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Hello Members and Friends.
Shaun Sanders, Roosevelt Leonard,
and some members of the Team 7 initiative, met with Reverend Jessie
Jackson and his representatives in Chicago on June 15th.
June 16th, Our National President spoke before 500 people at the Rainbow
Push Coalition breakfast. Roosevelt and Billy Clark participated
in radio interviews on WVON 1690 in Chicago. The interview is on
the web. At 11:00 am, Shaun spoke at a press conference.
Black press, ABC, and NBC were present. Another press conference
was held this evening. Shaun sends this message to you... "this is
a very humbling experience. By all accounts, I represented you
well. There is no turning back now, We have come too far".
Roosevelt stated... "Shaun was excellent on speaking to our
issues".
Members, let's remember to thank our Leaders for all that they do
for us.
If you would like more information about the team 7 initiative,
contact me and/or refer to the minutes from the past few Chapter
meetings.
April Harvey,
Proud Secretary, Atlanta Chapter
1. Video
2. Talking Points
3. Letter Supporting Talking Points
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We, the members of the National Black Coalition of Federal Aviation Employees, will promote equal opportunity for African Americans, other minorities, and female FAA employees, improve employee-management relations, and provide an effective liaison among Federal Aviation Administration employees, management, and the community at large.
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CIRCLE - of unity/continuity
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HANDS - clasped in brotherhood and sisterhood
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2010 newsletter now online!!
From the Regional President:
Hi,
I pray everyone has had a joyous holiday season, and you are now
well rested and ready to get back to work.
A special thanks and congratulations to our past Regional
Presidents; Mrs. Willette Neal, our new NBCFAE National Secretary, and
Mr. Roosevelt Lenard our new NBCFAE National Vice President. The
Southern Region is definitely making its presence known at the National
Level of the organization.
Although our leadership has changed, the goals of the Southern Region
remain unchanged. The main goal is to improve and increase our
communication efforts with the entire membership. I shared with the
executive board, (I know they have shared it with you
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but just in case we may have missed a few)
“Team Work Makes the
Dream Work” and each of us
must come together and work hard if we want to build a team that is
unstoppable.
We are
still faced with issues such as the FAA’s hiring practices, retention
tactics, unequal discipline practices and EEO complaints. I would like
to commend you on your recruitment initiatives, although we have a long
way to go we are definitely seeing more beautiful minority faces walking
in our doors. A special thanks to you, the Southern Region, for jump
starting the (recruitment) initiative that has now extended to the
National Level. We have yet to see the all the fruits of our labor
flourish and the new contract will slow down hiring and the training of
new hires, so we must be diligent in ensuring the new employees receive
fair and equitable treatment.
As we
continue to tackle these and other tasks, we ask that each and everyone
continue to provide feedback and to utilize your special talent to help
us move forward as a team so that we can help to make the dream work for
ourselves as well as others. Our local chapters need your help and I
need your help. Try to become actively involved, encourage others to
work with you, and please don’t just wait until there is a problem to
get motivated or to ask for help. Consider enlisting the services of the
new talent that’s entering your facilities (when they are not training);
try pulling them into the team as your monitor and assist with their
progress. Remember together we can make a difference. Join the TEAM!! I
look forward to serving as your Regional President.
In Unity,
Paquita
