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May 7, 2018 - Bow, NH

If you have seen the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, you must recall the early scene in the squalid, plague-stricken village.  As the cartman walks through calling on villagers to “Bring out your dead,” we see an elderly and ill man trying to get away.  “I’m not dead,” but “He will be soon, he’s very ill.”  It ends of course with the poor man knocked over the head, tossed into the cart and everyone else walking away satisfied.

SB 193 is sort of like the ill, plague-stricken man in the Holy Grail.  Twice last week, the House voted narrowly to refer the bill to interim study, essentially killing the bill but giving the Finance Committee an opportunity to study the finances of the system of education savings accounts (the end-around for trying to avoid constitutional issues tied up with vouchers).  Yet late on Thursday night, when the Senate took up its final bill for the session, Republicans attached the original version of SB 193 to another bill and sent it back to the House for consideration.  So, it lives on.

Now that you are retired and want to do some short call substitute teaching, do you need to renew your current active license?  No.

What do I need to do get a license for short call substitute teaching?  Apply for a Lifetime Short Call Substitute Teaching License with the following steps: 

Department of Education Calls for Public Input to Inform New Jersey's Next Generation of Statewide Assessments

Police respond to emergency situation at Lordstown High School - Similar intrusions reported in school buildings and teachers union offices across the state, from Georgetown to Cleveland and Lordstown to Cincinnati

Below are the SSEU Officers as of July 1, 2018. Please join us in welcoming them!

President: David Hayes

Executive Vice President: Mark Kolakowski

Vice President: Steve Fisher

Secretary: Stacey Revette

Treasurer: Kathleen Cantrell

Executive Committee: Bart Grimsley, Deb Saturno, Tiffeny Scott, Barb Smith

May 1, 2018 -- A new Executive Council was elected at WPEC's annual convention on April 21, 2018.  

Jeff Richter, President

Dave Teske, Recording Secretary

John Widdecombe, Member at-large

Jamie McCarville, Member at-large

Ed Berry, Member at-large

Wayne Mertens, Member at-large

May 2, 2018 -- The Wisconsin Coalition of Annuitants (WCOA) will hold its annual conference on Friday, May 11, 2018, at the American Family Center, Building A, 6000 American Family Parkway, Madison.  Speakers will include Rick Smirl, the new Executive Director of SWIB, Robert Conlin, Secretary of ETF and Jeffrey Matthias of Madison Investments.  Former Governor Martin Schreiber will give a presentation on lessons learned during his 10 year journey as a caretaker for someone with Alzheimer's.  

All WRS annuitants and active members are invited.  

WCOA Flyer

The most common complaint that is shared with us concerning the work environment is the amount of stress at the workplace.

Statement on May Day from AFT-Maryland President Marietta English

On this day, AFT-Maryland reflects on the many contributions organized labor has made in this nation and across the world. We remember the sacrifices made by so many women and men to ensure workers have fair wages and decent working conditions.

We also remember...