AFT National has prepared a presentation on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The health insurance exchanges are due to be in place by October of 2013. ETF will probably be sharing information this summer on how it will impact state employees and retired state employees.
The following blog post from a teacher about the link between student testing and teacher evaluations is poignant.
Welcome to the new Astor Staff Association website! It is my pleasure to inform all our members that we will now be accessible online! Webmasters Dan Flanagan, Laura Decker, and Cheryle Hansen will be posting information, articles, and items important to our members.
Check back often to see what is happening and learn what you can do to help.
2013 MATC Part-time Teachers' Union, Local 6100 Annual Membership Meeting Agenda and 2012 Annual Membership Meeting Minutes for approval.
Hello Faculty - I'm happy to report that your negotiating team - Tracy Furutani, Don Bissonnette, Ed Ciok, Dave Eberhardt, Brian Holt, Robin Tartow and me - concluded negotiations today with a contract we feel good about presenting to you for ratification. What a great group of colleagues to work with, and I don't want to leave out Nancy Adelson and Kimberly McRae who were team members last year. I also want to thank all of you who wrote emails, made phone calls, spoke at BOT meetings, picketed, and wrote to the team with support and appreciation - your actions mattered.
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Past Issues
Representative Kirk Talbot presented a resolution declaring May 9 as Louisiana Gray Day, an annual event in recognition of brain cancer awareness.
LANGHORNE, PA (May 16, 2013) — At a meeting attended by more than 75 percent of the NFT’s membership tonight, NFT members voted by secret ballot to decline the latest contract offer made by the Neshaminy School Board. The vote followed a motion by NFT Vice President Anne Schmidt to put the offer to a vote. In that motion, Schmidt recommended that the vote be conducted by secret ballot.
The Board’s most recent contract proposals include the following demands:
“Our members realize that this is not about the financial issues, most of which have been resolved,” said NFT Vice President Anne Schmidt after the meeting. “What the Board’s last proposals make clear is that this Board is bound and determined to take away teacher rights and silence teacher voice by breaking our union. Our members have offered huge financial sacrifices to try to reach a contract, but one thing we can’t do is give up the professional rights that allow us to speak up for the educational needs of our students. The Board has threatened to withdraw its salary offer if we don’t give up those rights, but that’s not a trade-off our members were willing to make.”
Board President Ritchie Webb had repeatedly urged Neshaminy teachers to vote on the district’s latest contract offer. “This vote was a vote for our unity and our values,” said NFT President Louise Boyd. “Even at the risk of continuing a five-year salary freeze, teachers can’t betray our professional standards. Our members have spoken. We hope this vote will demonstrate to everyone that the way to a contract is clear. Let’s get back to the table and hammer this out.”
