On Monday, January 4th, at 7 p.m. the Sayville Council of PTAs and STA will be co-hosting an educational forum at the Middle School. The subject of the forum will be "Educational Crossroads".
It's not too late yet to find that perfect holiday gift that carries a union label and is made in America. Below is a wide range of gift possibilities, from clothes to games to sports equipment and more, made by members ofUNITE HERE, Boilermakers (IBB), Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM), Machinists (IAM), United Steelworkers (USW), Teamsters (IBT), UAW, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union/UFCW (RWDSU/UFCW) and United Farm Workers (UFW).
This list is compiled from Union Plus, the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor's resource site, Labor 411, the AFL-CIO Union Label and Service Trades Department and the BCTGM website. Check them out for even more gift ideas.
-Kenneth Quinnell-AFL-CIO Blog Post
Apparel and Accessories
Beauty Products
Games
(All made by RWDSU/UFCW)
Sports Equipment
Stocking Stuffers
Wine and Beer
(Wines brought to you by UFW.)
Miller Beer (UAW and IBT)
Anheuser-Busch (IBT and IAM)
If You're in the ‘Big Spender’ Category (UAW)
The annual report on contracting out was only a month late this year. Combining UW and state agencies, there was a 7.5 percent rise in total contracting out compared to the last fiscal year. Total spent was $607 million for the year.
The big spender was the Department of Health services with over $190 million.
Meet Lisa Oelfke. She is a Health Policy Analyst in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. She is also a member of AFT Healthcare-Maryland, and has been for the last five years.
Meet Lisa Oelfke. She is a Health Policy Analyst in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. She is also a member of AFT Healthcare-Maryland, and has been for the last five years.
EMU Federation of Teachers (AFT Local #9102) is announcing openings in our EMUFT LEAD Organizing Fellows Program. This fourteen week fellowship program is designed to develop fellows’ skills in organizing union members, as well as provide experience with designing and implementing union campaigns to achieve membership growth. Fellows will learn about the daily work of labor unions and will increase their own capacity to be active members and leaders in the labor community.
Colleagues,
1) NTU Website – Remember to visit the Newark Teachers Union website! We are still collecting members’ class size issues and contract proposals (click on our Survey section). You can also send in address changes or email address changes to us right on the home page. We will be adding a formal Advisory survey to the website over the next few days.
