August 10, 2016
Please see attached regarding Unilateral Implementation of revised Sick Leave Usage Policy.
August Union Meeting for Nurses
****Next Union meeting for nurses is on August 30, 2017 at 6pm, Cockeysville Library. All nurses are invited to attend!****
RC23 is please to present Joy Squires with NYSUT’s Community Service Award for 2017. Joy is a retired Elwood elementary school teacher and district elementary science coordinator. As an active teacher, Joy created an ecological laboratory and an elementary science lab in two elementary schools.
A Prince George’s County caseworker in the county’s Department of Social Services was terminated due to alleged negligent performance of her duties and being guilty of disreputable conduct. MCEA took her case before the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) in May, 2016.
The NMHU Faculty Association’s bargaining team reached agreement on the two articles we bargained this year. If successfully ratified by both the faculty and the Regents, we will have contracts ready for our signature at the start of Professional Development days! The two articles we agreed to bargain this year were salary (we bargain salary every year) and a small change in Article 14 Sabbaticals. If you remember, we signed an MOU with the administration that we would bargain a part of this article, to help ensure the fair and equitable treatment of all faculty on sabbatical. We will be sending the new language out in these two sections to our union members for ratification. Here is an overview:
· All bargaining unit members will receive a 1% increase in salary (this is the first raise we have received in a few years. Also, because the Legislature didn’t mandate a pay raise for this year, the administration wasn’t under any obligation to give us any adjustment.
· A paragraph was added clarifying what can and cannot be done during sabbatical. This language was drafted directly from the results of the faculty’s sabbatical survey last spring.
We will be sending the new language out for ratification to our members. Bargaining Team Members: Donna Woodford-Gormley (Chief), Ian Williamson, and Kathy Jenkins
A public service announcement for our members — If you do not already process a Lifetime America the Beautiful National Parks & Federal Recreational Lands Senior Pass now is the time to get one. The passes currently cost $10, but the price will increases to $80 on August 28. A new $20 annual Senior Pass will become available at the same time.
NYSUT Phone banks for the Constitutional Convention Vote No campaign will begin August 1st and will continue every Tuesday until Election Day. The location is the Suffolk Nysut office at 150 Motor Parkway , Hauppauge ( Third Floor). Hours are 10:30-1:30. Lunch will be provided.
