Press Release

This weekends Steward Training, for the 7th and 8th has been Canceled and will be rescheduled at a later date.

The Board of Regents are meeting on Friday Dec 7th to discuss
the passage of the Administration's HR Design Plan.

We'll be there to tell them what we want.

Rally details: 

http://wpec.wi.aft.org/files/rally_announcement_2012_dec_7.pdf

Letter from Risser, Berceau, Erpenbach, Hulsey, Taylor and Miller regarding the proposals:

Below is an announcement about a live webcast of the Board of Regents meeting this weekend to discuss the recommendations related to the UW personnel systems redesign (UW-Madison and UW-everything else. 

The Board of Regents meeting will be webcast this week from UW-Madison. Live audio and video streaming is scheduled at these times:
 

• Thursday, Dec. 6, 9 a.m.-12 noon
• Friday, Dec. 7, 9 a.m.-12 noon
  (Times are approximate.)

The full Board agenda and all supporting materials are available online in PDF format.

Troubleshooting Tips:  If you do not see the most current date on the media streaming webpage, try doing a Reload or Refresh of your web browser.

Follow the Meeting Online: A link to the webcast will be on the UW System homepage, www.wisconsin.edu. You can also receive occasional updates from the meeting on Twitter by following @uwsystem or using the hashtag #uwregents.

November 27^th there was a meeting at Aloha High school to discus school funding, it was well attended.  The message I took away from the meeting was that unless there are fundamental changes to Oregon tax structure school funding will not be stable or adequate and that Oregon voters won’t except that change unless they see that government is seriously working to curb spending and PERS cost are a big part of that.

“Today’s ruling was a victory for the constitution and the rule of law,” said LFT President Steve Monaghan following the verdict. “It was also a victory for the nearly 700,000 children who depend on public schools for an education, and for local citizens who do not want their tax dollars diverted away from the uses they intended.”

We hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving holiday and that you have recovered from the effects of “Sandy”.

We canceled the membership meeting that we had scheduled for November 20^th, and thanks to the storm we had to postpone two negotiating sessions.  The good news is that we’re back on track now.  We returned to the bargaining table on November 9th and also conducted a session on November 28, 2012.