NTU Update - May 24, 2021
Just a few quick items that came up this morning. We will still be releasing our normal weekly update on Friday
Just a few quick items that came up this morning. We will still be releasing our normal weekly update on Friday
REC Recognizes Additional Money
On Tuesday, the Revenue Estimating Conference met to consider economic projections from economist who determined that the state has more money than previously thought. They increased their revenue projections for both this year and next by hundreds of millions of dollars.
Lawmakers will now have $357 million more to spend in the current fiscal year and $320 million more to spend next year. LFT is pushing legislators to use some of this additional money to fund further increases for teachers and school employees. We can and should match the pay increase seen in 2019 ($1000 for teachers and $500 for school employees), if not exceed it.
Teacher Safety in Classroom Discipline
House Bill 411 by Representative Hughes seeks to revamp school discipline procedures. While we can all support sensible, transparent and progressive discipline practices, we need to take measures to ensure that teachers and school employees are safe through that process. As currently written, this bill could take away the provision that insists that if a student is removed from the classroom three times then a parent conference be required before the student returns.
Fellow union members at Seattle Colleges Local 1789 will present this pledge early next week to urge the Amer
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The UMass Unions United Dartmouth and UMass Health & Safety coalition have partnered with Domino’s Pizza to reward students for adhering to the campus’s COVID-19 protocols. Deb Gula, VP of Flawless Execution, has graciously donated 100 gift certificates for a large, one-topping Domino’s pizza (a $15 value). Deb is the mother of our AFT MA Maintainers 6350 President Nicholas Gula.
Last week members of the UMass Unions United Dartmouth team created an email requesting a union seat on the UMass Dartmouth Chancellor search and screen committee. The email was sent to UMass President Marty Meehan, Search Committee Chair Steve Karam, Board of Trustees Chair Robert Manning, and copied
Read below for updates on: Ohio’s ESSA Waiver; the Ohio Teacher Leader Summit; the 2021-2023 Teacher Liaison Cohort; I Educate Ohio; Ohio’s new Dyslexia Law; Educator Standards Board; State Board of Education; Gifted Advisory Council; OFT Partnership to Diversify Teaching Profession; and a Cincinnati Public School Honored as a Green Ribbon School.
The results of the AFT 1789 Executive Board election are in, and here is your new eboard:
District Secretary: Althea Lazzaro
Treasurer: Marla Robinson
Membership Chair: Sharon Spence-Wilcox
Communications/Technology Chair: Alyssa Jocson Porter
Negotiations Chair: David Krull
Political Action Chair: Jill Lane
Professional Issues Chair: Alecia Spooner
Human and Civil Rights Chair: Cristóbal A. Borges
District President for Part-time Faculty: Natalie Simmons
Faculty Senate President for North Seattle College: Jim Jewell
Faculty Senate President for Seattle Central College: Helena Ribeiro
Representative for Part-time Faculty at Seattle Central College: Mia Bailey
To everyone who voted, you are making our union stronger. Keep up the good work.
May 3, 2021 - The School District of Manatee County and the Manatee Education Association have reached agreement through Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in lieu of any formal action over the recent adoption of modifications to the calendar for 2021-2022. The MOU addresses the modifications to the October 8, 2021 Record Day and modifies the Collective Bargaining Agreement pertaining to Article XVII-Work Year-Section 1-Work Year.
The MOU provides the following:
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MEA President Superintendent