Mar 2009
New Memorandum of Agreement
03/26/2009
The second phase our new phone system will soon be implemented.
The full agreement can be found here.
The full agreement can be found here.
MS Office Communicator
03/18/2009
NTEU Chapter 305 is bargaining for your rights every day. Microsoft Office Communicator is one example of the negotiations the chapter performed to protect your rights.
Communicator is an optional tool and its use is voluntary.
If management is requiring you to run Communicator, please contact your Steward for your office.
To turn off Communicator, right click on the upper left icon, select tools and then options. Uncheck the box for Communicator to automatically start when I log on to Windows and uncheck automatically open the contact list when Communicator starts. Then click save.
Tim Foster, Union Steward
Communicator is an optional tool and its use is voluntary.
If management is requiring you to run Communicator, please contact your Steward for your office.
To turn off Communicator, right click on the upper left icon, select tools and then options. Uncheck the box for Communicator to automatically start when I log on to Windows and uncheck automatically open the contact list when Communicator starts. Then click save.
Tim Foster, Union Steward
Agency Wants to Alter Rules for Recognizing Distinct Grape-Growing Areas
03/07/2009
“As the American wine industry began its march to becoming the $1 billion-a-year export industry it is today, the federal government established a system in 1978 to recognize the country's distinct grape-growing areas. The appellation system creating American Viticultural Areas, or AVAs, is popular in the wine industry, which uses it as a marketing tool”, according to The Washington Post.
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Employment Law Special Focus Report
03/07/2009
“President Barack Obama and the new Congress promptly have begun to follow through on their campaign promises to enact rules favoring employees and unions over employers”, according to In-House Texas, a Texas Lawyer publication.
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New Memorandum of Agreement
03/05/2009
The Trade Investigations Division (TID) has determined that a realignment of three of its District Offices is necessary in order to make the Division more effective and efficient.
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