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Our next meeting will be held  Sep 21st 4:30 p.m. at the Landing Strip.

It is important to YOU and your CAREER that you attend.

 

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 Once upon a time, 

there were no unions in the National Guard Technician Program. The employees were neither State workers nor Federal workers. In almost every state there was no retirement system. Each employee paid all of his or her health insurance cost and had no government sponsored plan for health coverage. There was no government life insurance. There were no grievance systems. Employees were onerously terminated without hearings. Many times payroll money ran out and employees did not get paid. Other times step increases were not given for months, if at all. Many employees had no access to position descriptions. Travel was often required without per diem and mileage allowances. Some employees were required to work such long hours, and be recalled so often that family disruption was common place; In summary, the working conditions were intolerable. The answer was association. In 1960 thirteen New York technicians got together and decided to unite. ACT was born. Today, thousands of technicians have joined and enjoyed representation under ACT. For many years, under ACT leadership, your fellow employees, many now retired, fought long and hard, with many personal sacrifices, to get federal law changed and written to provide coverage under the federal employee program.

In 1968, President Lyndon Johnson signed "The National Guard Technician ACT of 1968" into law. Vincent J. Paterno, past President of ACT, was presented the pen used by President Johnson to sign this historic bill in recognition of his and ACT's efforts on behalf of all National Guard Technicians across the country.

 

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MISSION STATEMENT

FOR

THE ASSOCIATION OF CIVILIAN TECHNICIANS

 

Mr. Vincent J. Paterno founded the Association of Civilian Technicians (ACT) in 1960.

The Association's intent was to set forth a mission of representing National Guard Civilian Technicians regarding their conditions of employment. Since the founding of ACT, all Federal Employees now have an opportunity to join and be represented by the Association. These Federal Employees, through membership, have elected to unite and to associate with one another to intelligently and democratically consider and process their common labor problems, and to select representatives from their membership to achieve their goals.

ACT provides National Field Representatives to assist the chapters in all facets of representation not only to provide training to officers and stewards but to include training and understanding of unfair labor practice charges, grievance and arbitrations, contract negotiations, third party proceedings and other types of representation procedures necessary to work labor relations issues and to maintain and improve the conditions of employment of its membership.

ACT is also dedicated to promoting legislation designed to meet the needs of its membership.

These Federal Employees when standing together as the Association of Civilian Technicians cannot be rightfully denied those reasonable demands necessary for maintaining their conditions of employment.

  

 

 

 

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