Important Action! Stop the nomination of Betsy DeVos!
ALERT--The confirmation hearings for Betsy DeVos will happen shortly. Please call your senators this week and let them know you oppose her appointment as Secretary of Education.
3 Easy Steps to Keep Your Mail Code Current
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Call for stories about the ACA
Kelly Troutner, Director of at AFT Nurses and Health Professionals, has reached out with concerns over what could happen to health care with the new Congress and president. Threats to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and cut Medicaid and Medicare are considered real and could affect our members and our patients; as well as hospital, state, and municipal budgets.
Kelly has asked our help in providing stories from members about how changes could affect them, their families, and their patients. These stories need not be polished, everything helps, including just a few lines expressing concerns. They will be used to advocate for quality, affordable health care.
Could you reach out our healthcare members and ask their help?
Responses can be sent to me at Jbrady@aftct.org if you like.
Saving Medicaid, ACA, and existing healthcare programs from cuts
Dear Friends,
My friend Linda Yannone and I have been working with different groups to expand healthcare benefits in our state. However right now its important to make sure that the healthcare benefits, (like the ACA and its Medicaid expansion program) that advocates have fought so long and hard for are not dismantled.
We've been working with Daniela Giordano, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) CT and a coalition of other organizations including CT Citizens Action Group (CCAG) in a Medicaid Strategy group to prevent cuts to Medicaid and where possible expand healthcare coverage in CT.
BCFPE members help with holiday food distribution
In the spirit of giving, consistent with the holiday season, members of the Baltimore County Federation of Public Employees (BCFPE) joined with AFL-CIO sisters and brothers to aid in the distribution of food and toys to families in need during the holiday season. President John Ripley and others were a part of the team putting together packages and handing out food and toys leading up to the Christmas Holiday. Read more on BCFPE's website at: http://bcfpe.md.aft.org
BCFPE helps with holiday food distribution
In the spirit of giving, consistent with the holiday season, members of the Baltimore County Federation of Public Employees (BCFPE) joined with AFL-CIO sisters and brothers to aid in the distribution of food and toys to families in need during the holiday season. President John Ripley and others were a part of the team putting together packages and handing out food and toys leading up to the Christmas Holiday.
Unit 47 2014-2017 Contract
Attached is a copy of the contract for 2014-2017. This is available to you as a tool.
http://unit47.ct.aft.org/files/contract2014final_toprinter.pdf
DFT run-off election: Final results
The votes have been counted and the results for the office of president, vice president and recording secretary are posted. View the final counts here.
Alliance/AFT Office Hours
Our office is currently open Mondays - Thursdays, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm. All staff are working remotely on Fridays. Members needing assistance must call and make an appointment to be seen at the office. The number is (214) 942-4663.
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