LARGE ELECTION RESULTS On March 29th, FEA staff counted the ballots for FEA’s At-Large election for its Board of Directors. The results can be viewed at https://www.feaonline.org/fea-at-large-election-results/. Thank you to all the members who took the time to vote. Your engagement in the association is crucial in ensuring FEA can be the voice… Read More
MARCH 10TH, 2022 FEA PRESIDENT’S REPORT
OVERSEAS EXCESS PLACEMENT PROGRAM DoDEA is now expected to begin placements on March 14th for the Excess Placement Program for FEA’s Overseas Bargaining Unit. If you are an Overseas member who was excessed and you sent a copy of your placement application to us, I will use it to verify the accuracy of your information… Read More