2017 Summer Executive Board Meeting Minutes
Attached below are the minutes from Executive Board meeting of the NYSLC conducted on July 19th on Long Island.
Tentative Agreement Reached
Dear Member
Your voices were heard LOUD and CLEAR.
Our bargaining team negotiated a fair and equitable raise in the next fiscal year. That means, come January 1, 2019, members of Bargaining Unit E will receive a 2% raise. If revenues beat projections in 2018, you will also receive an additional half-percent raise and a $500 bonus.
Tentative Agreement Reached
Dear Member;
Your voices were heard LOUD and CLEAR.
UW-Superior Faculty Cast Unprecedented Vote of “No Confidence” in Chancellor Wachter and UWS Administration after Program Suspensions Announcement
Superior, WI – The UW-Superior faculty have overwhelmingly voted “no confidence” in the UWS administration in response to the recent announcement to suspend and put on warning approximately one-third of all majors and minors at UWS. The vote was open to all faculty and took place from Wednesday-Friday this week. The vote, which read, “As a response to the October 31, 2017 administrative decisions to suspend majors/minors, I vote no confidence in the UW-Superior administration,” passed by a 59% margin.
AFT-Wisconsin Endorses Patty Schachtner for Senate District 10
Madison, WI – The AFT-Wisconsin Committee on Political Education has endorsed Patty Schachtner for the special election in Senate District 10.
“We’re very excited about Patty’s run for Senate District 10,” said AFT-Wisconsin President Kim Kohlhaas. “During the endorsement process, it was clear that Patty was the only candidate that will fight for public education and be a champion for working families in her district and across Wisconsin. We strongly encourage all working people to support Patty Schachtner in this special election!”
Teacher Summit - A Call to Action!
CTA heard you! We heard from you in emails, during school visits, and we heard from you at the Teacher Summit.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Lessons and Parade
Movie Screenings at CTA
FREE FILM SCREENING – I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO
The Orange County Classroom Teachers Association Human and Civil Rights Committee has partnered with the Global Peace Film Festival, Indie Lens Pop Up and WUCF-PBS to screen a series of four award-winning documentaries at the union hall before they are shown on PBS. We are excited to present Raoul Peck’s “I Am Not Your Negro”, one of the most acclaimed films of the year and a 2017 nominee for Academy Award for Best Documentary on January 12th.
NTU Update - December 20, 2017
Colleagues,
We at the NTU hope that you have a restful holiday break!
West Side Teacher Coach presents at AP Conference
Rosemary Morin is a teacher/teacher coach at West Side Campus in Newark, NJ. She recently spoke and presented at the AP Conference in NYC. The topic she presented was equity and access for all students.
