No mandatory salaries in the new MFP
This week the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education approved an MFP Task Force report that recommends a 2.75 percent increase in the $3.5 billion formula, but does not specify that half of the increase should go to teacher salaries.
A $5,000 grant was recently awarded to Edmondson-Westside High School from the AFL-CIO, and will be used to raise awareness of unions. Every student in the school is involved in a trade such as Media Production, Carpentry, Cosmetology, Culinary Arts, etc.
Monday, Jan. 27, 2014
Buses leave from AFT-Maryland's parking lot at 5:30 p.m., and will return around 9:00 p.m. Sandwiches & soft drinks will be provided on the bus. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP.
(Baton Rouge – January 16, 2014) Some 7,000 teachers and school employees who were wrongfully terminated in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina were vindicated Wednesday by a five-judge panel of the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal.
Statement from David Hecker, President, AFT Michigan:
Statement from David Hecker, President, AFT Michigan:
(Baton Rouge – January 14, 2014) To no one’s surprise, an organization dedicated to promoting school vouchers for private and religious schools is heaping praise on Louisiana’s voucher scheme.
Albuquerque, NM--Statement of AFT New Mexico President Stephanie Ly (also a member of NEA New Mexico) on the shooting at Berrendo Middle School in Roswell, NM:
Although KOSE bargains for pay raises, those pay raises have to be placed in the budget and approved by the legislature before they can take effect. Last year for the first time, the Kansas Legislature aproved a two-year budget. That budget did not include raises for state employees.
The 2014 legislative session begins on Monday, January 13. Contact your legislators and tell them that pay increases for state employees should be a priority!
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