AFT Healthcare-Maryland president Debra Perry reports that a bill before the Maryland Senate intended to strengthen violence prevention standards in health care facilities across the state has been withdrawn.

Reportedly, the bill’s sponsor, Senator Katherine Klausmeier (D), was told by nursing home representatives that they already have sufficient standards and methods for dealing with workplace violence. Delegate Tom Hucker (D), who introduced a similar bill in the Maryland House of Representatives, expressed disappointment at the Senate bill’s withdrawal.

The Executive Board of the American Federation of Teachers held its first meeting of 2013 March19.

The Baltimore City Public Schools Construction and Revitalization Act of 2013 was passed in the Maryland House of Delegates March 20, but only after having been completely rewritten by Maryland legislators.

The Maryland Senate passed Governor O’Malley’s budget with overwhelming support March 21. Only five Republicans voted against the budget, with seven Republicans joining 35 Democrats voting to support the budget.

The Maryland House of Delegates approved the governor’s proposed state budget March 15. The Democratic-controlled House voted 101-36 for the bill, largely along party lines. Both houses have approved a $36.8 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2014.

District courts have ruled two of Gov. Jindal's education schemes unconstitutional. What's next?

March 21, 2013 -- The Jefferson Federation of Teachers and the American Federation of Teachers announced today a $2,000 contribution to a Crime Stoppers reward for information leading to the discovery of a missing Jefferson Parish, La., teacher, who disappeared during the early morning hours of March 2.

Terrilynn Monette, a second-grade teacher at Woodland West Elementary School in Jefferson Parish, has not been seen since celebrating with friends her Teacher of the Year nomination.

National
 Federation
 of
 Nurses
 to
 Wisconsin 
Lawmakers:
 STOP
 Anti‐Union 
Legislation
 That 
Puts
 Patients’
 Lives 
in
 Jeopardy

Contact: 
Kiernan 
Doherty;
 503‐517‐3726;
 kdoherty@metgroup.com
MADISON,
 Wis.,
 March 
2,
 2011
—
For
 the
 safety
 of 
nurses
 and
 their
 patients,
 National
 Federation
 of 
Nurses
(NFN) pleads
 with
 lawmakers
i n 
Madison
 to
 defeat
 legislation 
that 
would
 strip 
public
employees
 of 
their 
right 
to collectively 
bargain
 for 
fair 
and
 equitable
 workplace 
conditions. “

The United Federation of Teachers Florida Section provides assistance  to New York City retired teachers  who are in Florida. RC 43 TRIF Units provide assistance to retired teachers from the rest of New York State who also are in Florida. 

Both groups are part of NYSUT. In the spirit of unity we have been attending each other's meetings.

Today, National Federation of Nurses (NFN) applauds the Supreme Court’s ruling that upheld the Affordable Care Act.