A coalition of community and labor groups and legislators continued its statewide campaign to raise the minimum wage in Pennsylvania, arguing that the $7.25 an hour minimum leaves working families with incomes below the poverty line.
Burnsville Teachers (District 191) have been teaching all year without a contract. We support the contract and bargaining rights of all teachers, and join them in their fight.
Seen here are WBLTA President Michael McKenzie, and his daughter Tori, a 191 middle school teacher.
OFNHP members at PeaceHealth St John Medical Center in Longview kicked off contract bargaining on Tuesday, May 22. The lab workers elected a bargaining committee with representatives from each shift, aiming to negotiate a fair wage scale and safe staffing levels. Negotiations resume June 4. Stay tuned for ways to show our OFNHP-wide support for this campaign.
MCEA will hold a Town Hall Meeting concerning changes to State Employee Retiree prescription coverage.
On May 22, our Alliance Unions reached agreement with Kaiser Permanente on an updated version of the original 1997 founding LMP Agreement. The updated LMP Agreement fully preserves our employment security and union rights, while reflecting today’s priorities, structures, and challenges.
More information, including the full Agreement, are available on the Alliance of Health Care Unions website.
May 2018 SABEA Newsletter: see what your fellow Union brother and sisters are doing and interested in.
http://sabea.ny.aft.org/sites/default/files/article_pdf_files/2018-05/sabea_nwsltr_may18_v1.pdf
On May 18, 2018 the Long Island Chapter of NYSARA held its Spring Conference at the NYSUT Office in Hauppauge.
On May 24, the District Office sent this announcement to all teachers and instructional personnel informing them that they UNILATERALLY IMPOSED a new evlauation system. 
CLICK THE IMAGE BELOW TO READ CTA PRESIDENT WENDY DOROMAL'S RESPONSE:
