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S T A N D I N G R U L E S 15 NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION STANDING RULES A. Seniority B. Member Benefits & Retirement C. Constitution & Conventions D. Dues & Initiation Fees E. Communications F. Finance G. General H. Committees, Boards, Liaisons & Representatives I. Internal Business J. Pay, Salaries & Compensation K. Contracting Out L. Labor Relations M. Membership & Organizing N. NATCA Employees SECTION A: SENIORIT Y SRA-1 Deleted (9/10) SRA-2 Leave Bidding Process (9/02) When seniority is used to govern a leave bidding process, a Local Bargaining Unit may elect to bid by rounds, provided each round is bid in order of seniority. When bidding in rounds, any conflicting requests shall be resolved by seniority within that round. SRA-3 Deleted (3/12) SECTION B: MEMBER BENEFITS & RETIREMENT SRB-1 Retirement Planning (4/00) NATCA shall maintain a source that will specialize in information pertaining to retirement. This source will answer NATCA members' questions concerning retirement issues and provide periodic briefings to NATCA members. SRB-2 Membership Trust Fund (4/00, 4/18) NATCA shall create such trust fund(s) as may be necessary or desirable to hold, manage, and invest all net income derived from NATCA Membership Investments, Inc., and shall use such income and earnings thereon for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to members of the Union and defraying reasonable expenses of administering the trust funds. SRB-3 NATCA Scholarship Fund (8/94, 4/00, 9/08, 3/12) A scholarship fund is established for the spouses, children, stepchildren, and legally adopted children of active, retired, and deceased NATCA members with continuous membership in good standing of at least two (2) years. NATCA will administer the award of twenty (20) national scholarships of $1,000 per annum, based on a lottery system administered by the NATCA National President. These scholarships are for full-time attendance at accredited colleges and universities within the United States and its territories, in an undergraduate degree program. Applicants must apply in writing to the NATCA National President no later than March 1 annually for the college/university attendance within that calendar year, and submit a qualifying 500- word essay. SRB-4 Platinum Lifetime Retired Membership (9/16, 6/23) Any bargaining unit member who was an active member in good standing for 20 continuous years immediately preceding their retirement or was a charter member that was a continuous member up to and immediately preceding their retirement shall be eligible for a lifetime retired member status at no further cost to the member. In units certified subsequent to initial NATCA recognition, this membership type is open to any bargaining unit member who became an active NATCA member

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