JFT, AFT contribute $2,000 to assist in search for Terrilynn Monette

March 21, 2013 -- The Jefferson Federation of Teachers and the American Federation of Teachers announced today a $2,000 contribution to a Crime Stoppers reward for information leading to the discovery of a missing Jefferson Parish, La., teacher, who disappeared during the early morning hours of March 2.

Terrilynn Monette, a second-grade teacher at Woodland West Elementary School in Jefferson Parish, has not been seen since celebrating with friends her Teacher of the Year nomination.

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National
 Federation
 of
 Nurses
 to
 Wisconsin 
Lawmakers:
 STOP
 Anti‐Union 
Legislation
 That 
Puts
 Patients’
 Lives 
in
 Jeopardy

National
 Federation
 of
 Nurses
 to
 Wisconsin 
Lawmakers:
 STOP
 Anti‐Union 
Legislation
 That 
Puts
 Patients’
 Lives 
in
 Jeopardy

Contact: 
Kiernan 
Doherty;
 503‐517‐3726;
 kdoherty@metgroup.com
MADISON,
 Wis.,
 March 
2,
 2011

For
 the
 safety
 of 
nurses
 and
 their
 patients,
 National
 Federation
 of 
Nurses
(NFN) pleads
 with
 lawmakers
i n 
Madison
 to
 defeat
 legislation 
that 
would
 strip 
public
employees
 of 
their 
right 
to collectively 
bargain
 for 
fair 
and
 equitable
 workplace 
conditions. “

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United Federation of Teachers Southern Section Meeting & Symposium

The United Federation of Teachers Florida Section provides assistance  to New York City retired teachers  who are in Florida. RC 43 TRIF Units provide assistance to retired teachers from the rest of New York State who also are in Florida. 

Both groups are part of NYSUT. In the spirit of unity we have been attending each other's meetings.

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AFT and National Federation of Nurses Approve Affiliation Agreement

AFT and National Federation of Nurses Approve Affiliation Agreement

Partnership Unites Those Who Heal Our Communities with Those Who Educate Our Children

WASHINGTON—The leaders of two labor organizations representing healthcare professionals announced today that they have approved an affiliation agreement that will bring 34,000 registered nurses into the AFT, the largest union of professionals in the AFL-CIO.

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LFT hopeful that supreme court will overturn vouchers

(New Orleans - March 19) For more than an hour on Tuesday, attorneys for the Louisiana Federation of Teachers and others explained to the State Supreme Court why a district judge ruled one of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s assaults on public education unconstitutional.

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