NATCA shall create and maintain the infrastructure necessary to assist members who file Equal Employment Opportunity Complaints against members of management in bringing their cases to a satisfactory conclusion.

NATCA will make resources available to members who file Equal Employment Opportunity Complaints against members of management to:

• • Assist in management of EEO Timelines
  • Provide guidance on applicable FAA and DOT orders and federal laws including:
    • Accountability Board representation
    • Requests for Reasonable Accommodations
    • Hotline Complaints
    • Freedom of Information Act Requests
  • Thoroughly explain the member’s rights
  • Thoroughly explain what the Union can and can’t do in support of an EEO Complaint
  • Access non-NATCA resources that can assist the member in navigating the EEO process
  • Any other measure that will assist complainants

This can be done by creating a new position, a NATCA team, a Collaborative Work Group, retaining specialized counsel, partnering with other labor organizations to share resources, or any other effective means. The NEB will appoint a lead to identify areas where NATCA can improve its capacity to represent EEO Complainants and suggest actions to be taken within 180 days of the conclusion of this convention.

The lead will present a completed report within one year of the conclusion of this convention. The report will be published on the NATCA website and be distributed to the membership via email. The NEB will have until the commencement of the Chicago convention to address the content of the report and will report to the membership at that convention which actions in the report are being undertaken.

Rationale: When a member is victimized by management and appropriately files an EEO complaint, the Union must be pretty much hands-off because NATCA lacks the infrastructure to handle these complaints. This means a member must either navigate this process by themselves, or spend large sums of money to retain counsel without knowing how long you’ll need to pay a retainer or if your case will succeed. This is an onerous burden for one person to carry alone, but we’re talking about a member of a labor union. A body that uses its collective strength and resources to protect its members. We, the Union, are currently failing in this regard. This language will open the door for NATCA to begin to address the needs of its members who are mistreated in the worst ways by their employer. That is exactly what a union is for.