2016 NYSUT Retiree Council 43's 2016 Annual Conference will be on September 27, 2016 at the SpringHill Suites Orlando Airport, 5828 Hazeltine National Drive, Orlando, FL 32822. This year’s conference is open to all NYSUT Members & Retirees; NYSUT TRIF Unit Officers, Delegates and Members; Guests; Union Affiliates including AFT; NEA; FEA; AFL-CIO; FLARA and invited Presenters.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
A statement from Detroit Federation of Teachers Interim President Ivy Bailey on the report that a $12 million, never-before-publicized bailout of the Education Achievement Authority of Michigan was slipped into the $617 million Detroit Public Schools bills package.
The CHUH district will have a 5.5 mil levy on the ballot for November 2016. It is the first operating levy in 5 years - 2 years longer than the normal life expectancy of a school levy. This means that the district has not had any increase in operating costs for 5 years even though everything costs more today than it did 5 years ago.
Since there won’t be an AFT-W Convention this year, we have scheduled our AFT-W Retirees Council annual meeting for Friday, September 16, 2016 at Burnstad’s in Tomah, Wisconsin. The Council will provide lunch for members. Non-member guests may also attend but will need to pay a fee to cover lunch.
To register online, please go to http://tinyurl.com/2016-AFTW-Retirees. Or, you can copy the form below and mail it in.
Things to do in Tomah/Warrens Area
Below are the links to the news articles based on the 48th Annual New York State Parks Life guard In-Service Training Competition that occured earlier in the week.
Dr. Jose Gonzalez - Superintendent's Employment Contract: Click here
BCFPE will hold its next GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING on Thursday, September 8, 2016, at 5:00 p.m. at the BCFPE Office.
The 2016 AFT National Convention in Minneapolis, MN was one for the ages. Not only was it the 100th anniversary of the union, but there were a number of high profile elected officials and social justice activists that addressed the convention. The members even took to the streets themselves to put the rhetoric into action.
From the website of Silver, Golub & Teitell:
"We understand that some State Human Resources Departments have just announced to their employees that SEBAC class members eligible for economic damages under the SEBAC Settlement will begin receiving their economic damage awards in their payroll.
