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A new report emphasizes the importance of a union contract for workers at every level, especially low-wage workers.
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A school-community partnership to reduce chronic absences among younger students could pay major achievement dividends down the road, a leading education researcher told AFT headquarters staff on May 13. "Chronic early absence" is a term used to describe any child in kindergarten through third grade who misses 10 percent (nearly a month) of school when excused and unexcused absences are combined. It can have lasting consequences, said Hedy Chang, who is manager of an Annie E. Casey Foundation-supported project that is investigating the problem.
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 The State Senate passed the Connecticut Healthcare Partnership bill (HB5536) we have been supporting. This important legislation allows the state employee health plan to be offered to municipalities, non-profits and small businesses.
It will provide a good plan, save local tax dollars and help us move towards quality, affordable health coverage for everyone in the state.
The bill has been sent to the Governor and she is hesitant to sign it
WE NEED CALLS AND E-MAILS to her office today!
Call Governor Rell at 860-566-4840 or click here to email Governor Rell.
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 AFT Connecticut's 61st Annual Business Convention will take place on Saturday, May 17, at the University of Connecticut Student Union at the Storrs Campus.
Be sure to register your local's delegates to the convention. |
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Over a period of just seven weeks, from Jan. 14-March 3, a total of 26,419 people took the online 2008 Health Care for America Survey sponsored by the AFL-CIO and Working America. Most are insured and employed. Most are college graduates. More than half are union members.
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More than 20,000 paraprofessionals and school-related personnel represented by the Oregon School Employees Association have voted to affiliate with the AFT, marking the largest affiliation of an independent union in AFT history.
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Members,
This is a copy of our current contract. If you need a hard copy, please contact your building steward and they will provide you with one. You must log in to The AFT website to view this publication.
Noel Wilson (CES Steward) |
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