Colleagues,
1) Phase 2 Respect the Contract - Each day, numerous violations occur in our schools negatively impacting staff and students. These include fire code violations, violations in Special Education requirements and Early Childhood regulations, violations of the Teach NJ Act, and health and safety issues.
Ballots were counted on Sunday, Dec. 3 and the results are in. Click here to see full list and the calendar for run-off election.
All meeting times are at 6:00 p.m.
Locations to be determined.
OFT members helped numerous schools and districts earn the state's 2016 Momentum Award. Presented by the state board of education, Momentum Awards recognize schools for exceeding expectations for annual student growth. Which OFT member schools and districts won?
A message from Celeste Walker and Gretchen Haertsch, adjunct representatives on the Faculty Senate at Arcadia University, about administration's efforts to shut down the union effort. Click to learn more about your rights as a worker during this organizing drive.
At last night's regular chapter meeting, the following items were acted on by the membership:
Approval of the Tentative Agreement with District management that for any bargaining unit employee who announces their retirement before December 15, they will receive a 2.5% salary increase for July 1 - Dec 31, 2016 so that it may be calculated into their PERS retirement.
Approval of a 2016-2107 chapter budget.
Our first Federation Social of the year is this Friday 12/2 from 3-7 at the American Legion on Smith St.
In light of the recent hate crimes in the area, the Danbury Nurses’ Union Unit #47 Executive Committee voted to join with other Unions and Social Justice Groups to show unity for peace and acceptance and the right for religious freedom. This is the reason the United States of America was founded. Come support our constitution for the right of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
AFT Leaders on Nomination of Tom Price as HHS Secretary
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WASHINGTON—In response to President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Tom Price to head the Department of Health and Human Services, leaders of the AFT, the nation’s second-largest union of nurses and healthcare professionals, have issued the following statement: |
