Governor Scott Walker’s proposed 2015-17 budget for the state of Wisconsin, introduced earlier this year, was jam-packed with shameful attacks on working Wisconsinites. Since then, Republican majorities on the legislature’s Joint Finance Committee (JFC) have been finding ways to make a bad budget even worse. Now that the JFC has wrapped up budget deliberations, its budget proposal will be taken up by the state Senate and Assembly, then head to Governor Walker’s desk for his signature.  Here's what AFT-Wisconsin President Kim Kohlhaas had to say:

The link below is to a pdf chart that shows your advanced degree differential established last payroll year for employees current at that time.  This amount will not change, but will carry forward with you for the remainder of your employment with HISD. 

The differential was calculated based on the amount required at your given step to provide an $1,100.00 raise last year.  That amount will now be added your current step after the 2% raise was factored in as shown in the example.

You must ensure that you use your step last year to determine your differential.  This amount will not be included on the salary schedule, but you should see it in your payroll information for next year online. 

Link to chart ------>  http://hft.tx.aft.org/files/advanced_degree_differential_chart.pdf

During the month of July, 2015, Baltimore City Public  Schools will be hosting a series of community conversations around Baltimore City to discuss how school police can work with

   “IT’S A BRAVE NEW WORLD…or is it”

It’s been a perfect storm, so to speak, that has resulted in forward strides tempered with “dancing backward.”

The news media is reporting that General Assembly leadership and Gov. Malloy have reached a tentative budget agreement that assumes state employee concessions, in the form of a half percent reduction in raises, which would be negotiated for the 2016-17 fiscal year.

We have not agreed to any such reductions in wage increases nor have we had any discussions regarding this possibility. The proposal that has been put forward is a reduction in the “reserve for salary adjustment” line item in the budget. 

Calling all MPEC union members
who serve as team coaches in their community:

We currently have available up to 25 Baltimore ORIOLES game tickets for two separate dates to distribute free to two worthy teams. Dates are August 17, 2015 or August 20, 2015.

August 30 -- Black Latino Unity Picnic
 

100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS

On June 19, 2015, OSER sent the comp plan to the Joint Committee on Employment Relations (JCOER).  It includes no general wage adjustment for either year of the biennium.  Combined with the coming increases to the group health insurance plans, this means another two years of pay cuts. 

Read the Cover Letter

Read the Summary

Read LFB Paper on Comp Reserves