Guest post by Nancy Shefferly, UW-Stevens Point Biology Instructor and member of the UW-Stevens Point Academic Representation Council, AFT local 6505
As an educator, I can only view the prospect of allowing firearms on a college campus as a catastrophically bad idea.
Attention Maryland Public Employees!
Please take a few moments to take the 2015 Maryland Public Employees Bargaining Survey. This survey will help your bargaining team determine your priorities for contract bargaining, and will ensure that your voice is heard.
Click here to take the survey: http://aftmd.us/MDPESurvey2015
Attention Maryland Public Employees!
Please take a few moments to take the 2015 Maryland Public Employees Bargaining Survey. This survey will help your bargaining team determine your priorities for contract bargaining, and will ensure that your voice is heard.
Click here to take the survey: http://aftmd.us/MDPESurvey2015
Brothers & Sisters:
As news about the alarming rate of the expansion of corporate charters in our city begins to spread across the state and the nation, it becomes increasingly more important that you remain alert to news media that we share with you on a constant basis. If you read the weekly updates we provide you then you are aware of what the NTU is doing; you are aware that while we are winning some battles in the courts and before the Civil Service Commission our enemies are advancing.
A city divided by itself cannot stand. Forced to send money to corporate charter schools and funding politically connected consultants. But still, South Street rises. Facing constant cuts to staff and resources. But still, South Street rises It’s time to reclaim the promise of public education—to fulfill our collective moral obligation to help all children succeed.
Here's the latest edition of the JFT Teacher/PSRP Newsletter:
The Maryland Classified Employees Association held its Annual Convention in Ocean City, Maryland located at the Holiday Inn Ocean Front from October 12, 2015 through October 14, 2015. Hundreds of Delegates were greeted by their union brothers and sisters at registration who presented them with gift bags that were created by President Linda Day and her committee members. This year’s convention celebrated 80 years of our union’s untiring efforts in improving the quality of life for State and County employees.
This year’s NYSUT RC 43 Annual Conference was attended by delegates, representatives, guests and friends from NYSUT, a Union of Professionals; RC 43; TRIF Units; AFT; NYSTRS; ARA/FLARA; FEA-R; NEA-R; and UFT. We were thrilled and honored to have Karen Magee, NYSUT, A Union of Professionals President as our Keynote Speaker. Karen appreciated the opportunity to attend these meetings as she “likes to keep in touch with the membership.”
NYSUT is holding a Retiree Conference for Councils 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 on November 19th at the Watermill Restaurant in Smithtown.
Monday, October 19th, over 1200 Calcasieu elementary students participated in a reading contest to break a Guinness World record. Children from 60 countries around the world were read to or read on their own the same book, The Growing Table. The Calcasieu Federation of Teachers and Support Personnel donated the books to the five campuses that participated. This contest was established by Points of Light, an organization promoting literacy around the world.
