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Over a period of just seven weeks, from Jan. 14-March 3, a total of 26,419 people took the online 2008 Health Care for America Survey sponsored by the AFL-CIO and Working America. Most are insured and employed. Most are college graduates. More than half are union members.
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More than 20,000 paraprofessionals and school-related personnel represented by the Oregon School Employees Association have voted to affiliate with the AFT, marking the largest affiliation of an independent union in AFT history. |
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AFT will mail membership cards to all members. Please see attached file for benefits of the new national AFT membership card. |
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Federal worker unions win big in defense bill WASHINGTON (PAI)—Federal workers and their unions racked up two big wins in what is, for now, the final version of the Defense Department’s authorization bill. The measure, which the Democratic-run House sent to anti-worker GOP President George W. Bush on Dec. 12 by a lopsided 370-49 vote, would kill much of his anti-worker DOD personnel system. It would also sharply limit, if not completely halt, his schemes to “contract out” civilian defense work to private industry—often with contracts awarded after a bidding process rigged against federal civilian workers.
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President Bush on Nov. 13 vetoed the spending bill passed by Congress last week for education, labor and health programs for fiscal year 2008 and asked that Congress support his fiscal year spending request. |
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The OFT GIFT programs offers professional development classes as well as Master's degree during the summer months. For more information visit the website www.oftgift.org
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On October 2, 2007, OFT and DoDDS-E came together once again in Vicenza, Italy, to conduct Joint Training. The continuing theme of the OFT/DoDDS-E training is “Count Me In” and this year the goal was to streamline the school improvement process (SIP).
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SIP chairs, LURS, principals, assistant principals, DSO, Area and DODEA adminsistrators, and a representative from NCA met in Vicenza, Italy, to work on streamlining the SIP process.
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The Overseas Federation of Teachers (OFT) was founded in 1963 to represent the professional, economic and social interests of teachers employed in the Department of Defense schools. The OFT now represents teachers working in Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Bahrain, Greece and Italy.
The American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, is the parent organization of the OFT. |
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