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Your union contributions are used for legal fees, outreach events, travel for advocacy work, arbitration, training, IT expenses, and IFPTE’s national-scale efforts. Any expenditure over $300 is voted upon by dues-paying members at monthly meetings.
We have received notice from management that automatic payroll deduction for union dues will be discontinued. We have set up a new online payment platform on Zeffy. Please sign up now to maintain your support and remain a member of the union. We will work with members who transition from payroll to Zeffy to reimburse any double-billing of dues that occur. Members can also choose to donate any extra amount to GESTA. If you have any questions pertaining to dues, please contact us. And if you haven’t already, please provide GESTA with your best personal email address so we can remain in touch as we transition our communications from government email. On August 28th, President Trump declared NASA to be one of the agencies that perform “national security functions,” repudiating all NASA collective bargaining agreements in an executive order (EO). Note this EO does not prohibit NASA from having unions. The EO is illegal, and the legality of similar EOs is being fought in the courts. The IFPTE, our parent union, and other national unions associated with our NASA sister centers are working to determine a course of action. WE ARE FIGHTING THIS.
We wanted to send a special note to our members who may be transitioning in the Deffered Resignation Program (DRP) program to administrative leave status. First, we honor your service to NASA and wish you the very best in your path beyond. Second, though once you transition to administrative leave status you will no longer be able to serve GESTA as an Executive Council member, represent employees or represent GESTA in conversations with management or the public, nor charge official time for GESTA duties, we want to let you know that you can still:
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