OFNHP members at PeaceHealth St John Medical Center in Longview kicked off contract bargaining on Tuesday, May 22. The lab workers elected a bargaining committee with representatives from each shift, aiming to negotiate a fair wage scale and safe staffing levels. Negotiations resume June 4. Stay tuned for ways to show our OFNHP-wide support for this campaign.
MCEA will hold a Town Hall Meeting concerning changes to State Employee Retiree prescription coverage.
On May 22, our Alliance Unions reached agreement with Kaiser Permanente on an updated version of the original 1997 founding LMP Agreement. The updated LMP Agreement fully preserves our employment security and union rights, while reflecting today’s priorities, structures, and challenges.
More information, including the full Agreement, are available on the Alliance of Health Care Unions website.
May 2018 SABEA Newsletter: see what your fellow Union brother and sisters are doing and interested in.
http://sabea.ny.aft.org/sites/default/files/article_pdf_files/2018-05/sabea_nwsltr_may18_v1.pdf
On May 18, 2018 the Long Island Chapter of NYSARA held its Spring Conference at the NYSUT Office in Hauppauge.
On May 24, the District Office sent this announcement to all teachers and instructional personnel informing them that they UNILATERALLY IMPOSED a new evlauation system. 
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Welcome to our New Superintendent! On Tuesday, The Newark Board of Education unanimously picked Roger Leon as the Newark Public Schools Superintendent to lead our district as we continue to move towards local control.
Following intense lobbying by AFT Healthcare-Maryland, Delegate Joseline Peña-Melnyk sent a letter to Secretary of Health Robert Neall, inquiring about understaffing at state psychiatric hospitals. The union thanks Del.
