Dear CCV Colleague:                                                                         August 20, 2017

We are thrilled to share this with you. Click here to read the letter from Senator Bernie Sanders in support of our campaign to organize a union at CCV.

The Retired-United Teachers of Northport Website was presented an Award of Distinction at the 2017 Communications Awards Celebration on August 12. Webmaster Linda Quinn accepted the award at the celebration luncheon at the NYSUT headquarters in Albany.

Below are links to some excellent guides for bus drivers and attendants, paraprofessionals and secretaries.

Standards for a Profession - Paraprofessionals

Managing Student Behavior on the Bus

Dealing with Student Behavior Problems:  A Guide for School Based Secretaries

aafmcc_newsletter_july17.pdf

Attention 911 Center employees! Please see attached grievance regarding the recent 8/15/17 email from 911 Admin revising SOP A-12 Sick Leave. BCFPE is working to get these changes rescinded and held in abeyance until after we have the opportunity to enter into collective bargaining  on this subject.

Click here for the full document.

Crabs were the order of the day at the City Union of Baltimore’s Crabfeast Saturday afternoon. President Antoinette Ryan-Johnson and the union welcomed more than one hundred members, family, and friends to the event which was held at Martin’s East in Middle River. Although crabs were the highlight of the gathering the event had a full menu.

Student Debt Clinics
www.aft.org/debtclinic

As a union, we are fighting to make college affordable to student debt manageable. We maintain www.forgivemystudentdebt.org as a resource for members who need to learn the language of free and underused federal programs that help many student loan borrowers lower their monthly payments, and in some cases, even have their debt forgiven.

The AFT-Maryland teamed up with the Baltimore Teachers Union, DTLR, and a number of other community groups to send children back to school the right way. The state federation spent Saturday afternoon in East Baltimore grilling hot dogs, shooting hoops, painting faces, passing out book bags and a doing a number of other exciting activities.

Below you will find the link to view the August - September - October Newsletter, Remember, just click on the link ending in .pdf to view it.

http://unit47.ct.aft.org/sites/default/files/article_pdf_files/2017-08/august-september-oct2017.pdf