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Supreme Court Harris v Quinn ruling

The Supreme Court Harris v Quinn ruling does not apply to all unions. The
Supreme Court decision judged the plaintiffs in the case to be personal
assistants that are quite different from "full-fledged public employees"
and therefore Abood v Detroit Board of Education which enables unions to
collect fair share fees from non-members for expenses germane to
collective bargaining did not apply. The Court found that the personal
assistants were not eligible for the same types of benefits as other

Updates regarding Teacher Contract Ratification & 2014-2015 Calendar

I hope you enjoyed the first ten days of summer. I wanted to update you on two items:

The New Teacher Contract was ratified by 92% of teachers who voted. This successful response was due largely in part to our PNC and Executive Council who met with teachers in the buildings and explained the changes in the contract. The breakdown by building was:

Administration 1 YES 0 NO

Center St. 39 YES 3 NO

Denton 50 YES 3 NO

High School 91 YES 10 NO

Update from July 1, 2014 Herricks BOE Meeting

At the Board of Education Reorganization Meeting on July 1st, Jim Gounaris was sworn in as the 2014-2015 Board of Education President. Nancy Feinstein will continue as Vice President and Christine Turner as the Parliamentarian.

At the regular BOE meeting, Board President, Jim Gounaris, announced that the BOE had come to an agreement with the HTA on a successor teacher contract. The Board and HTA worked together since January to come to the agreement that was reached on June 19, 2014.

Below are the terms of the agreement reached:

Carroll County Government and MCEA MOU

Carroll County Government and MCEA has entered into another Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The Agreement takes effect from June 19, 2014 and will expire on June 30, 2016. MCEA Chief Negotiator, Michael Keeney extends his thanks to the Carroll County Commissioners along with the Carroll County Office of Human Resources for finalizing yet another successful MOU.

For PATFA Treasurer and PATFA Secretary

Tom McCord of UMA is a candidate for PATFA secretary, and Pam Mitchel of UMF is a candidate for PATFA treasurer. Both seek re-election.
For Treasurer: Pam Mitchel, UMF
I appreciate all of the work done by PATFA to improve working conditions and salaries for adjuncts in the UMaine System. I would like to continue as the PATFA treasurer to support the union's work.
For Secretary: Tom McCord, UMA

Teacher Contract Ratification Vote

Dear Colleagues,

Negotiations Update 6-20-14

Our most recent negotiating session took place last Saturday 6/14 for eight hours. It did not result in an agreement. While a detailed summary of the CIA's perspective on the meeting is available on the portal, that account does not include the statement the CTA delivered toward the close of the meeting during the only time the parties met across the table.

CTA President Richard Horvath delivered the following message on behalf of the membership:

CUB joins Stop Staples Rally

CUB members stood with postal workers on Sunday, June 22nd at a "Stop Staples!" rally. Community members gathered in front of the Staples store at Eastpoint Mall on Eastern Avenue in Baltimore Sunday afternoon to tell the retail store to stop attacking good jobs and public post offices.

Primary Election news for Maryland

Results are in for Maryland's Primary elections. Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown and Larry Hogan won the Democratic and Republican nominations for Governor, respectively. Brian Frosh won the Democratic nomination for Attorney General after a contentious race.

Democrats outnumbered Republicans by more than 2:1 in the polls. Voter turnout was low, though early voting increased over the last election.

The market/parity adjustments are in section L of the 2013-2015 Compensation Plan. Some of the adjustments are discretionary. However, "Criteria for distribution of these adjustments will be applied in a uniform manner throught the agency or employing unit".

We asked some agencies for copies of the criteria they will be using. Specifically, we said: