AFT-Maryland and Baltimore Teachers Union President Marietta English is featured in an important story on ways wrap-around services such as community schools and out of school time can significantly reduce the school-to-prison pipeline facing our young people today.
General Meeting
Thursday, April 30th
Morgan Hill Cellars
1645 San Pedro Avenue
3:30 drinks and snacks
4:00 meeting
Come help us honor our Teachers of the Year and Retirees!
Here is a link to the Steering Committee meeting minutes from 4/17/15. Thanks to Leah Schubert for taking them!
http://cccft.wa.aft.org/files/cccft_steering_committee_minutes_4-17-15pdf.pdf
The results are in, and the message is clear: strong unions matter. Once again, every AFT-Wisconsin local union that pursued recertification was victorious, showing that even with the game rigged, union members still know how to organize for success. (You can read AFT-Wisconsin's press release by clicking "more" below.) Congratulations to members of the following AFT-Wisconsin local unions for their election victories!
Please support the Herricks Community Players by coming to this wonderful show.
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First Book Drive
We're putting 40,000 free books in the hands of kids who need them. Here's how you can help. Attend the April 14th Chapter meeting at 5:00 to view a short video on the First Book program and sign up!
This week, the Senate passed the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 to repeal the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula that determines Medicare physician payments and extend the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for two years. Congress has acted 17 times to temporarily prevent drastic payment cuts resulting from use of the SGR formula.
"After a long and sometimes hotly debated legislative session, the state is better for the admirable bi-partisan work done by the legislators. I want to start by thanking the state legislature for its efforts in finding the funds to educate our children across the state and also for keeping state worker pay as it is.
