OESPA Statement on Guns in Schools

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Colleagues,

Four NTU members have been nominated and approved for Member Recognition Awards at the NTU’s 2018-2019 Hall of Fame Dinner!  We are working on notifying the awardees, and we will release their names next week.  We have awardees from:

The lack of aid and response to the needs of the Puerto Rican people after Hurricane Maria has been inexcusable and shameful.  Yet, the response by U.S. Secretary of Education DeVos and the PR Education Secretary Julia Keleher, to shutter one third of the island’s public schools appears to be calculated and swift.  Both secretaries are proponents of charter schools and the closings appear politically motivated as an attempt to privatize public schools.

Madison, WI – Members of several AFT higher education locals and students filled the Capitol on Wednesday to call on lawmakers to recommit themselves to the Wisconsin Idea by working with faculty, staff, and students to strengthen the quality of our UW-System.  Students from UW-Stevens Point have largely led the organizing efforts after their campus announced in March that it would be cutting 13 majors in the humanities, arts, and social sciences.

The State University Retirement System election began on April 2nd and ends on May 1st.

April 16, 2018 - The Alliance of Health Care Unions (AHCU)–21 local unions representing frontline health professionals at Kaiser Permanente facilities across the country–made big progress last week.

At the inaugural meeting April 10-11, the AHCU formed our new Executive Board, confirmed Peter diCicco as our Executive Director, and drafted our founding documents that ensure each local union has a voice in our Alliance.

OFNHP and our AHCU partner unions also met individually with senior Kaiser management to discuss our future relationship as an Alliance.

Whether you are considering retiring at the end of the school year or in the near future, there are several steps you should take to prepare for this milestone in your career.

Every year, we offer one $500 technical college scholarship and one $1,000 university scholarship to children and grandchildren of current or retired AFTW members. The Scholarship Committee would like to congratulate this year's winners!

If you believe that your evaluation did not follow contracted procedures, you can appeal your score!  Sign up for one of the three workshops!  Please be sure to download the 2017-18 Appeals form below.

Calling all CTA members, teachers, and students! Join CTA in the 2nd Annual Puerto Rican Parade Saturday, April 28th!