Town Hall: Changes to State Retiree Prescription Coverage
MCEA will hold a Town Hall Meeting concerning changes to State Employee Retiree prescription coverage.
Growing Our Union at PeaceHealth!
On May 29, the Surgical Support Aides and the Rad Tech Student Coordinator at PHSW voted to join OFNHP! They join nearly 1500 OFNHP members working in the PeaceHealth system in the Northwest.
What makes this possible? Part of the dues we contribute as union members goes to supporting non-union workers who want to join with us. It's how we continue to build strength in our industry for better contracts!
'Kaiser-Alliance Partnership Agreement' Now Online
On May 22, our Alliance Unions reached agreement with Kaiser Permanente on an updated version of the original 1997 founding LMP Agreement. The updated LMP Agreement fully preserves our employment security and union rights, while reflecting today’s priorities, structures, and challenges.
More information, including the full Agreement, are available on the Alliance of Health Care Unions website.
May 2018 Newsletter
May 2018 SABEA Newsletter: see what your fellow Union brother and sisters are doing and interested in.
http://sabea.ny.aft.org/sites/default/files/article_pdf_files/2018-05/sabea_nwsltr_may18_v1.pdf
LONG ISLAND CHAPTER OF NYSARA HOLDS LOCAL CONFERENCE
On May 18, 2018 the Long Island Chapter of NYSARA held its Spring Conference at the NYSUT Office in Hauppauge.
CTA'S RESPONSE TO NEWS YOU CAN USE
On May 24, the District Office sent this announcement to all teachers and instructional personnel informing them that they UNILATERALLY IMPOSED a new evlauation system. 
CLICK THE IMAGE BELOW TO READ CTA PRESIDENT WENDY DOROMAL'S RESPONSE:
NTU Update - May 25, 2018
Click for a PDF Version of this Update!
Welcome to our New Superintendent! On Tuesday, The Newark Board of Education unanimously picked Roger Leon as the Newark Public Schools Superintendent to lead our district as we continue to move towards local control.
Lobbying Against Understaffing at State Facilities
Following intense lobbying by AFT Healthcare-Maryland, Delegate Joseline Peña-Melnyk sent a letter to Secretary of Health Robert Neall, inquiring about understaffing at state psychiatric hospitals. The union thanks Del.
MD/DC Alliance for Retired Americans
The Maryland/DC Alliance for Retired Americans held a statewide meeting at the Baltimore Teachers Union. The group gathered to discuss a number of issues pertinent to members of the organization. Retirees from the City Union of Baltimore and the Baltimore Teachers Union made up a significant number of those in attendance. Retirees from other AFL-CIO unions including AFSCME and SEIU were also in attendance.
MD/DC Alliance for Retired Americans
The Maryland/DC Alliance for Retired Americans held a statewide meeting at the Baltimore Teachers Union. The group gathered to discuss a number of issues pertinent to members of the organization. Retirees from the City Union of Baltimore and the Baltimore Teachers Union made up a significant number of those in attendance. Retirees from other AFL-CIO unions including AFSCME and SEIU were also in attendance.
