The latest edition of the SCTA's Award Winning Speak Out! May 2014

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The Baltimore County Federation of Public Employees (BCFPE) has announced their Official Union Endorsements for the following Baltimore County Councils:

Good Evening Colleagues,

Attached you will find FOUR new important fact sheets that have been produced by NYSUT. The topics are:

• Charter School

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             april_2014_charter_school_fact_sheet.pdf

This story has been updated.

(Baton Rouge – May 7, 2014) The Lafayette Parish Superintendent of Schools probably has no legal authority to fine teachers who submit resignations before the end of the school year, says a legal expert consulted by the Louisiana Federation of Teachers.

AFT Executive Vice President Lorretta Johnson and members of AFT-Maryland joined other union activists and Maryland political candidates April 26, 2014, for the Maryland/District of Columbia (MD/DC) AFL-CIO “Labor Kick-off and Canvass” for endorsed candidates. MD/DC AFL-CIO President Fred Mason, Jr., and Secretary-Treasurer Donna Edwards hosted the kickoff event...

Sat., May 10th. YOUR Mailbox.

AFT-Maryland joins the National Association of Letter Carriers in STAMP OUT HUNGER, a national food drive.

A few reminders:

Jim Seymour, PATFA vice president, shares this recent piece from The Atlantic:

Can a budding labor movement improve the lives of non-tenured faculty and, in the process, fix higher education?

Read More:
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/04/the-adjunct-professor-crisis/361336/

AFT-Maryland and its affiliated locals are committed to Reclaiming the Promise of equity in national, state and local policies that determine everyone's access to the American dream.