2016 March/April Snippets

Donna Tartza is a Physical Education teacher committed to being the best professional educator she can be. She is a leader in her local union and focused on supporting organizing efforts.

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Public education is how we help prepare Detroit children for a brighter future. We must work together to ensure that every child can attend a safe, healthy and welcoming neighborhood public school, where students and educators are well supported and respected. It's time to do what's right for our students, their schools and their communities. Stand with us in our fight for Detroit children.

All adjuncts who teach in the University of Maine System are invited to the Annual Meeting of the Maine Part-time Faculty Association (PATFA) on Saturday, May 21 – at two locations, Orono and Portland.

For the first time, PATFA will conduct the meeting via live teleconference between a site on the University of Maine campus and a site at the University of Southern Maine campus in Portland.

Please click here to download the Revised Constitution.

Good news! Come Sept. 1, all part-time faculty teaching in the University of Maine System will receive a 2 percent raise in their pay, the Maine Part-time Faculty Association announced April 18.

Adjuncts who have taught 13 or more fall and spring semesters will receive an additional 1 percent raise.

Read the latest edition of our Reconnecting McDowell newsletter, a regular update for the McDowell community, partners and those interested in staying informed on what is happening.

-April 14, 2016
A&R has created a spot on our webpage for layoff information...it is under "Resources | Layoff Info"

Please come to our Spring Membership Meeting, Monday April 18, 3:30 to 4:30 pm in Room 2925.

We are meeting with a short but important agenda:

• Nominations will be taken to serve as next year’s representatives on the union’s Executive Board—as well as nominees for delegates to the Martin Luther King County Labor Council (MLKLC) and for the AFT National Convention.
• Kira Wennstrom, our lead negotiator, will provide you with an update about our bargaining process and we will explain how you can help support our bargaining team through participation in issue focus groups.
• Additional announcements and updates—like a save-the-date for an upcoming thank-you reception for our associate faculty, plus a few other items.

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April 14, 2016                     For immediate Release

Contact: Sylvia Watson, AFT Washington, 206-261-3603 (c); 206-432-8084

Green River College Employees Evaluate the President's Performance

The faculty at Green River College today released a report detailing results of their own campus-wide performance review of President Eileen Ely. In the absence of what they would consider any meaningful evaluation of the President by the Board of Trustees, the faculty union provided all employees at the college the chance to assess her performance. Their goal was to show the President and the Board of Trustees a more comprehensive picture of her management style from the perspective of those she leads. [read full story]