Stay Healthy and Receive a $300 Rebate:
February 29 is the deadline for reimbursement form for the NWSEO negotiated
Health Club and Wellness Services Reimbursement Program
printable copy
(February 21, 2012) Wednesday, February 29 is the deadline to submit Forms A and B of the NWSEO negotiated National Weather Service Health Club and Wellness Services Fees Reimbursement Program. Thanks to the work of NWSEO, it is easier to keep your health club costs low. Through the program, which is open to all NWS employees, you may receive up to $300 per year as a health club membership dues rebate. The rebate also covers certain weight loss and smoking cessation programs. In order to be eligible for the programs, it is important that the correct forms are submitted before the due dates.
Form A must be submitted between January 1, 2012 and February 29, 2012 to receive benefits for 2012.
Form B must be submitted between January 1, 2012 and February 29, 2012 for reimbursement for the year 2011.
Complete information on the National Weather Service Health Club and Wellness Services Fees Reimbursement Program is available here.
Stay informed with NWSEO’s Four Winds Newsletters emailed directly to you
NWSEO’s newsletter The Four Winds are emailed directly to members who are on our email list. It’s a great way to stay informed of current priorities, issues, trends and achievements. To receive The Four Winds email edition, please send your private email address to mediarelations@nwseo.org.
NWSEO Facebook Community and Twitter
Have you dealt with an issue and wondered how other offices are handling similar situations? The NWSEO Facebook community is a closed group, available only to NWSEO members. It is a place where members can discuss upcoming events and issues that NWSEO is working on or find answers to questions they may have.
If you are not already a member of the NWSEO Facebook community, please join. Use your Facebook account to search the National Weather Service Employees Organization and request to join the group. Once your NWSEO membership is verified, you will be added to this private group.
You can also follow NWSEO on Twitter. Search for NWSEO or National Weather Service Employees Org using your Twitter account to follow NWSEO news.
Protect the ITO Position Press Kit
Fact Sheet - Speaking points
News Release
White Paper - Detailed report on the ITO position
You can also write to Dr. Jane Lubchenco at:
HCHB Building Suite 6622 Room 5810
Washington DC
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Contact your Senator and Congressional Representative
You can call or email your State Senator using the locator below.
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
You can call or email your Congressional Representatives using the locator below:
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
(If this link does not work, please cut and paste it into your browser.)
NWSEO Works to Save ITO Positions - Here’s How You Can Help
(February 17, 2012) NWSEO is working full pace to protect the ITO positions at WFOs. The President’s proposed FY2013 budget reduces the NWS budget by nearly $40 million. Because of this, the NWS plans to eliminate 98 ITO positions at WFOs, while moving 24 ITO positions to regions. We have yet to hear the details about those proposed regional positions. The announcement came at an “All Hands Call” meeting on Tuesday, February 14.
As you know, your membership is the strength of our union. We are asking all NWSEO members to help us in the effort to protect the ITO positions and the mission of the NWS.
Here’s how you can help:
1. NWSEO has a Press Packet located at http://nwseo.org/media_center.php which includes a press release, a white paper, and speaking points on this issue. Please contact your local media and let them know how crucial the ITO position is to the lifesaving work of WFOs, especially during severe weather. Localize the issue. If you are talking to your local TV meteorologist, let him know how this is going to affect the information provided to him. This will give the story urgency and make it more newsworthy. Let the media know that 98 of 122 ITO jobs will be eliminated, that’s about 80 percent of these positions.
The NWSEO White Paper details the importance of the ITO positions and the impacts of eliminating them. Please share this with your Emergency Managers and the local media.
Important reminder: When you work with the media, please be sure to tell them that you are speaking “as a member of NWSEO” or that you are “representing NWSEO.”
2. The Washington Post Federal Diary is asking, “Which of Obama’s cuts go too far?” Please sign in and comment about the cuts to the ITO positions. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/2012/02/13/gIQAHwGCDR_story.html?wpisrc=nl_fedinsider
3. Please sign the petition to prevent cuts to the National Weather Service on the White House web site.
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/prevent-budget-cuts-national-weather-service/nQVPd4l2
4. As a member of NWSEO, you are well aware of the strength you bring to the union. We are effective because of your membership. The dues you pay is powering our efforts to save these jobs. Please ask the non-union employees in your office if they will help us in the effort to save the ITO positions. Please ask them to join NWSEO today. The SF 1187 form to join is available at http://nwseo.org/joinnwseo.php. The completed form can be emailed to Peter Nuhn, Director of Membership Services, at peter@nwseo.org or fax him at 202-600-2145.( Please note, this is a new fax number for Peter.) NWSEO thanks you for your efforts and your membership.
5. Please join our Facebook Group. Currently, there is a lot of information regarding the ITO positions being posted on the site. Members find it as a way to have your comments “heard,” discuss issues, and get questions answered. NWSEO President Dan Sobien and Vice President Bill Hopkins are part of the group and often participate in the discussions. This is a closed group for NWSEO members only. If you have a Facebook account, search for National Weather Service Employees Organization. Once your membership is verified, you will be included in the group.
6. If you did not receive this Four Winds in your email, please send your private email address to mediarelations@nwseo.org so that you can be added to the system.
7.You can call or email your State Senator using the locator below.
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
You can call or email your Congressional Representatives using the locator below:
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
(If this link does not work, please cut and paste it into your browser.)
Thank you for your membership. It is the strength of NWSEO.
Sincerely,
Dan Sobien
NWSEO President
Member News Archives
The Four Winds 2012 Archives
February 3, 2012
NWS Refuses to Bargain over $2 Million Reduction of Travel Expenses
NWSEO Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge
February 3, 2012 Travel Printable copy
NWSEO Case Prompts FLRA Charges OPM with Violation of Labor Law
In Capping Federal Employee Awards
February 3, 2012 FLRA printable copy
January 10, 2012
Gainsharing Travel Savings –
Save Money on Travel and Earn a Little Extra Cash for Yourself
January 10, 2012 - printable copy
January 6, 2012
NWS Health Club and
Wellness Services Fees Reimbursement Program -
Stay Healthy and Receive a $300 Rebate
January 6, 2012 - printable copy
January 5, 2012
Dr. Lubchenco Responds to NWSEO Letter –
Promises Policy on Weather Warning Apps
January 5, 2012 - printable copy
The Four Winds 2011 Archives
2011 Four Winds Newsletters and Archives
The Four Winds 2010 News Archives
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