October 14, 2020

Today, following the District’s release of its proposed reopening plan, PFT President Jerry Jordan issued the following statement: “First and foremost, any reopening plan will be contingent upon health and safety. Period. Any efforts to reopen school buildings without meeting a stringent set of safety criteria will not pass muster, and will be unacceptable. That is why our Union has taken a leading role in developing, identifying, and proposing what criteria must be met in order to reopen buildings. We issued our recommendations in July and have been negotiating with the District regarding the health and safety protocol since then.

September 2, 2020

TODAY: PFT PRES JORDAN JOINS JOIN AFT PRESIDENT WEINGARTEN, CONGRESSMAN BOYLE, MAYOR KENNEY, AFTPA PRESIDENT STEINBERG, SENATOR STREET, COUNCILMEMBERS GYM AND GREEN FOR NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION

Decency and grace have  finally been restored to the White House. AFT-Maryland applauds the Biden-Harris team on their historic election victory.

The following members make up UHP's negotiations team for the 2021 contract:

NBOE's Health benefits office sent us over some additional resources that we hope you will find helpful in completing the  Health Benefits ACTIVE ENROLLMENT.  

July 28, 2020

Today, the PFT released its most recent member survey regarding reopening school buildings. Over 7,500 members participated in the weeklong survey.

July 1, 2020

This evening, the US House passed the Rebuild America’s Schools Act as part of a broader infrastructure bill (HR 2).

On the US House passage of the Rebuild America’s Schools Act (RASA), PFT President Jerry Jordan issued the following statement.

July 23, 2020

PFT President Jerry Jordan’s July 23rd Testimony before the School Board