Harvest Dinner

CTA members volunteered their time at a community harvest dinner fundraiser last weekend.  Many hands make light work.

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Quick Updates

Tuition Reimbursement:  The Comptroller's Office is catching up on Tuition Reimbursements from 2015 through 2018.  There was a long period of time where funding and payments ceased as we entered a prolonged contract negotiations.  Since then, the race to validate and pay the reimbursement requests has been moving forward and we are at the point where the backlog is expected to be cleared within the next few weeks.  For A&R, the 2015 and 2016 claims should be completely paid up and the 2017 claims are almost complete.  We should have plenty of funding available to

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An opinion piece published in the Hartford Courant

State employee pensions have become a topic of interest to the Hartford Courant in recent weeks.  Three weeks ago the Hartford Courant printed a negative Editorial about our pension funding and followed that with a negative and misinformed Op-Ed piece by David Stemmerman (i think that is his name, not really sure, don't really care).  Since then, the Courant has printed 2 pieces which counter the HC's position and defend the pensions and showcase a true understanding of state employee pensions.

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RC 43 TRIF-ic News Fall 2018

RC 43 TRIF-ic News is the newsletter of NYSUT Retiree Council 43, Teacher Retirees In Florida. It is published bi-monthly, September - August.

The upcoming November 2018 elections may be the MOST crucial elections in several decades.  There are many citizens who routinely vote ONLY in presidential election years.  PLEASE ENCOURAGE FRIENDS, FAMILY and ACQUAINTANCES to vote this year on NOVEMBER 6th.

 

Fall 2018 Edition

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BCC Adjunct Union Mission Statement

The mission of the Brookdale Community College Organizing Committee (BCCOC) is to support the highest levels of education for Brookdale students while seeking to join with other Brookdale professionals as an integral part of the Brookdale community. We are organizing to establish a unified and official voice for interacting with Brookdale’s administration to achieve the following goals:

·      Provide a forum for communication among its adjuncts

·      Advocate the respectful, valued and uniform treatment for its adjuncts 

·      Negotiate fair compensation, benefits, working conditions and due process for all its adjuncts.

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3rd Gubernatorial Debate

UPDATE on the Gubernatorial Debates:  The 3rd Gubernatorial Debate will be held on Wednesday 9/26/18 from 7-8pm.  It will be held at UConn-Storrs and televised by WFSB-3.  This will be the first time that Oz Griebel will be on stage with Ned Lamont and Bob Stefanowski...I suppose this debate will again be about whether the residents of CT want to elimate the income tax, punish state employment, and re-fight every social issue that has already been settled over the last 50 years.

As an aside, the Hartford Courant ran an editorial and an Op-Ed piece on State Employee Pensions recently, neither were favorable and neither understood that the deals in place are solid and completely address and resolve the funding issue (a repayment plan is in place and future Tier4 pensions are a hybrid of 401k-style and defined benefits with higher employee contribution rates).  The Courant was kind enough to allow Gov Dannel Malloy to respond to their negativity, and despite the shots we have taken at Dannel over the years, he has always focused on fixing the under-funded pension plan.  Dannel (or is it just Dan now?) wrote a nice op-ed piece 9/21/18 which is based on a full understanding of the issue rather than the "sky is falling" rhetoric we commonly hear...positive rather than negative, refreshing.  Read Dannel's Response.

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