Colleagues,
1) Negotiations Update – Earlier this week, the NTU reached out to the Newark Public Schools of our intentions to formally begin negotiations. Our contract negotiations committee is hard at work putting together all the proposals we received from the members in preparation for exchanging demands and proposals with the Newark Public schools. We will continue to keep you as informed as possible without violating the confidentiality inherent in negotiations.
In need of the services of a Notary Public? MCEA is pleased to announce that effective immediately we are providing FREE Notary Public services here at our headquarters office for MCEA members. It is convenient and free so please contact Sherry Stewart to take advantage of this opportunity. Ms. Stewart may be reached at 410-298-8800 extension 239.
MCEA members were in Annapolis on March 15th to testify in support of Senate Bill 689, for a Task Force on Workplace Bullying in State Agencies.
STRS and Health Care Update
News from St. Patrick’s Day STRS
Board Meeting
PSI calls on all its affiliates to support the reinstatement of of two union leaders dismissed in February 2014 with 22 other workers, following a nationwide strike in protest of working conditions and the lack of protective equipment and medication.
From April 26 to April 30, the Friends of the Westfield Memorial Library will be offering any teacher with proof of employment "buy 1, get 1 free" on regularly priced books during its annual used book, dvd and cd sale. The book sale financially supports the Library and such expensive Friends’ activities as the Children's Programs and the Museum Guest Passes. Regular prices are $2 for hard backs; $1.50 for trade paperbacks and $.50 for paperbacks. On April 29, all items will be half-price and on April 30 $5 buys a supermarket bag full of items, with each additional bag only $3.
Colleagues,
Please post the attached flyer in your school!
Next Wednesday, the NTU and AFT will be having a meeting at Malcolm X. Shabazz High School to discuss Community Schools.
We invite anyone interested to know more about Community Schools to join us! It is important that NTU members and the community be involved in this process!
Malcolm X. Shabazz High School
80 Johnson Ave
On March 22, 2016, investors and education stakeholders met with Pearson shareholders at the Council of Institutional Investors’ Spring Conference in Washington, D.C. On the agenda was Pearson’s lackluster stock performance, souring public opinion, and the economic imperative for Pearson to reevaluate their approach to the business of education. View the presentations in several languages below.
