BCFPE and the Baltimore County Administration have come to a Tentative Agreement (TA) to amend the current Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which would otherwise expire on June 30, 2020. [You can read the Tentative Agreement here]. The BCFPE Negotiations Committee unanimously recommended the TA to the Executive Board for acceptance. On April 9, 2020 the BCFPE Executive Board unanimously accepted the TA and recommended it for a ratification vote by the membership.

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Are you sick with COVID-19 or think you might be? We need to hear from you! Our task force has created a new tool to report when members contract the virus.

Your voluntary report will help us identify problem areas and allow us to follow up with you for support. Report your illness in confidence–your report will not be shared with management.

Check out the information and links below to answer questions, meet some of your needs for online learnng, and keep up with what is happening.

The following links come from TEA via Texas AFT:

• TEA launched a website to use during the crisis

https://texashomelearning.org/

During these unprecedented and uneasy times caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and in an abundance of caution, we have decided to cancel the following Programs and Events.

• The Annual Spring Luncheon and RC 15/16 Election scheduled for June 11, 2020 has been cancelled. The Election will be held at a date to be determined.

• We will not be selling tickets to the Westchester Broadway Theater’s August 20th production of 9 to 5, the Musical, and the November 19th production of Kinky Boots.

• The NYSUT Regional Conference schduled for October has been cancelled.

If you have questions, please contact Roni via email at:  RC1516pres@aol.com

or by phone at 914-592-4411 X626

We thank you for your patience and understanding as we work through this difficult time together.

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On Monday, April 6, 2020, AFT-Maryland sent this open letter to Gov. Larry Hogan regarding local and state public employees in the state of Maryland.

AFT-Maryland is a federation of public employees that represents nearly 20,000 workers across the state of Maryland. Our members work in the fields of education, public safety, healthcare and more.

For follow-up or interviews with any local union leaders of AFT-Maryland please contact: Ray Baker, Director of Communication, AFT-Maryland, rbaker@aftmd.org.

Dawn is back on the Executive Committee, taking office as vice president for political activities.

Guidance and Resources on Coronavirus

We offer the following as a gateway to resources on the coronavirus outbreak, including guidance specific to public school employees, higher education faculty and to our members who work in health care.

Find the NYSUT Coronavirus toolkit at:  NYSUT.org/coronavirus

The CFT is working with the governor and state education officials to find the best path forward for members, students and communities in this unprecedented time of the coronavirus outbreak. Find the resources you need on the CFT website.