Our union offers educational, professional development, and health insurance benefits to members who apply.

 I am pleased to announce the PAF/AFT has reached a tentative settlement with the Perth Amboy Board of Education.

Details of the settlement will be released when the Memorandum of Agreement is signed.

Ratification materials will be distributed to all PAF/AFT members at the start of the school year. Voting by PAF/AFT members will take place in early September.

Sincerely,
Donna M. Tartza
Lead Negotiator PAF/AFT

Report prepared by The Center for Popular Democracy

Low-performing public schools have become a critical battleground between corporate-backed initiatives that remove local control of schools and favor the privatization of public education, and proponents of community schools who assert that parents, teachers and students—in short, the public—are the greatest asset in restoring strong educational outcomes.

Through ALEC, Global Corporations Are Scheming to Rewrite YOUR Rights and Boost THEIR Revenue

Negotiations Meeting Scheduled for July 18, 2016.

By joining the AFCP, you are joining a force of school professionals who together, have the power to bargain for better wages and working conditions in your school district. Find out more here! 

-7/11/16

Employees who qualified for the $100 HEP Compliance payment can expect the payment to be included in the August 4th paycheck (retirees in the August 30th check).  Taxes are deducted from the payment.

To qualify for the $100 payment, full compliance for "chronic conditions" had to be achieved between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2015.  Chronic conditions under our healthcare plan are: