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Speaking at the National Press Club on Nov. 17, AFT president Randi Weingarten outlined both provocative and proven approaches to improve public education and thereby make a long-term investment in the country's lagging economy.
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Citing President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden's "powerful promise of hope and their sound solutions to the country's most vexing problems" as the keys that helped them win the nation's trust and confidence, AFT president Randi Weingarten congratulated the winning candidates on their extraordinary Nov. 4 election victory. |
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AFT Disaster Relief Fund
AFT Members Need Your Help
Members from Texas to Ohio have been affected by the recent hurricanes. Please consider donating to the AFT Disaster Relief Fund.
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Taking a long tradition of union-led education reform to a new level, the AFT on Sept. 11 announced the creation of the AFT Innovation Fund, a groundbreaking initiative to be funded by the union and philanthropies to support sustainable, innovative and collaborative reform projects developed by members to strengthen our public schools.
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A new national TV ad campaign launched on Labor Day highlights the critical issues facing America's struggling middle class. The ads—produced by American Rights at Work—are part of a coordinated effort among labor unions, workers' rights advocates and other groups to build on broad public support for the Employee Free Choice Act as a way to help create better jobs. Get more information and sign the online petition.
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West Virginia's independent union of more than 7,800 school service personnel has affiliated with the AFT and AFT-West Virginia. The two state organizations together represent about 15,000 workers, and, if approved by AFT's executive council in September, the agreement will make the AFT the largest union in West Virginia.
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APPLICATIONS DUE: SEPTEMBER 2
INFORMATION SESSION: AUGUST 21 at 5:00 JHU Education Building 2800 N. Charles Street (see below for details) |
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Sign up now for Spring 2009 classes at Coppin! |
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BTU Scores Victory for OT and PT Professionals I'm pleased to announce that BTU, in cooperation with AFT-Maryland, the Maryland State Teachers Association, and the National Education Association, has scored an impressive victory for Occupational and Physical Therapists, our fellow members of teacher bargaining units! The Maryland State Board of Education proposed the repeal of the regulation that requires Occupational and Physical Therapists to be fully licensed as teachers. That proposed change would have cost these professionals the right to collective bargaining, tenure rights, and the due process protections provided under existing law. BTU joined with other organizations to oppose this change, voicing its opposition to the Maryland State Board of Education's Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board. In just a few weeks, more than 2,000 e-mails, letters, and other forms of correspondence flooded the Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board, stating opposition to the proposal. In the face of opposition by BTU and other Unions, the Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board, on July 7, 2008, voted to withdraw the proposal. Our actions on behalf of Occupational and Physical Therapists, members of teaching bargaining units, demonstrate what Unions can do. We're proud to have lent our support to this effort! |
April 6-11, 2009 |
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Marietta English and others will interview school board candidates. |
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Delegates to the 2008 AFT convention elected a new slate of national officers on July 14 in Chicago, voting to install Randi Weingarten as president, Antonia Cortese as secretary-treasurer and Lorretta Johnson as executive vice president.
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These remarks, made during the July 1, 2008, United Steel Workers Convention, speak to all Union members! |
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Congratulations to the English/Johnson Slate! Here are the results of the May 14th BTU Internal Elections. |
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BTU provides the form required for participation in the Sick Bank program. |
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