PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE – DENNIS FLAMENBAUM

NYSUT President Karen Magee has called for mobilization to support public education which is under attack once again by Governor Cuomo. Cuomo’s proposed budget for 2015-2016 comprises a frightful anti-public education agenda that relentlessly attacks teachers and hurts students.

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GETTING TO KNOW YOU – JOAN PERRINI

JOAN PERRINI was recently appointed as NYSUT Retiree Services Consultant in Suffolk County.  This will be a new direction for her after serving for 9 years as President of Retiree Council 21.

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Rally Against the Governor's Budget, March 16th

Last chance to fight the 2% pay cut for public employees!
Last chance to save Public Education Funding!
Rally against the Governor’s Budget, March 16th

The Senate and House of Delegates are in the most critical stages in determining the state’s operating budget. This is our last chance to make our voice heard to save education in Baltimore City! And this is our last chance to make our voice heard to fight against Governor Hogan’s 2% pay cut to public employees!

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Make Your Voice Heard! Attend a Budget Hearing

Here is a list of the official public hearings hosted by the Joint Committee on Finance:

March 18 – Brillion (near Appleton) at the Brillion High School Endries Performing Arts Center,
W1101 County Road HR, Brillion. Hearing starts at 10:00 a.m and ends promptly at 5:00 p.m.

March 20- Milwaukee at Alverno College’s Pitman Theatre, 3400 South 43rd Street, Milwaukee. This hearing will start at 10:00 a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m.

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We Are Not Alone.

 

Here is an excerpt from an article of special interest to adjuncts,  "Adjunct Advocacy:  Contingent faculty members are demanding--and getting--better working conditions" by Peter Schmidt, published March 9, 2015 in "The Trends Report" of The Chronicle of Higher Education.

"By joining together in labor unions, part-time instructors at several colleges have managed in recent years to win major improvements in their pay, benefits, job security, and overall working conditions.  And even where they could not unionize, such instructors have used greater activism to send the message that there are limits to their exploitation by college administrations seeking to stretch instructional budgets."

Read more at http://chronicle.com/article/Article-adjunct-Contingent/228115/

Sign this petition: Scott Walker: Veterans deserve an apology

"Gov. Walker, when you compared peaceful protestors to radical terrorists, you disrespected the service and sacrifice of the men and women who serve in our armed forces, and you insulted the citizens of Wisconsin who stood up to take part in our democracy.

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Don't Shortchange Maryland Education!

A united coalition of students, parents, teachers, labor, and community groups brought together by AFT-Maryland took to Annapolis on Monday night, March 9th, to demand the state legislature stop the cuts to education funding that Gov. Larry Hogan has proposed. The cuts would amount to $144 million dollars statewide, hitting Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and Prince George's County especially hard.

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