Board Approves Revised 2018-2019 Academic Calendar; New Spring Break Dates Are April 1-5

On Tuesday evening, August 14, the Detroit Board of Education approved a revised academic calendar for the 2018-2019 school year. It includes a new set of dates for spring break: April 1-5. The previous academic calendar outlined April 19-26 as a break.

It is unfortunate that the dates were changed, however, the district needed to comply with the Wayne RESA common calendar and student testing schedules. The revised calendar also eliminates one-hour-early releases on Wednesdays.

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RC 43 TRIF Fall 2018 Conference

The 2018 NYSUT Retiree Council 43 Annual Conference will be on Septemeber 25, 2018 at the SpringHill Suites Orlando Airport.

Topics for Discussion:

1. Future of Our Labor Unions & It's Impact on Retirees

2. Growing Our Retiree Membership

3. Labor Collaborations

4. Legislative & Political Action

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By-Laws & Negotiating Committee Members & Updates

By-Laws Committee Members:

Christopher Englese

Richard Jesmajian - lead editor/ chair

Charles King

Sean Nepveu

Karen Strickland 

 

By-Laws Update: We are currently working on a proposed By-Laws to present to the General Membership as soon as we sign the Contract with The College.

 
 
Negotiating Committee Members left to right: Karen Strickland and Michael H. Feldler; Negotiating Chair / Acting Vice Chair James Schmitt and Acting Chapter Chair Joan Carroll

Negotiations Update: We last met with the College on November 21st at which time both parties agreed that we have reached impasse. To that end, we have filed a Notice of Impasse with the NJ Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC). They will assign a mediator to the parties to begin the process of mediation.

Once we have more information as to when our first session is scheduled, we will update this site. For now, please be assured that your Negotiating Team is working hard to accomplish as much as possible in this initial contract.

As always, we appreciate your patience and support.

 

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List of Officers

From left to right:

Richard Jesmajian - Acting Secretary / Treasurer

Joan Carroll - Acting Chair

James Schmitt - Acting Vice Chair

 

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The Post-Janus World

Some members have begun to receive mailers supporting a union opt-out campaign.  These campaigns are typically run by out-of-state special interests groups which are well-funded (as in hundreds of millions) corporate/conservative operations.  They are taking advantage of Connecticut's freedom of information (FOI) laws in order to exploit union members' privacy by requesting public agencies to hand over employee names and personal information.  These tactics are not surprising.

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