Some agreements were made during negotiations on 3/21. Attached you will find a link to the proposals put forth (this includes counterproposals by the hospital) as well as a short summary of the meeting itself. Please take the time to review the information. Remember, to view the information click on the links below ending in .pdf. Share it with your coworkers. The Next Negotiation Days are Crucial. March 27, 2017 has been added beginning at 9am-3pm at the Ethan Allen. We also have Negotiations March 28 and 29 beginning at 9am with no end time at the Ethan Allen Hotel.

MARCH 22--The American Federation of Teachers Detroit, at the request of its members, called on the Detroit Board of Education to extend Interim Superintendent Alycia Meriweather an opportunity to interview as a finalist for the Detroit Public Schools Community District superintenden position.

Two stalwart Louisiana Federation of Teachers leaders were named to the Louisiana AFL-CIO Hall of Fame in ceremonies held at the union’s annual convention on March 20. Mike Myers of Shreveport and the late Elsie Burkhalter of Slidell were among inductees at the ceremony.

The AFT Healthcare-Maryland and the Maryland Professional Employees Council (MPEC) locals were in Annapolis on Monday, March 20th to once again lobby delegates and senators on important issues affecting state workers. The membership turned out in an effort to be their own advocates on important issues.

(March 21, 2017) Proposed cuts to the U.S. Department of Education budget would hit Louisiana hard, costing teachers and students over $73 million, according to the Center for American Progress.

UPDATE: The AAFMCC Constitution Amendment passed unanimously at yesterday's General Membership Meeting. Thank you for all members who attended and exercised their right to vote. 

ATTENTION AAFMCC MEMBERS:

The Spring 2017 General Membership Meeting will be on Friday, March 31st from 10 am- noon at Center Campus in N-106.

In order to continue preparing for our contract ratification, Wednesday, March 20's Executive Board Meeting with be a Closed Executive Session.  Only members of the Executive Board will be premitted to attend.

We will be scheduling Building Rep and Open Membership Meetings to present the contract settlement once we have a signed agreement.

Here is the March SABEA newsletter.  There are many things going on.  On March 15 & 16 General Membership meetings were held to update negotiations.

This week, BOCES will be presenting their budget plans on the 21 at SAEC and 22 at Myers-- always interesting.

On April 12 at the Board of Education meeting at Gick Road the 2016 Retirees will be recognized.

March 17, 2017

Jes King taught five class sections — discussions and labs — on a recent Thursday for his job as a faculty assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

King recently completed his master's degree, and is working as a faculty assistant in the chemistry department, part of a small group of instructional staff who now are paid less than their graduate student counterparts.

He and other faculty assistants interviewed for this article spoke with enthusiasm about their work.

Nevertheless, they have begun a campaign to persuade UW-Madison to bring their pay up to that of graduate student teaching assistants. The campaign was launched with the assistance of United Faculty and Academic Staff, UFAS, a labor union affiliated with AFT, American Federation of Teachers. Some of the faculty assistants are members of UFAS.

Read more at:

http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/education/university/uw-madison-faculty-assistants-push-to-be-paid-as-much/article_31870bf8-930d-582b-87f1-62c1309033e1.html