AFT Local 3535 (TAUWP) November 2014 Newsletter
November 6, 2014
Dear members of AFT Local 3535 (TAUWP),
SRP Day- Tues., Nov. 18, 2014
In 2007, Governor Spitzer signed into law a bill creating a permanent School-Related Professionals Recognition Day on the state calendar. SRP Recognition Day falls on the third Tuesday of each November, often during American Education Week.
NYSUT's 90,000+ SRP members perform a variety of key roles in schools, working as bus drivers, school nurses, custodians, secretaries, food service workers, teaching assistants and aides and in dozens of other job titles.
WATCH: Video from the 10/27 Rally at City Hall for Community Schools
AFT has put together a great video on the 10/21/14 rally at Baltimore City Hall in support of Community Schools. Parents, students, teachers and community members gathered in front of City Hall to demand funding to expand community schools in Baltimore. Check it out on their YouTube channel:
BARGAINING TODAY 11/13/14
Dear Colleagues-
Today is an important day in the bargaining process. Your Bargaining Team and the administration representatives are meeting in A1170 on the Downtown Campus (note the room change). We begin at 2:30.
Please come out and support your colleagues as they work on your behalf.
In Solidarity,
Karen Morian
President, UFF-FSCJ
Unclaimed Funds Site
A neighboring local's president was kind enough to share the following, "I was looking online for something and stumbled upon this unclaimed funds/abandoned accounts search engine on the NYSTRS website. I found three former members names on the list."
Corbett, legislature sued over school funding
AFT Pennsylvania President Ted Kirsch released a statement after six school districts, Philadelphia parents, the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools and the NAACP sued Gov. Corbett and state legislators for failing to provide Pennsylvania children with a "thorough and efficient" system.
Negotiations Meeting for SRP Members
HTA Negotiations Meeting For SRP Members Whose Contracts Expire on June 30, 2015
Former AFT-W President Bob Beglinger Wins Award
On October 13, Bob Beglinger received recognition for his activism on behalf of Wisconsin seniors. He received the award from the Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans (WiARA) during their 19th annual Senior Power Luncheon. Congratulations Bob!
At the same luncheon, Leon Burzynski recieved the organization's first Lifetime Achievement Award for his dedication and commitment working on behalf of retirees and all older Americans.
2014-2015 Teacher Leaders Selected
CCAFT is now one of fourteen cities in the United States participating in the "Teacher Leaders Grant." Please click here to read more about it and to see the names.
Thank You!
