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Welcome to the UBTO website. Throughout the year, check here for postings on news and events. Because the format of the webpage is a template and includes constant feeds from NYSUT, it may at first appear that there is little information on our union. Take a moment to look through the menu at the top, buried within it is UBTO information. As the new school year approaches, more information will be posted. In the meantime, check out recent photos.

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Hammer for Heroes

I just wanted to share that eight of us were part of Morris Habitat for Humanity's Hammer for Heroes Event on Saturday, June 4, 2017.

Special thanks to Kevin Chen for donating the $250 Team Sponsorship Fee and to Marianne Perfetto (AAPF Secretary) for spearheading and organizing the volunteering efforts.

Click here for a link to an NJ Hills article regarding the event:

http://www.newjerseyhills.com/randolph_reporter/news/morris-habitat-event-builds-dreams-along-with-walls/article_62bc6c67-60dd-556c-bb7d-331f200555e9.html

- Shelley

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WHAT'S NEW: Gladys Clark of Thurgood Marshall Elementary-Middle School Teacher of the Year

The Detroit Goodfellows on June 14 announced the winner of the eighth annual Goodfellow Teacher of the Year contest — Gladys Clark, an eighth-grade teacher at Detroit Public Schools Community District’s (DPSCD) Thurgood Marshall Elementary-Middle School! 

 

Detroit Goodfellows board members surprised Clark in her classroom with the news and presented her with a $200 gift card to buy classroom supplies. Additionally, she will be acknowledged at the Detroit Goodfellows Annual Tribute Breakfast this fall. 

 

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...and this is why...

For those struggling to understand why we are again working with the Governor's Office on a labor agreement, this is why...

Attached is the press release from the Republican Senators who are calling for the end of collective bargaining for State Employees...remember, the GOP is tied for control of the State Senate...and they are only down 79-72 in the CT House.  Here is their plan for State employees:

Here is a snippet from the ctmirror article on the GOP plan:

Senate Republican leader Len Fasano unveiled a plan to achieve nearly $2.2 billion in savings — with or without union consent.

But it would require officials to:

  • Suspend or eliminate arbitration for unionized employees’ wages;
  • Replace all overtime with compensatory time;
  • Increase worker contributions toward retirement health care and require more service before guaranteeing this benefit;
  • And triple all workers’ pension contributions in future years.

“We have the power within the legislature to change statutes, prospectively and currently, to achieve savings,” Fasano said. “ … This is the power we have. We don’t have to sit back and wait.”

Attached is a Summary of the SEBAC framework which we hope can address many of the questions being asked.  This framework extends our benefits, at risk is having them completely eliminated.

 

-5/31/17

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