Professional Development Opportunity
Dear Staff:
Recruitment Tools
As we are approaching the end of the year and running out of recruiting time, we thought that it might be beneficial to share some of the recruitment tools we found effective in increasing our membership at Freedom from 34 to 62 percent. Our most effective strategy was this:
Unit 47 Constitution and Bylaws Proposed Changes
Below you will find the link to the proposed constiution and bylaw changes. The requested changes are in red. Please review prior to the General Membership Meeting July 11,2018. If you wuld like a paper copy of the proposed changes, please call the Union office.
OSEA State Employee of the Year
Oregon School Employee Association President Tim Stephens was surprised with the OSEA State Employee of the Year award at the May 14 board meeting.
This prestigious award is given to one OSEA member each year whom exemplifies the hard work, dedication with good character, and outstanding work performance. The nominated members are judged by a panel of past OSEA presidents.
Tim has been with the district for more than 18 years. In addition to the volunteer hours he puts in as OSEA president, he serves as Lead Inventory Specialist for the district, managing a team of workers and all the ins and out of a huge inventory.
Following are some excerpts from Tim's nomination:
- "I have rarely encountered an employee that more exemplifies service-based leadership than this candidate....Never have I heard him say 'it can’t be done' but rather 'this is how we make it happen.' This person leads by example without hesitation....He always gives 110% and serves as a true mentor for others in his workgroup and well beyond."
- "When the Lead Inventory Specialist position opened, there was no question by the members of selection team that this individual was the right person for the job. Since being placed in this role, he has helped transform the Warehouse & Material Movement function of the District into one that is among the top in the state."
- "Most recently, this individual has stepped into an OSEA leadership role. I am very gratified again to point out this person’s selfless nature and willingness to represent his coworkers without personal acknowledgement, for the hours he spends assuring fair representation for those on the front lines."
- "Hard working, intelligent, consistent, diligent, personally responsible, trustworthy, innovative, compassionate – all of these adjectives fall short on their own. However, collectively they paint a picture of this individual and his longstanding commitment to supporting excellence in education."
Please join us in congratulating Tim!
Student Debt Clinic
City Union of Baltimore will be hosting a Student Debt Clinic on June 29, 2018. Space is limited; attendees MUST RSVP:
http://aft.to/StudentDebtClinicRSVP
(This event was originally scheduled for June 1, 2018, and postponed to the 29th.)
Important Election Dates
Important Dates for the 2018 Primary Election:
- June 5, 2018: Deadline to register to vote in the Primary Election
- June 14-21, 2018: Early Voting for the Primary Election
- June 26, 2018: Primary Election Day
BCFPE Endorses Candidates
The Baltimore County Federation of Public Employees has communicated to their membership their recommended candidates for Baltimore County Council. Those candidates are:
NTU Update - May 11, 2018
Click for PDF Version of this update
Colleagues,
Discretionary Funds: As per the NPS Office of the School Business Administrator this years Discretionary Funds will be delivered to schools on May 18th.
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What IS the Supreme Court Janus Case all about?
Watch this video for your answer.
AFT-NH Legislative Bulletin, 2018-18
May 10, 2018 - Bow, NH
Today marked the end of the long 2017-18 saga of SB 193, the proposal to establish Education Savings Accounts as a means of funneling public education money to those choosing to attend private schools or home-schooling. After eighteen months and innumerable twists and turns, the end came quickly in the NH House. Having consigned SB 193 to interim study by the Finance Committee for the remainder of the 2018 session, the House now faced the early Senate version of SB 193, attached as an amendment to another House bill on an unrelated subject.
Very quickly, the bill containing the Senate’s early version of SB 193 came before the House this morning. By an extremely narrow margin, 170-165, the House rejected the Republican majority motion to join with the Senate in a Committee of Conference to try to salvage something from the saga of SB 193. Immediately after, the House then voted 180-163 to “non concur” with the Senate on the amended bill (HB 1636) effectively killing it and its amendment (the original SB 193) for the session. And so it has ended. SB 193 will be studied by Finance this summer in an attempt to somehow come up with a version that shovels public funds to private schools but which somehow does not add costs the State or local property taxpayers. It will be a difficult task. In the meantime, the issue is dead, at least until 2019.
