All area schedules for 2024 are finalized! Bidding is live!
Remember, time is of the essence. Please complete your bid as quickly as possible. Pay period 3 will no longer be available after December 16th. The more rounds of annual leave we can get through, the better.
The MOUs are agreed to but still not signed yet, I will send them out as soon as that is done.
Happy Bidding!
Amy
Internet Issues
There was a software issue with our WiFi security program that caused everyone and any new advice added since February to be dropped. If you are having issues and logging back in doesn’t work, please send an email to NATCAZSEWIFI@gmail.com. Matt Coughlin is working these issues personally so please have patience as this is a little labor intensive. It might take up to a week to fix all the sign-ins, so if you still cannot log in after that time, please send another email to Matt.
Bidding Annual Leave
This year the MOU states that, after round one, the leave calendar will automatically reduce to one slot during IST and your respective area refresher training. Here they are so you know in advance:
IST: April 21st - May 4th and November 3rd - 16th
A: March 25-29
B: December 2-6
C: May 13-17
D: May 20-24
We are still tentatively going to start bidding on Thursday late afternoon. There are a couple of loose ends that are still being tied up but that is still currently the plan.
All Members Meeting
The next All Members Meeting will be next Wednesday, the 6th, in the East/West Conference room from 1-3 pm. Agenda items include finance briefing, 2024 budget, local constitution amendments, and Q&A with Alex Navarro. Food will be provided starting around 12:30.
Amy
If you are working a swing tomorrow and haven't signed up to bring anything into the Thanksgiving potluck yet, please stop by the A area table near the aisle and sign up.
MOUS ARE DONE!!
We will start briefing this Sunday, the 26th, through Thursday, the 30th. We should begin bidding as early as next Thursday afternoon/early evening. As soon as that date is finalized, we will let you know. The MOUs have not been signed yet but as soon as we have signed copies, I will send them to you.
WMTScheduler Pay Period 3
With the MOUs being done and after discussion with the area reps/schedulers, we will not open WMTScheduler this weekend. This puts additional importance on bidding quickly so we can get through, at least, round one. A couple of areas cannot get spot leave without incurring overtime, so this will help ensure that leave is guaranteed.
Basically, if anything between January 14-27 of next year is significant to you, you might need to bid that in the first round.
This year, there is an extra emphasis on getting through the bid as quickly as possible. Please do not add any unnecessary delay. Usually, we would block out pay period three around December 9th, but if we decide to delay publishing that schedule, we will keep that available on the bidding website until December 16th.
Online Bidding
Please go to https://bid.natca.org/zse and ensure you are all set up to bid. If you don’t have a login or cannot access the site, please let your area rep know immediately.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving,
Amy
MOUs have been all-consuming, not much else has been getting done that doesn’t have to do with that.
We are VERY close to being finished, all but one area guides have been agreed to, and our next meeting will be on Tuesday. If we can get that done, we can go back to the facility MOUs, finalize those, sign them, and then start briefing the changes. A VERY tentative bid estimate will be December 3rd. That is, if everything goes smoothly from here on out.
Spot Leave
WMTSceduler will open to submit SF71s (spot leave requests) on November 25th at 5 pm local time. It will be limited to pay periods 3-8. Once we start bidding, we must close WMTScheduler again and wipe everything out after an agreed-upon date.
Ideally, this will be limited to accumulated leave only, but if this needs to be counted as some of your accrued leave, please let your area rep know the dates. This is important.
Accrued Leave = Annual leave that will be earned during the current leave year (leave that you will earn this year)
Accumulated Leave = Annual leave that has been accrued in previous leave years (leave balance)
Any leave requests showing a timestamp of 4:59 pm or earlier will be deleted, please ensure you do not submit anything early.
I understand this might be a little convoluted, but find me, any of the reps, or any of the schedulers, and they’ll be able to explain it in further detail.
Thank you for your continued patience through all of this.
Amy
All,
Attached HERE are proposed changes to the ZSE Local Constitution. These changes will be voted on at the All Members Meeting on 12/6.
Quick rundown of the changes:
Gender-Neutral Language
Staggered Elections - THIS IS A BIG CHANGE, PLEASE READ. (There is an explanation of this in the linked proposal.)
Drew
