June 19, 2017

Below you will find the link to the June/July/August Newsletter. Remember just click on the link ending in .pdf to view it.

http://unit47.ct.aft.org/sites/default/files/junejulyaugust17.pdf

We are calling out the State Department of Assessment and Taxation (SDAT) for failing to recognize the dignity and respect of the workers of the State of Maryland by trying to side-step the law.

Colleagues,

1)      Evaluations –If you disagree with your Annual Evaluation, it is important to write an appeal to NPS’s Evaluations Office and the Peer Oversight Committee.  Email your appeal to evaluations@nps.k12.nj.us.

On June 15^th the Wisconsin Federation of Nurses & Health Professionals (WFNHP) and Citizen Action of Wisconsin launched a 60-day drive to create an organizing cooperative dedicated to fighting to make healthcare a fundamental human right.

WFNHP President Candice Owley on ‘Healthcare for All Co-op:”

"Our fight for quality, affordable healthcare didn’t begin with Obamacare and it won’t end with any version of Trumpcare. We’ve partnered with Citizen Action to create an alternative, a ‘Healthcare for All’ Co-op. This partnership brings together the voices of doctors, nurses, healthcare professionals and patients to transform our healthcare system. We know from the work our members do inside our communities that individuals want their voices to be heard, not shut out. Lawmakers should work together with those most severely affected by healthcare reform, to help fix what’s broken but also maintain the benefits the ACA has afforded has them. Working behind closed doors in Washington is not the answer. Together, we can build a better healthcare system—one that is centered on providing high-quality care, not on turning profits. Every responsible legislator in the country who shares the vision of affordable healthcare should join our movement.”

2017 FOSCEP Board of Directors' Election Results

The following are your elected representitives for the FOSCEP Board of Directors, who will serve a two-year term from July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2019:

As we prepare ourselves to take on continued attacks on the right to collectively bargain, WFT joins a recommitment drive. We have new membership cards that we are asking all our members to sign.

June 2017 — Click on the link to view our newsletter and read what UFAS has been doing! http://bit.ly/2sagIRb

Vote raises salaries after four year freeze

(Covington – June 13, 2017) Teachers and school employees in St. Tammany Parish unanimously agreed Tuesday to new contract terms that will raise salaries this year and for the next two years.

Congratulations to the following CHEA members for receiving tenure at the May 17 Board of Education meeting! We are so lucky to have such dedicated, hard-working teachers on staff!

Michelle Schmitt

Michelle Morreale

Jackie Denzel

Justin Mullen

Meghan Farrell