Following the tragic shooting in Parkland, Florida at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, communities and legislatures across the country are trying to develop ways to ensure student and teacher safety in the school building. One suggestion brought forth in the Maryland House of Delegates was a bill allowing teachers and educational staff to be armed.
Yes, it's true - free college. OFT members can enroll in Eastern Gateway Community College's online distance-learning program with no costs for tuition, fees or e-texts. Credits earned can be transferred to a four-year college.
New contracts will be distributed to full members through the month of March in a series of worksite meetings. Not a member? In just three minutes you can join online and become a full member of our union! Sign up today!
Can't wait to review your contract? You can see it on line on our webpage here!
The new contracts will be distributed to members in worksite meetings taking place during the month of March. These will be available to full members of MPEC. Not a full member? It's easy to become one now! It takes just 3 minutes to sign up on line!
Can't wait to review the contract? It's easy to review at the contract online!
Karen Heppner has demonstrated the type of leadership and activism that would make any union member proud. She has been a registered nurse working for the state of Maryland at the Eastern Shore Hospital Center for over 20 years. When the state refused to pay the negotiated retention bonus to nurses at her facility, she led the fight to force management to honor the contract. She organized nurses at her facility, where a class action complaint was filed, which led to a decision in the union’s favor from an independent arbitrator.
Tiffany Walker is employed with the City of Baltimore as Community Liaison I with the Department of Public Works. Mrs. Walker was elected as Secretary for CUB in October 2010. She served two terms before being elected Executive Vice President in October 2016. She has since moved to working as a CUB Labor Relations Specialist to better serve the membership. Tiffany has always been active within the union serving as a delegate as well as on several committees such as the COPE, Personnel, Social, and Constitution and By-laws committees. She was chairperson of the COPE committee and has remained active on this committee to this day.
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Ballots for the HFT officer elections and consitutional updates are currently being sent to members to their last known work location. Returned ballots must be postmarked by March 22, 2018. The elections committee will tabulate the results on Monday, March 26th, 5:00 pm at the HFT offices. Please see a sample ballot and complete document with updates to the constiution below.
In the next week CPS should be issuing final school budgets, which kicks off the process of filling vacancies, considering transfer requests, and finalizing teaching assignments for the next school year.
Chapter #152 Retirees has postponed their quarterly meeting which was scheduled for March 7, 2018. The meeting has been rescheduled for March 8, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. and will be held at MCEA Headquarters at 7127 Rutherford Road, Baltimore, Maryland 21244.
Colleagues,
Your Union in Action: what was going on at NTU this week?
1. NTU Membership Meeting: On February 28, 2018, the NTU had our first General Membership Meeting since the state takeover ended. The energy of the meeting was inspiring, with over 100 NTU members coming out to talk about what comes next, including reorganizing the building rep structure, contract negotiations, and the Janus decision. We still have a lot of work to do, especially around Renew Schools, but this was a strong start.
