Special Elections: Dems Keep Majority
Five Special elections were held Feb. 26 to fill three Senate and two House vacancies created when incumbent lawmakers resigned to accept positions in Gov. Lamont's administration.
March and April 2019
Escalate, Escalate, ESCALATE!
It’s time to escalate! Legislators are hammering away at policy and making amazing progress on a slew of great bills. What they haven’t been focused on is funding our colleges and finding new revenue. This process is nothing new. In budget years, they work through policy first, having small conversations on the budget, up until policy cutoffs are all completed. We knew this would happen and we anticipated how those conversations would go, but frankly, we expected more support from the people we helped put into office.
Care Beyond Borders
Check out OFNHP’s new blog series Caring Beyond the Bedside. On our first post, OFNHP members share their experiences volunteering in Lambayeque, Peru for the 2019 FACES Foundation medical mission treating children and adults with cleft lip and palate deformities.
Newsletter for January, February, March 2019
Below you will find the link to the January/February/March 2019 Newsletter. Just click on the link ending in .pdf
http://unit47.ct.aft.org/sites/default/files/article_pdf_files/2019-03/janfebmar19.pdf
Town Hall on Public Education Coming to You!
Louisiana Federation of Teachers and School Employees (LFT) has joined with Louisiana Association of Educators (LEA), Louisiana Association of Principals (LAP), Louisiana Association of Superintendents (LASS), Louisiana School Boards Association (LSBA) and Louisiana Retired Teachers Association (LRTA) to host a series of town halls all accross the point. The new partnership is known as the Louisiana Public School Coalition.
For more information, check out our Coalition's Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/LAPublicSchoolCoalition.
Membership 2019
NTU Update - March 8, 2019
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In this issue
1) Contract Update
2) The importance of Building Reps
And more!
Safe Driving Class
The Safe Driving Class on March 25th and 26th is full. At this time registration is closed.
CUB President on Capitol Hill
When federal legislators wanted to protect public water, they knew they could call on President Antoinette Ryan-Johnson of the City Union of Baltimore. They knew she’d be the perfect ally for this fight to protect public water.
AFTPA endorses Pam Iovino for PA Senate
AFT Pennsylvania has endorsed U.S. Navy Captain (Ret.) Pam Iovino for the PA Senate District 37 seat formerly held by Republican Guy Reschenthaler. Iovino is running in a special election called after Reschenthaler was elected to the U.S. Congress.
