In a show of solidarity, AFT-Maryland members and staff stood side by side with AFSCME members as they called on Governor Hogan and the MD General Assembly not to cut state employees' salaries. The event was well attended as a sea of green and blue shirts, hats, and signs covered Lawyers' Mall in Annapolis.
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NYSUT President Karen Magee has called for mobilization to support public education which is under attack once again by Governor Cuomo. Cuomo’s proposed budget for 2015-2016 comprises a frightful anti-public education agenda that relentlessly attacks teachers and hurts students.
JOAN PERRINI was recently appointed as NYSUT Retiree Services Consultant in Suffolk County. This will be a new direction for her after serving for 9 years as President of Retiree Council 21.
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The Senate and House of Delegates are in the most critical stages in determining the state’s operating budget. This is our last chance to make our voice heard to save education in Baltimore City! And this is our last chance to make our voice heard to fight against Governor Hogan’s 2% pay cut to public employees!
Congratulations, Coach Burkhalter! Your support and dedication to your union, our students, and the TPS community is an inspiration to all of us!
Here is a list of the official public hearings hosted by the Joint Committee on Finance:
March 18 – Brillion (near Appleton) at the Brillion High School Endries Performing Arts Center,
W1101 County Road HR, Brillion. Hearing starts at 10:00 a.m and ends promptly at 5:00 p.m.
March 20- Milwaukee at Alverno College’s Pitman Theatre, 3400 South 43rd Street, Milwaukee. This hearing will start at 10:00 a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m.
Here is an excerpt from an article of special interest to adjuncts, "Adjunct Advocacy: Contingent faculty members are demanding--and getting--better working conditions" by Peter Schmidt, published March 9, 2015 in "The Trends Report" of The Chronicle of Higher Education.
"By joining together in labor unions, part-time instructors at several colleges have managed in recent years to win major improvements in their pay, benefits, job security, and overall working conditions. And even where they could not unionize, such instructors have used greater activism to send the message that there are limits to their exploitation by college administrations seeking to stretch instructional budgets."
Read more at http://chronicle.com/article/Article-adjunct-Contingent/228115/
March, 2015
Dear Parents and Guardians,
