COPE: Building Our Union's Power, Building a Better Future

COPE - our Committee on Political Education -- is the political action committee for AFT Washington. COPE enables our union to engage the membership in both creating our political agenda and in making meaningful financial contributions to support candidates who will champion our legislative agenda. We do not use union dues to contribute to COPE. All contributions are voluntary.

Stop the Cuts: Better Choices for New Jersey

The proposed state budget takes New Jersey in the wrong direction, cutting vital services and jeopardizing our future. These cuts might seem to help balance the budget in the short term, but they will weaken our communities, drive up our property taxes, undermine the future for our families, and hurt our seniors, children and most vulnerable residents. Under the proposed budget:

Metro State Background Checks

Metro State is proposing to conduct background checks on its employees.  The college's background check discloure form asks prospective and current employees to waive certain rights and permit investigations that many regard as an invasion of their privacy.  Some of the information, to be gleaned from an employee's neighbors, friends and colleagues, will be highly subjective. It's highly questionable that much of the information the college's consultant, HireRight, seeks to find, would serve to protect the college, but it would certainly give HireRight a considerable database on each employee.  There seem to be few limits on what HireRight can do with the information. 

HireRight is rated as a "CCC" company by the California Better Business Bureau.

See the MSFF's response to the background checks as well as the letter from our attorney, Joe Goldhammer, to college counsel, Lee Combs. Click on the blue link above to access the information.  You may acccess the letter from our attorney  from the link that follows the letter from the MSFF to the faculty.

Union Contract

This Memorandum of Understanding, or MOU, is the written contract between the State of Maryland and state employees in bargaining unit G, scientific, administrative and professional employees.  It defines roles, responsibilities and rights of each party as they relate to employment, working conditions and benefits. All members of bargaining unit G are protected under this agreement.

Diversity Talk

Please see the attached flyer about "A Conversation About Diversity".

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