Doors and Wifi

All,

Door Closures for ADA Compliance Updates

The agency notified you all via CEDAR about a week and a half ago that there would be some construction that would prevent the usage of certain doors in the building starting next week. However, they did not share the schedule of which doors would be closed and when. Our resident OSHA Rep, Patrick Long, has obtained the following tentative door closure schedule.

These doorways will be closed for most of the day (0800-1600).

Monday (9/19) - doors 2&3 (near the water fountain at control floor entry)

Tuesday (9/20) - doors 6-4 (main stairwell)

Wednesday (9/21) - doors 1&7 (near kitchenette on control floor entrance)

Thursday (9/22) - door 5 (ready room with pool table). This one will begin AFTER 1100 as to not interrupt sleeping controllers.

Wifi Protocol

To this point, 58 of you have signed up for the new Wifi protocol. That is about a third of the building. Not bad! If you haven’t done it yet, do it ASAP so you can avoid any interruption in service. As an additional note, some devices have had an issue connecting. This could be smart watches, e-readers, or even your Tamagotchi. If your device will not connect to the wifi, send the MAC address to natcazsewifi@gmail.com to get it manually added. If you do not know how to find the MAC address of your device, a quick google search should be able to answer that question for you.

Reminder: Email natcazsewifi@gmail.com and request a sign-in for the Members Only wifi if you have not done so yet.

Hope y’all are enjoying the last 4 days of what seemed like a very fast summer,

Drew

A Quick Note about the Wifi

All,

Devin wanted me to let everyone know that the wifi access that we are transitioning away from will remain active until the transition is complete. This is estimated to be about 2 to 3 weeks but we can extend it if necessary. So don’t fret about losing wifi access, you have some time before we cut the old one off.

Drew

NEW WIFI PROTOCOL!

All,

After much hard work from Matt Coughlin and Devin Carlisto we are happy to roll out our new, much more secure wifi setup. There is a short process to get you going on it but I promise it’s pretty easy. Here are the steps:

1. Join the NATCA-Members Wifi (password: membersonly)

2. You will get a pop-up “splash” page similar to what happens when you attempt to join a hotel’s wifi. On that screen there will be an email (natcazsewifi@gmail.com). Send an email to that address requesting a login for the wifi.

3. Once you receive a reply with your username and password, rejoin the NATCA_Members wifi and log in with the username and password that was emailed to you.

You could also just directly email natcazsewifi@gmail.com to get your sign-in and then access the wifi with that username and password. Please retain this username and password as you will be using it for all your devices. Do not share this password with anyone, every member will have their own. Matt and Devin are processing thee all individually so please be patient when waiting for your sign in information.

Thanks again to Matt and Devin for their hard work on this.

We expect to begin briefing the MOUs to you all in the next few weeks and then bidding shortly after that. Not much else to add at this time. Please let us know if you have any issues.

Drew & Amy

Labor Day

Good Afternoon ZSE,

I know a lot of us are working but hopefully some people are getting some well deserved rest and relaxation today. Being Labor Day we thought it was important to highlight a couple of important facts surrounding the tumultuous and often deadly history that got us here today.

Labor Day Became an Official Holiday 12 Years After the First Labor Day Event

The first U.S. Labor Day was celebrated September 5, 1882, in New York City. The Central Labor Union organized a parade for workers. Workers took unpaid leave and marched through the city. At that time, most Americans worked 12-hour days, seven-days a week to make ends meet. On June 28, 1894, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories. Oregon was the first state to celebrate Labor Day as a legal holiday in 1887.

The Difference Between Labor Day & May Day

May Day and Labor Day are often confused. While May Day actually originated in the U.S., it is not a federal holiday; however, it is a recognized holiday in over 80 countries across the world. Why not the U.S.? Because on May 4, 1886, a labor union rally (calling for shorter working hours) in Chicago’s Haymarket Square turned violent when a bomb exploded in the crowd, killing seven police officers and four civilians. What became known as the Haymarket Riot outraged working people and their allies across the world, and they started May Day to remember its martyrs and celebrate the struggles of working people. However, when choosing a day for Labor Day, President Cleveland chose the first Monday in September as a way to avoid commemorating the Haymarket Riot, fearing it would build support for communism or other radical causes.

We as a society have come a long way from working 12 hour days, 7 days a week but the work is never done. Our economy as we know it would be nothing without the American worker and we have to remain vigilant to not only retain what we have fought for but continue to fight for what we deserve. 

If you are interested, here are a couple of very interesting articles highlighting some of the hard fought labor battles, one of the most brutal being the Everett Massacre that took place right here in Washington in 1916.

Everett Massacre

Mental Floss: 6 Deadly Labor Disputes

In Solidarity,

Amy Sizemore

Facility Update August 25th

Reloaded Workshop 

The NATCA Reloaded Committee is going to hold a regional class here in Seattle on September 26-27. The class will be from noon Monday until 2pm Tuesday. The workshop is for any Northwest Mountain Region NATCA member who has a desire for self improvement and strengthening their local. The Leadership Workshop will be tailored to our audience, to give you some new tools and dust off some old ones. The workshop is for all members - those with veteran NATCA experience and those that are just starting on their NATCA journey. You don't need a title to be a leader. 

• This will be downtown Seattle. If you plan on staying the night, please register HERE. ****TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO GUARANTEE A ROOM****

Save the Date: NATCA Retirement Planning

Drew has been working with Cambridge Financial Partners to get a person in the building to answer any of your retirement questions. Anthony Lee will be here the afternoon of October 26th and the morning of October 27th.

Activism and Training Expo (ATX)

NATCA will be holding its first Activism and Training Expo (ATX) will be held from Dec. 12-16. This event will be an opportunity for our Union to educate, inspire, and motivate both experienced leaders and new members.

 It will be a five-day event at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas that will showcase all of NATCA’s current training opportunities along with some briefings and education by many of our committee and Article 114 reps regarding their projects. We envision this becoming a biennial event that motivated NATCA members can attend to increase their knowledge on a variety of work and safety related topics and expand our Union’s influence.

 Whether you can attend for the entire five days or only one, the Expo will provide value to any member.

Registration information will be forthcoming but save the dates today.

I’ll be out of the facility on leave next week but will be able to check emails if you need anything.

Amy Sizemore