Negotiations Update
Great news! Your negotiating team has reached a tentative agreement with the College. We will contact you as soon as we have all the details regarding the ratification process.
Your patience and support is always appreciated.
Great news! Your negotiating team has reached a tentative agreement with the College. We will contact you as soon as we have all the details regarding the ratification process.
Your patience and support is always appreciated.
In accordance with our new contract, employees in durational positions can now achieve permanent status after a 6-month working test period, similar to all other new hires. All durational employees who were hired prior to August 1, 2017 have now achieved permanent status...Congratulations!
Last year membership voted and approved the A&R contract, as well as modifications to the SEBAC agreement. These changes were negotiated by union members, for union members via A&R's Negotiations Committee. While no member was enthusiastic to make the sacrifices being asked, the membership overwhelmingly approved the negotiated contracts. The result: We have a signed labor agreement which runs through June 2021, with 7% built in wage increases, guaranteed top step bonuses (guaranteed throughout your career), two step increments, all longevity payments, and a ca
Please note that dues amounts for 2017-18 school year are as follows:
Full Dues: $897.16
Three Quarters: $672.98
Half: $448.58
Quarter: $224.40
If you have questions about DFT Membership Cards and Pocket Calendars, please contact Mae Winters in our office. She works on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can be reached at 313-875-3500.
Local 243 President Mike Lussenden introduces the new President's Video Log and tells us about what's going on at Madison Area Technical College.
For more information please visit: http://local243.wi.aft.org/
Election Data and Analysis for current and past races with women candidates, by election year.
Did you know….that if you face a potentially life-threatening illness or surgery that filing a ‘Disability Retirement
Application’ prior to any procedure provides a safety net for you and your beneficiaries?
In most cases, the lump-sum retirement payment a beneficiary would receive if something
happens to you would be significantly more than an in-service death benefit.
Contact our Disability Unit at (800) 348-7298, Ext. 6010 for estimates and additional information before
In 2037, when the call goes up again in New York for a statewide Constitutional Convention, where will RVCTA be?
The answer lies in you, my union brothers and sisters.
In November, our many New York unions became one voice, defeating the constitutional convention by a historical margin of 82%. That vote sent a powerful message that unions are alive and strong.