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PMO Remote Towers PBN Runway Safety SBS TOCO TAMR TFDM TBFM UAS Wake Turbulence Weather LABOR RELATIONS DEPARTMENT NATCA FILES NATIONAL GRIEVANCE REGARDING ACCESS TO EMPLOYEE MEDICAL INFORMATION On Sep t. 8, 2015, NATCA filed a national grievance regarding the Agency's practice of allowing certain Office of Aerospace Medicine employees to access Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of NATCA's bargaining unit employees. The Agency has not esta blished a need for these Office of Aerospace Medicine employees to access the records in the performance of their duties. In the grievance, NATCA contends that the Agency's actions violate the CBA; 5 U.S.C. Chapter 71; the Privacy Act of 1974; FAA Order 12 80.1B, Protecting PII; and all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and past practice. NATCA POCs: Director of Labor Relations Ryan Smith and Labor Relations Attorney Nicole Vitale. NATCA SUBMITS LEGAL BRIEF IN EXPEDITED ARBITRATION OVER INDEFINITE SUSPENSION On Sept . 4, 2015, NATCA submitted its legal brief in an expedited arbitration case regarding the indefinite suspension of a long - tenured Civil Engineer fo r alleged off - duty misconduct. A decision is expected by Sept . 17th. NATCA POCs: Director o f Labor Relations Ryan Smith, Senior Labor Relations Attorney Erina Hammond and outgoing Region X ARVP Kelvin Hale. CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS ("CDC") UPDATE Following the FAA's decision to close the Jacksonville Child Development Center ("CDC") in the su mmer of 2014, the FAA invited NATCA to set up a collaborative workgroup to jointly address issues resulting from the Agency's decision to change the CDC governance structure at its eighteen (18) remain ing CDC facilities nationwide. The details of the even ts that transpired while the workgroup was meeting, as well as what occurred after the workgroup issued its final report and recommendations, have been well - documented over the past twelve (12) months through various forms of commun ication to NATCA's membe rship. Nevertheless, subsequent to the workgroup's issuance of its final report and recommendations, NATCA continued to engage in high - level discussions with Agency stakeholders about the parties' continued collaborative efforts on CDC - related issues. Last week, those discussions resulted in a collaborative agreement between the FAA and NATCA to continue to meet quarterly in order to discuss issues and concerns arising from the operation of the CDC facilities.