On Wednesday, September 13^th, at 3:30 pm sharp, in front of Newark City Hall, Mayor Baraka will hold a press conference, open to the public, celebrating the return of local control to the Newark Public Schools after 22 years of state control. AFT National President Randi Weingarten will be among the speakers. The Weequahic High School band will play at 3:15 pm. Please come out to this very special event. So right after school do a drive through; lights on, horns honking, etc.

Colleagues,

1) SAVE THE DATES! With the transition back to local control, it is vital that NTU has a strong presence at the upcoming NPS Advisory Board Meetings. This fight is far from over!

Welcome back!!!

We hope your semester has gotten started with a minimum of craziness! There are a few things that AFT Part-time Faculty United would like to let you know about:

The American Federation of Teachers Local 212 at Milwaukee Area Technical College responded to President Trump’s decision to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that protects from deportation more than 800,000 young, undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children.

In an effort to help keep students safe, local teachers are distributing National Child Identification Kits to elementary and middle school students’ families.

Once more, we who are people of good will must resist the xenophobic policies of the President of the United States. His decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is President Trump doubling down on bad campaign rhetoric and turning it into harmful public policy. The nearly one million young people that this will affect nationwide are our friends, neighbors, colleagues, and union sisters and brothers.

The AFT-Maryland calls on our congressional representatives to   

Below you wil find the link to the 2017-2020 Union Contract. Click on the link ending in .pdf to view it. Printed contract books will be distributed when completed.

http://unit47.ct.aft.org/sites/default/files/article_pdf_files/2017-09/unit47-2017contract.pdf