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As the race for elected office in Baltimore City continues, AFT-Maryland hosted a candidate forum for those running for City Council in Districts 2, 3, 12, and 13. Among those in attendance were Brandon Scott, Tony Chrisitan, Marques Dent, Jermaine Jones, Ryan Dorsey, George Van Hook, Jason Pyeron, Gary Crum, Shannon Sneed, and George Johnson.

Faculty, staff, graduate employees, and students from across the University of Wisconsin System gathered on Friday, February 5, to rally in defense of tenure, quality education, and academic freedom before the Board of Regents gathered to review draft policies on faculty tenure.

Colleagues,

1)    Hall of Fame Dinner: The 18^th Annual Albert Shanker Scholarship Awards are upon us.  If you are a full member of the NTU, your son/daughter is eligible to apply.  If you are a full member of the NTU and you are a Paraprofessional in our public school district who is currently attending college then you are eligible to apply.  

During the week of February 1-4, SABEA members came to informational meetings to hear about the four aspects of the contract, both SRP and Faculty, that would change if ratified.

The results of the vote were a strong support for the proposal- it is approved for the two years (2014-2015 and 2015-2016) the contract is to run.

Many thanks to those who gave input, worked on the negotiating team, came to the informational meetings and voted.

As members of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents gathered to consider new tenure policies for the UW System, AFT-Wisconsin and the American Association of University Professors issued the following joint statement (PDF):

See the chart below to find out how the pay schedule change affects part-time lecturers at EMU. Click Here.

At our Valentines for EMU action we collected nearly 600 signed Valentines! They will be delivered to EMU administrators in HR.