Union related posts — specifically concerning the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) or Retiree Council 23 (RC 23).
Reminder: This Tuesday is state wide voting for School Budgets and Board of Education members. Local NYSUT unions across Long Island are urging YES votes on the budgets and endorsed candidates.
The UTN has endorsed incumbents Julia Binger and Andrew Rapiejko as well as candidate Allison Noonan. Click here for the names of local endorsed school board candidates for other Long Island districts.
Imagine if you woke up this morning to learn that in the pre-dawn hours, politicians were pushing for legislation that threatened the very survival of public schools and unions in your state. That is the nightmare confronting our sisters and brothers in Detroit, and they urgently need our help.
Support for union brothers and sisters
NYSUT received the following from Mike Gendron, Executive Vice President of CWA local 1108 in response to asking how NYSUT members can show support in the CWA fight against corporate greed and union busting by Verizon. This is his response:
Many have asked us what can be done to help us during our strike with Verizon. Stop by and say hello and let the Members know you support them. Drop off some water. Offer to walk the picket line so they can get some time with their families. Thank you so much for your out pouring of support. It means a lot to the Members of CWA 1108. Here are our main picket locations:
If this strike continues we will be providing updates as to other possible actions where we can lend support. Thank you.
Thank you for a job well done.
You spoke up, your voice was heard and we won!
The NY State Legislature voted to approve a budget on Thursday, March 31st. Negotiations always require compromise and so we did not prevail on all fronts but thanks to the support of NYSUT members, both in-service and retiree, there were significant wins for education and retirees included in the 2016-17 budget.
Joan Perini of NYSUT has written a letter to all NYSUT member about the proposal for a New York State Constitutional Convention and what it would mean to NYSUT members. She states:
We need to understand what is at stake and what you can do to help. For one thing, let your fellow retirees know about the plans for a 2017 convention and what the proposed changes would mean to them. A good example of a negative issue that could be raised has to do with pension rights. Currently it states that once hired as a public employee and told your pension rights, your pension can never be diminished or impaired. Revocation of this right would be a serious loss to all public employees.
Read the complete letter here Constitutional_Convention