After the fall elections we, Schoharie Co., will no longer be part of the NY 21^st, represented by Democrat Paul Tonko.  We are being moved to Republican Chris Gibson’s 20^th , but being renamed the 19^th, because of the dissolution of Maurice Hinchey's district.  The new 19^th is actually less gerrymandered.  It comprises the Catskills and mid-Hudson region.  See map.  Gibson is shifting south and loosing his Saratoga county territory. Gibson’s district is shifting from Republican-leaning to a swing district.  Read on after the jump.

Left to right: Elizabeth Jordan (Vice President), Michele Blank (Secretary), Jessie Merritt (President), Madalyn Bick, Joanna McAvoy (Staff Rep)





Left to right: Jessie Merritt (President) & Elizabeth Jordan (Vice President)

Jessie Merritt (President)

Board refuses to extend teachers contract beyond June 30, leaving benefits and working conditions in limbo; hundreds of teachers and supporters object

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This has been a difficult year for government workers across the country, who are fighting uphill battles to hang on to their pensions and stable salaries — and it’s not over yet.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/public-workers-in-fiscal-political-bulls-eye/2012/06/07/gJQAJS9DMV_story.html

Reprint of 2011 article in light of current events

We are happy to announce that PERB ruled in favor of the Union's position for members of the IAPP and OTBS units. It is illegal for BUSD to deduct overpayments from wages owed to the district without the member's agreement. The California labor code now applies to recoupment of monies owed to the district. The member will need to agree to a voluntary repayment schedule. Former president Tim Donnelly worked hard on this for over four years. His efforts are appreciated!

For members of the OSS Unit, section 11.6 Overpayments and Payroll Errors still applies.

To read current finding of PERB, click on the following link.

Employer cannot insist to impasse on proposal that would violate employees' rights under California Labor Code, PERB finds.

Noah includes himself as one of those liberals “who spent too much time beating up unions,” as he told me recently. (He and I are both members of the informal Washington Monthly alumni society.) His thinking began to change in the early 1990s when he read “Which Side Are You On?” It is a powerful meditation on the difficulties unions face, written by Thomas Geoghegan, a Chicago labor lawyer. Researching “The Great Divergence” reinforced Noah’s growing view that when liberals turned their backs on unions — when they put, in his words, “identity politics over economic justice” — they made a terrible mistake. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/05/opinion/nocera-turning-our-backs-on-unions.html?src=me&ref=general

Members from Chapter 41 at University of North Dakota and Chapter 42 at North Dakota State University have competed for two months to see which group could recruit the most members in that time. At stake was $500 and the "NDPEA I-29 Traveling Coffee Mug Trophy."
Click here to find out who won, and what you can do to build on their success.

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