By emergency proclamation of the Governor, the 2020 Presidential Primary Election has been postponed to June 2, 2020. This election will be primarily a “vote by mail” election. This means that ballots will automatically be mailed to all eligible voters. You should receive your ballot in early to mid May.
Local 420 has adopted two main goals for reopening our schools.
First, to make sure that when our schools do reopen they are safe for students, staff, and the students’ families. In consultation with the St. Louis Department of Health according to CDC guidelines;Our second goal is that our students will receive quality instruction which will result in successful outcomes for them and our community.
In consultation with the St. Louis Department of Health according to CDC guidelines; https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/guidance-for-schools.html and AFT’s Plan to Safely Reopen America’s Schools and Communities; https://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/covid19_reopen-america-schools.pdf in order to increase our probability of success.
Our second goal is that our students will receive quality instruction which will result in successful outcomes for them and our community. No matter whether that instruction in on-line, blended; https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2020-05-03/school-districts-may-switch-to-blended-learning-an-area-dominated-by-charter-school, site-based or any combination of the three
To that end, three of our experienced Building Stewards have been appointed to the SLPS Restart School Task Force. They are:
● Kathy Gregory/Griscom – Instruction subcommittee
● John Moore/Clyde Miller – Facilities & School Operations subcommittee
● Carron Johnson/Gateway Middle – CoChair/Facilities & School Operations
Please feel free to email any ideas and suggestions you may have to communications@stltu.org
May 21st, 2020 - Website News
With the recent name change from Edmonds Community College to Edmonds College, we are making changes to the local (AFT Local 4254) website. We are changing the website address to http://edcfedt.wa.aft.org (Edmonds College Federation of Teachers.) Please update your browser bookmarks to reflect this change. You will also be seeing some changes to the banner and other references to the new name. The site also looks a little different than before. We have updated the layout of the site to make it more responsive on tablets and mobile devices.
Feel free to contact us (About Us > Contact Us) if you have any questions or concerns.
Like so many others across America, AFT Massachusetts teachers and school support staff are putting aside their own fears during the COVID-19 pandemic to help maintain a sense of normalcy for their students. One big area of focus for AFT Massachusetts members is food security. Educators across the Commonwealth are working hard to ensure that students and their families have food during this crisis.
AFT-Maryland sent the attached letter to Governor Hogan, Baltimore City Mayor Bernard C. "Jack" Young, Baltimore County Executive John Olszeski Jr., and the Maryland General Assembly COVID-19 Workgroup, listing important needs for public worker safety as the state begins to reopen. Key points from the letter include:
Click here or on the image to the right for a copy of the letter.
AFT-Maryland is a state federation of public employee labor unions representing more than 15,000 workers across the state of Maryland in a number of professions. Our members include education professionals and health care professionals in addition to as a host of state employees and public employees in Baltimore city and county.
Earldine Williams has been a Director with the Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks for 16 years, and is a member of the City Union of Baltimore, Local 800. During that time, she has developed a unique bond engaging with community members, young, middle-aged, and older citizens alike. COVID-19 has changed much of that. Prior to social distancing norms, she would see about 800 people at her center weekly. There, she and the staff offered programs and resources centering on health and wellness among other quality of life initiatives. Now, she only engages about 200 people weekly and the programs have been suspended.
While Ms. Williams is disappointed that...
SUMMARY OF THE 2021 UTAH LEGISLATIVE SESSION
It was a busy session this year. Lobbying on behalf of faculty, staff, and public employees was challenging online. We made it work! You can view our summary of bills we were tracking and lobbying. Thank you for those that worked with us and were actively involved contacting their elected officials. You made a difference on many bills.
AFT Utah Bill Tracker and Summary
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