Four Winds Archives

  • Four Winds — NWSEO Addresses NWS Lapsed Labor Problem; pdf: 36k; posted 03/31/2008
  • Four Winds — NWSEO Testimony on NOAA's 2009 Budget Shortfalls; pdf: 165k; posted 03/27/2008
  • Four Winds — FLRA REJECTS AFGE’S ATTEMPT TO RAID NWS; pdf: 55k; posted 03/11/2008
  • Four Winds — House Science and Technology Committee Hearing on NOAA 2009 Budget and release of the GAO Report on Aviation Weather and the future of the CWSUs; pdf: 81k; posted 02/28/2008
  • Four Winds — NWS promises to treat HMTs fairly in selection actions; pdf: 42k; posted 02/12/2008
  • Four Winds — NWSEO/NWS settle FLSA non-foreign COLA grievance - 154 employees get $180,444 in additional back pay; pdf: 106k; Posted 02/04/2008
  • Four Winds — FAA still threatening flying public by trying to eliminate Weathermen at ARTCCs; pdf: 62k; posted 01/28/2008
  • Four Winds — NWSEO negotiates new benefits for IMET Forecasters; pdf: 96k; posted 01/11/2008
  • Four Winds — NWSEO represented employees at AOC have a contract; pdf: 69k; posted 01/08/2008
  • Four Winds -- NWSEO Elects Sobien, Hopkins and Matera to 4 Year Term at 32nd Annual Convention; pdf: 223k; posted 11/26/2007
  • Four Winds -- NWSEO Files Union Grievance Alleging Agency Treats HMTs as Yesterday's Trash; pdf: 56k; posted 10/22/2007
  • Four Winds -- Science Subcommittee Chairman David Wu To Address National Convention; pdf: 89k; posted 10/15/2007
  • Four Winds -- NWSEO Rebuts FAA Misrepresentations; posted 08/20/2007
  • Four Winds -- NWSEO Lobbying Pays Off; PDF: 35k; posted 07/27/2007
  • Four Winds -- NWS Supports AFGE Over NWSEO; PDF: 39k; posted 07/03/2007
  • Four Winds -- NWSEO Files Grievance for 140 Employees Seeking Lost OT; PDF: 90k; posted 05/10/2007
  • Four Winds -- NWSEO Hosts Golf Tournament to benefit Sen. Mikulski; PDF: 386k; posted 05/01/2007
  • Four Winds -- Some Mgrs Cutting Out OT for Shift Briefings; PDF: 40k; posted 05/07/2007

  • Four Winds -- NWSEO Files Pay Equity Case for Part Time Employees; PDF: 40k; posted 04/19/2007

  • Extra Edition Four Winds -- Today's Update; PDF: 85k: posted 04/18/2007
  • Four Winds -- Management Favors Hypocrisy on Conops; PDF: 41k: posted 04/17/2007
  • Four Winds -- NWS Misplaced Priorities Due To ConOps; PDF: 35K; posted 03/23/2007
  • Four Winds -- Congress asks GAO to investigate plans to close CWSUs; PDF: 428K; posted 02/27/2007;
    Congress Ltr To GAO; PDF: 35K
  • Four Winds -- NWSEO Meets With The NTSB & NATCA Over CWSU Issue; PDF: 35k; posted 01/29/2007
  • Four Winds -- Arbitrator says NWS Violated Collective Bargaining Agreement by Adopting Single Person Midnight Shift;
    PDF: 350k; posted 01/18/2007

  • FMCS06-04457-7 Missoula Arb Decision; posted 01/18/2007

  • Four Winds -- Will Management Grab 20% of Our Bonus Money?; PDF: 41k; posted 01/02/2007

  • Four Winds -- The Enigmatic Corporate Board; PDF:37k; posted 10/17/2006

  • NWSEO joins Friends of NOAA in urging House and Senate Conferees to support $4.4 billion for NOAA; PDF: 103k; posted 10/4/2006

  • Four Winds: NWS Corporate Board Votes to close down the CWSUs, despite failed test that shows degradation of service;
    PDF: 38k; posted 9/28/2006

  • Four Winds: NWS sustains union grievance over Western Region AWS July policy directive; PDF: 59k; posted 9/27/2006

  • Jody Holliday, the ASA at WFO Key West, FL, needs us to help with leave donations.

  • Stan Holland, MIC at CWSU Miami, needs us to help with leave donations.

  • Four Winds: An editorial on the problems associated with single coverage as demonstrated by the events in Lexington, KY; PDF: 34k; posted 9/1/2006

  • Four Winds: Candid Conversation Between SR Chair and NWSEO President; PDF:72k; posted 8/25/2006

  • Four Winds: Legal victory for overworked Meteorologists in Anchorage WFO; PDF: 36k; posted 7/19/2006

  • Court of Appeals ANC Decision; PDF: 206k; posted 7/19/2006

  • Four Winds: FLRA Judge slams NOAA for failing to bargain over safety on hurricane flights; PDF: 40K; posted 7/3/2006
  • Judge Pearson's opinion in the FLRA case AT-CA-05-0402; PDF: 105k; posted 7/6/2006
  • Four Winds: NWSEO unveils new website "Friends of NOAA"; PDF: 47k; posted 6/29/2006

  • Four Winds: "I am delighted to have a good union that supports the work we do," NOAA Vice Adm. Lautenbacher; PDF: 40k; posted 6/9/2006

  • Four Winds: National Council Resolution to support Missoula staffing grievance;PDF: 40k; posted 6/6/2006

  • Four Winds: Members Responses to Union Grievance over loss of mid-shift in WR; PDF: 49k; posted 6/2/2006

  • Four Winds: Ltr to NWS BU on elimination of leads on mids in WR; PDF: 458k; posted 5/26/2006

  • Four Winds: NWSEO working to protect aviation weather program in the NWS; PDF: 57k; posted 5/25/2006

  • Four Winds: General Counsel writes to FAA Administrator over privatization of CWSU Meteorologists; PDF: 35k; posted 4/7/2006

  • Four Winds: NWSEO testimony before the Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice, Commerce and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriation; PDF: 52k; posted 3/22/2006

  • Four Winds: NWSEO Joins Coalition Urging Congress to Increase NOAA Appropriations; PDF: 35k; posted 3/17/2006

  • Four Winds: Read President Dan Sobien's Tiger Teams report; PDF: 42k; posted 1/25/2006

  • Four Winds: New NWSEO Leadership;PDF: 43k, posted 1/10/2006

  • Four Winds: Tiger Team Update; PDF: 53k, posted 12/29/2005

  • Four Winds: Johnson Tells NWSEO Convention Jobs May Be Lost; PDF: 44k, posted 11/17/2005

  • Four Winds: Congress says no to nested office plan; PDF: 40k, posted 11/14/2005

  • GAO will begin to evaluate NWS reorganization plans. Read the GAO letter here; PDF: 334k, posted 10/24/2005

  • Four Winds: S. 1753, Warning, Alert and Response Network Act; PDF: 44k, posted 10/21/2005

  • Four Winds: NWSEO requests further development of new concept of operations be delayed until GAO study is complete; PDF: 38k, posted 10/07/2005

  • Four Winds: NWSEO President Meets With Senator Jim DeMint; PDF: 69k, posted 09/13/2005

  • Four Winds: While working hard on Katrina, NOAA wants the NHC to stop and take down the NWS sign; PDF: 49k, posted 09/08/2005

  • Four Winds: Report on NWS Corporate Board Meeting; PDF: 45k,
    posted 08/30/2005
  • Four Winds -- NWSEO Opposes DOC's Proposal To Implement Four-Tier Performance Rating System, : 400k , posted July 21, 2005
  • Four Winds -- House votes to cut NOAA budget by $50 million
    NWS May Take  $15 million Hit, : 41k , posted June 17, 2006
  • Four Winds -- House Appropriations Committee Increases NWS Funding at NWSEO's Request, : 32.7k , posted June 13, 2005
  • Four Winds -- Commerce Agrees Not To Call Us "NOAA's National Weather Service"  : 89k , posted 05/24/2005
  • Four Winds -- 30th Annual NWSEO National Convention Notice , : 51k , posted May 11, 2005
  • Four Winds -- NWSEO Testimony On The Administration's Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Request for NOAA, : 51KB posted 04/05/2005
  • Four Winds -- Vice President Reports On Operations Committee Meeting In KC, : 64KB , posted 04/04/2005
  • Four Winds  -- NWSEO Fights For Increased Funding For NWS, : 28KB , posted 03/09/2005

 

 

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