I ask that all recipients pass this information on to your union leaders (where applicable) and other fellow technicians so that they too can be fully informed and take and active role if they desire to do so.  

It is important that all remember that we only represent AFGE technicians therefore any data provided to those who are not from member locals is strictly for informational purposes only. You may pass this information on to others, act on it, or do nothing.

If you belong to another Labor organization other than AFGE, you should be seeking guidance from them on what to do relative to these issues.  

Those that are AFGE members are requested to immediately contact and share this information received with the leadership of their local in order to work this issue in a unified manner.

This issue addrsses yet another major negative under NDAA 2000 which WE MUST ALL FIGHT TOGETHER TO HAVE REMOVED OR MODIFIED.  

Incorporated in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2000 was another extremely negative provision which prevents all non-dual status technicians effective 5 Oct 2000  from applying for any voluntary personnel actions. Under the law, a Voluntary Personnel action is defined as meaning any of the following with respect to a non-dual status technician:

(1) The hiring, entry, appointment, reassignment, promotion or transfer of the technician into a position for which the Secretary concerned has established a requirement that the person occupying the position be a military technician (dual status)

(2) Promotion to a higher grade if the technician is in a position for which the Secretary concerned has established a requirement that the person occupying the position be a military technician (dual status) 

In short, I define this as NO FUTURE UPWARD MOBILITY unless it is into a DAC position of which they are extremely limited or positions identified as permanent non-dual status of which at present their are none so designated !!  I as the chief spokesperson for AFGE for represented technicians will be initiating another massive letter writing campaign to Congress in the near future requesting removal of this language from the law or appropriate changes that will lessen the negative affects of this law.

Although we attempted to remove this language, prior to it's enactment and again last year, we were not successful. We believe however, if we have the technicians throughout address this issue through a massive letter writing and lobbying of their Congressional leaders on the same scale as that which was used to change the mandatory retirement law to age 60 we can and will be successful.

In order to accomplish this I am requesting that each of you belonging to AFGE not only become committed to actively participating in this effort by agreeing to writing your Congressional representatives and lobbying them where possible, but that you also agree to encourage all your fellow technicians to do the same.

FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT AFGE MEMBERS THIS IS YOUR CHOICE TO GET INVOLVED OR NOT!!!

ESPO