This month's Board of Elementary and Secondary Education got off to a rocky start, with member Lottie Beebe sharply criticizing the state for the way the Value Added Model of teacher evaluation is being implemented

By KELLY HAGEN
NDPEA Advocate Editor

When the members of the North Dakota Public Employees Association voted in February to approve a merger with the North Dakota Education Association to form North Dakota United, they voted for a lot of incredibly big changes. A change in the size and scope of our organization added complexity of our cause, a significant alteration to our history, and new leadership.

To paraphrase Edmund Burke, all that is necessary for bad ideas to become law is for good men to do nothing.

On February 2, 2013, NDPEA delegates from across the state came to Bismarck to vote on the merger of NDPEA and NDEA to form North Dakota United (NDU). 

The one thing you can count on as a union member here in North Dakota is that you are on your own, with only your union brothers and sisters to count on.

By KELLY HAGEN
Advocate Editor

URGENT FOR ALL SCTA MEMBERS.  UPDATED RETIREMENT INCENTIVE.http://scta.ny.aft.org/files/august_2013_retirement_incentive.pdf

From Newsday:

http://schools.newsday.com/long-island/districts/rockville-centre/

Click the .PDF Link below to view The Supporter, Issue No. 1, published 8/16/13.

http://aft6049oklahoma.ok.aft.org/files/the_supporter_issue_no_1_0.pdf

AFT and AFT-Maryland invite members to participate in the 2013 March on Washington, Saturday, August 24th. The nation’s unions will be represented en mass at the August 24th March on Washington.  As in 1963, the nation’s workers will emphasize the need for jobs, justice, and freedom.  Marchers will gather at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall and proceed to the new monument that honors Martin Luther King, Jr., the slain civil rights leader who galvanized marchers in 1963 with his “I Have A Dream” speech.