COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT
STAT OF THE WEEK
19,96 3
The current number of NATCA - represented bargaining unit employees.
LINK OF THE WEEK
http://ncf.natca.net/
The NATCA Charitable Foundation's (NCF) website has a new look! Check it out and
learn more about the grea t w ork of NCF.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
When will the 2017 Archie League Medal of Safety Award w inners be a nnounced ?
Answer: The s election c ommittee is scheduled to meet on Feb. 3. We will notify the
winners and then announce them to the membership the follow ing week. The winners
will be honored at the 13
th
annual awards banquet at Communicating for Safety on
March 22.
NATCA 30: LOOKING BACK ON THE UNION'S EARLY YEARS
June 19, 2017, marks the 30th anniversary of the Federal Labor Relations Authority's
certification of NATCA as the exclusive bargaining representative of Federal Aviation
Administration air traf fic controllers. Last week, we began to take members on a trip
through our history and archives .
The story of NATCA be gan long before 1987. It began with NATCA's founding father,
John F. Thornton, a gifted and influential leader whose passion for representing the
interests of the nation's air traffic controllers began with the Professional Air Traffic
Controllers Organiza tion (PATCO), and continued as a national organizer of NATCA.
"He gave this union the foundation on which to build, and he set the tone that NATCA
was a different union with different goals," said NATCA President Paul Rinaldi. "Without
John Thornton, NATC A may never have existed."
To read the full story from the NATCA Insider, please click here .
To view the video chronicling John Thornton's life and career, please click here .
Visit our special NATCA 30
th
Anniversary web section; please click here .
Join the discussion on social media. Use #NATCA30
PRESS RELEASES ISSUED LAST WEEK
Jan. 6 : Statement on the shooting at Fort Lauderdale Airport. Please click h ere .
Jan. 9 : Statement on the selection of Sen. Thune for second term as Commerce
Committee Chairman. Please click here .
CALENDARS / SCHEDULES
The online NATCA calendar, complete with all training, regional events, national events,
meetings, history, holidays, and more , can be found by clicking here .
