BARGAINING TODAY 11/13/14

Dear Colleagues-
Today is an important day in the bargaining process. Your Bargaining Team and the administration representatives are meeting in A1170 on the Downtown Campus (note the room change). We begin at 2:30.
Please come out and support your colleagues as they work on your behalf.

In Solidarity,
Karen Morian
President, UFF-FSCJ

Unclaimed Funds Site

 
 
A neighboring local's president was kind enough to share the following, "I was looking online for something and stumbled upon this unclaimed funds/abandoned accounts search engine on the NYSTRS website.  I found three former members names on the list."
 

Corbett, legislature sued over school funding

AFT Pennsylvania President Ted Kirsch released a statement after six school districts, Philadelphia parents, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools and the NAACP sued Gov. Corbett and state legislators for failing to provide Pennsylvania children with a "thorough and efficient" system.

Former AFT-W President Bob Beglinger Wins Award

On October 13, Bob Beglinger received recognition for his activism on behalf of Wisconsin seniors.  He received the award from the Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans (WiARA) during their 19th annual Senior Power Luncheon.  Congratulations Bob! 

At the same luncheon, Leon Burzynski recieved the organization's first Lifetime Achievement Award for his dedication and commitment working on behalf of retirees and all older Americans. 

2014-2015 Teacher Leaders Selected

CCAFT is now one of fourteen cities in the United States participating in the "Teacher Leaders Grant." Please click here to read more about it and to see the names.

Why Should We Care About Tenure?

Education is under attack. Colleen Sheehan presented an information session to 45 C-RTA members about the politically motivated attack on the due process rights of educators. She reminded us that:

  • NYS has some of the most rigorous teaching standards

  • NYS has the most credentialed, most effective teachers in the nation

  • due process protects good teachers from attack

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