Detroit Federation of Paraprofessionals wore orange on April 20 and took a stand against gun violence in American schools.

On the 19th anniversary of the tragic Columbine shootings in Colorado, schools organized and mobilized as a community. Students at more than 2,000 educational institutions from California to Connecticut walked out again—and the men and women of Detroit Federation of Teachers, Detroit Federation of Paraprofessionals and Detroit Association of Educational Office Employees stood with them in the call for commonsense gun reform.

Their members declared: #NoMore.

Thursday April 26th is a day of unity, it is also the day of the A&R Convention.  we are hoping all A&R employees will join together and wear blue on Thursday 4/26/18 as a show of solidarity. 

MTFT Board of Education Contract - PDF Download

MTFT Chartwells School Dining - PDF Download

Aramark Contract - PDF Download

GET INVOLVED

Health care must be recognized as a right not a privilege.  Every man,woman, an child in our country should be able to access the health care they need regardless of their income.  The only long-term solution to American's health care crisis is a single-payer national health care program.

Just a reminder that there is currently an on-line election for A&R Constitutional Amendments.  The voting began on April 5th and ends at 11:59pm on April 25th.  The proposed amendments where passed by committee and then the RA and still require a vote of the membership, so please review and cast your ballot.
 

If you are represented by the DFT and are planning on retiring at the end of this school year, and if you wish to be paid for your sick days when you retire, be aware of the language contained in the DPSCD/DFT contract dealing with the payment of unused sick days upon retirement.  The contract language says:

SABEA March 2018 Newsletter

http://sabea.ny.aft.org/sites/default/files/article_pdf_files/2018-04/sabea_nwsltr_march18_v2.pdf

February 2018 SABEA newsletter

http://sabea.ny.aft.org/sites/default/files/article_pdf_files/2018-04/sabea_nwsltr_feb18_v2_1.pdf

Nothing About Us, Without Us!

Thanks to all who attended the Tuesday, April 10 Detroit Board of Education meeting at Mumford High School. DFT Members presented our concerns, which included:

• Unfair teacher evaluations
• Poor teaching and learning conditions
• Unnecessary lesson plans expectations
• Insulting dress code policy
• Inconsistent attendance policies
• Excessive/unnecessary paperwork

Tier 4 Catch-Up Deductions in the 4/13/18 Check Date

The 2017 SEBAC Agreement defined a new Tier 4 Pension Plan, which has both a traditional Defined Benefit (DB) component and a new Defined Contribution (DC) component. 

Each of these components include both employee and employer share deductions. Due to the delayed implementation of the Tier 4 Plan, Catch–Up deductions have been created to collect the missed contributions for both the employee and employer shares.