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Health care reform has now
been signed into law -

What will it actually mean for you?

Don’t feel like reading the

2000-page bill yourself?

We’ll help you sort it all out.

To learn more, go to PATCO/AFSCME’s

FAA mandatory phraseology changes take effect June 30, 2010 amending Order JO 7110.65, Air Traffic Control, Paragraph 3-7-2, Taxi and Ground Movement Operations, by deleting the phraseology and procedure of issuing “taxi to” when authorizing an aircraft to taxi to an assigned takeoff runway, thus allowing an aircraft to cross all runways/taxiways which the taxi route intersects except the assigned runway.

Click here to read entire NOTICE.

All of our federal contract workers, both air traffic controllers and weather observers, will get a 15-cent increase per hour in the Health & Welfare amount they receive from their contract employer.

In accordance with 29 C.F.R. Section 4.52, the prevailing health and welfare fringe benefits issued under the McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act (SCA) will be increased from $3.35 to $3.50 per hour. As prescribed by the regulations, the new benefit rate is derived from the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Cost Index, summary of Employer Cost for Employee Compensation.

To read the DOL’s June 9, 2010 All Agency Memorandum Number 209 in its entirety, CLICK HERE

Income Protection
Has Arrived

with our new Short & Long Term Disability Benefits Programs!

Available NOW for members only*

* Membership will be verified before you can take advantage of this benefit, so if you’re not a member in good standing, join or rejoin today and put your membership dues to work right away.

Have you ever stopped to think what would happen if your income stopped should you suffer a disability?

Expenses would continue ... probably greater than ever when you consider insurance deductibles and uncovered medical bills. Your income is your most valuable asset and without it your savings can quickly be turned into debt!

You insure your other valuable assets, like your home and your car. But you may not have thought to insure your income in the event you suffer a disability that prevents you from working - which is much more common than you think.

We want our members to be protected! Disability Income Insurance Protection plans are now available! These products are specifically designed to replace lost income due to a covered accident or illness, and both Short Term and Long Term disability products are available.

We’d like you to know more about this, so please click on the link below to complete our online quote request form, or you may contact our agent for additional information.

Here at PATCO/AFSCME, we try to keep you as informed and up-to-date as we can regarding union stuff. And we try to present information, material and resources that are relevant to your industry. We also try to introduce new money-saving Member Benefits so that your membership dues are working for you everyday.

We’d like to be able to include you in this process, so please tell us what you’d like to know more about, or how you feel about something, or what ideas you may have, or what money-saving Member Benefits you’d like to see.

So, contact me today, Lynda Odenkirk, your web content, communications, and member benefits administrator. I’d love to hear from you!

The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) is a division of the Federation of Physicians & Dentists/Alliance of Healthcare & Professional Employees (FPD/AHPE), a non-profit organization representing public and private employees. The organization is dedicated to improving the working conditions of its members.

PATCO provides air traffic controllers, weather observers, forecasters, meteorologists, base operations personnel and other service contract employee’s assistance to its bargaining unit members (except in negotiating individual and private contracts) and acts as an expert, aggressive bargaining agent for members in recognized collective bargaining units.

PATCO recognizes the critical relationship of private sector professional employees covered by the Service Contract Act (SCA); each has a profound effect and influence on the other and on the standards of quality and care within their professions. Achieving professional standards of quality in and of itself is a fundamental tenet of PATCO’s mission and goal.

Since 1995, when PATCO was elected the representative for a number of classifications of SCA employees throughout the country, PATCO has grown remarkably as an agent for private-sector employees. It has also gained increased membership among employee bargaining units wanting expert assistance in negotiating agreements with SCA employees.

PATCO, a division of the Federation of Physicians & Dentists (FPD), is affiliated with the National Union of Hospital & Healthcare Employees (NUHHCE) and with the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME)/AFL-CIO. Together, these organizations enjoy the resources provided by more than 1.4 million members nationwide. Additionally, these affiliates have enable PATCO to expand our direct benefits and services to its members.

PATCO strives to insure adequate compensation and working conditions for our members. We provide a voice so that professional concerns may be addressed in an effort to prevent abuses and correct inequalities in the delivery of professional services.