I'm proud to share with you a joint statement from Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, and Sara Goldrick-Rab, professor of educational policy studies and sociology at UW-Madison and a member of AFT local 223, United Faculty and Academic Staff.  Randi and Sara, two committed educators and unionists, strongly condemn Scott Walker's attacks on higher education, which will slash essential state funding and threaten the bedrock of academic freedom upon which higher education depends.  Please share this statement widely and help us get the word out about the danger facing every university in the UW System, from Superior to Milwaukee.

BUP Officers through 6/2017:

• Co-presidents
  • ​Joe Alati
  • Andrew Jordan
• ​Vice-president
  • ​Ellen Andrieu
• ​Treasurer
  • ​Admiral Lord
• ​Secretary
  • ​Marne Brady

Unfortunatley, the AFT Leadership Conference scheduled for August 8, 2015 has been cancelled.

Resolution by Rep. John Bel Edwards pumps money into education budget

Just as he did two years ago, Rep. John Bel Edwards (D-Amite) found a way to increase funding for schools even after public education’s Minimum Foundation Program formula had been rejected.
As the session drew to a close, the Senate finally approved Rep. Edwards’ HCR 231, which calls for an additional 1.375%, or $36 million, to be included in the budget for public education. It had been held up while waiting for the House to take a crucial vote on the controversial SAVE plan.

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A&R confirmed the nomination of Christine Shanley-Buck as Chief Negotiator for the upcoming contract.  Christine is a Legal Investigator at the Attorney General's Office and a steward for A&R.  Christine will be working with 1st Vice President Mike Myles and our union attorney Barry Scheinberg on our continued preparation for negotiations. 

Welcome to the Liberty Faculty Association website. We are the union that represents more than 1200 active certified educational professionals and 400 members who are retired in the Liberty Central School District. We are dedicated to advancing the professional lives of our members, and enhancing their terms and conditions of employment. The LFA is a forceful advocate for the professional conditions that permit our members to offer the best possible education to the students of the Liberty Central School District.

An AFL-CIO Budget Summary

The following is a summary both on recent efforts to repeal our Prevailing Wage laws and on the Joint Finance Committee’s activities over the last 10 days. After celebrating Memorial Day weekend, legislators returned to the Capitol last week only to launch further attacks on workers and Wisconsin’s working families through the budget and legislative processes.

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The rights of employees to the presence of a union steward during investigatory interviews was announced by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1975 in NLRB v. J. Weingarten, Inc. Since that case involved a clerk being investigated by the Weingarten Company, these rights have become known as Weingarten Rights.  An investigatory inverview occurs when a supervisor questions an employee to obtain information that could be used as a basis for dicipline or asks an employee to defend his or her conduct.