- NTEU Legislative Conference - February 26-28, 2014
NTEU280 will participate in NTEU's 2014 Legislative Conference later this month. Last year's conference was extensively covered by the press, as it was the first year sequestration cuts and the (later realized) threat of furloughs loomed for Federal employees. A common theme at the 2013 conference was not only the effect of sequestration and furloughs upon Federal employees, but the effect upon other citizens who rely upon us, as well as the ripple effects throughout our communities. For information on last year's conference, please see the NTEU National page at http://www.nteu.org/UnionOffice/legconference/default.aspx. Our officers look forward to representing our members at the 2014 conference.
- NTEU Training - for officers and stewards - offered locally in Rosslyn, VA - March 18-20, 2014
NTEU280 officers and stewards are invited to participate in the NTEU Training. There are four tracks offered: stewardship, representation, leadership, and a seminar (N.B. - seminar has limited participation and is typically for chapter presidents). If you are an NTEU280 officer or steward interested in attending the training, please contact Sean Carter, Chief Steward, NTEU280, for information about how to participate. If this is your first time attending the training, we recommend signing up for the stewardship track as it contains an excellent overview. If you have previously attended training, you would want to consider attending the representation track.
Why This is A Great Time to Invite a Colleague to Join
We are engaged in a friendly competition with other NTEU chapters to ask at least 100 non-members to join. We want to be the ones to ask the most non-members to join, so our goal is to ask at least 100 and we can ask more than that with our members' help. To help make the conversation easier, we are offering a membership incentive that runs through March 11, 2014. Here is how it works: current NTEU280 members who recruit a new NTEU280 member will receive $50 as soon as the member's paperwork is processed. The new member will receive $100 as soon as the membership paperwork (i.e., 1187 form) is processed. The top recruiter who has sole credit for signing up a minimum of ten new members will receive an additional $250 from the Chapter, as well as bragging rights for having signed up the most new members. For more information about the membership incentive, contact Amer Al-Mudallal, President, NTEU280.
For helpful information about the benefits of joining NTEU in general, see this link to membership information at National's Page:
- https://www.nteu.org/MemberBenefits/Apply.aspx (There is a link to the membership form - the 1187 - at that link. Note that only the last four digits of the SSN are currently required to process the form.)
