Jetta Williams has been an RN at Western Maryland Hospital Center (WMHC) for two years, and has been a member of AFT Healthcare-Maryland for the last four months. Jetta said that “other members kept on asking me to join and a lot of people were doing it, too.
Jetta Williams has been an RN at Western Maryland Hospital Center (WMHC) for two years, and has been a member of AFT Healthcare-Maryland for the last four months. Jetta said that “other members kept on asking me to join and a lot of people were doing it, too.
On Wednesday, May 19, 2016, the NTU held our 18th Annual Hall of Fame Dinner. It was our most successful Hall of Fame Dinner yet! We had close to 300 attendees and raised $50,000 for scholarships for our members, their children, and the students of Newark!
For the first time, we also had the NTU Member Recognition Awards, where 14 members were recognized for their contributions to Newark's students, school staff, and community.
And we inducted Thomasina Lemon into the NTU Hall of Fame!
On May 18, 2016, MCEA attended the annual Employee Appreciation Day in Carroll County. The event paid tribute to the Carroll County Government employees who, through their labor and dedication, keep the County moving, 24/7.
There is only one bargaining agent within the St. Louis Public Schools for several categories of employees. Teachers cannot be represented by MNEA or MSTA in negotiaions, grievances or any other areas covered by agreement between SLPS and AFT St. Louis, Local 420. AFT is the only entitry that can represent anyone in the bargaining units. Teachers, Social Wokers, Counselors, Paraprofessionals, Teaching Assitants, ICAs, Safety Officers are all AFT. MSTA has no legal standing in St. Louis Public Schools.
AFT’s Mobile Toolkit for Worksite Leaders gives affiliates the ability to provide building representatives and other identified activists with appropriate-level access to selected data on members and potential members. The application can be used to record conversations with colleagues, capture attitudes and opinions on important local or state issues and to update critical contact information, such as cell phone numbers and non-work emails. The application will run on any smart phone, tablet or computer. Best of all, a corresponding application gives local affiliates complete control in setting up and managing worksite leader accounts.
For more information on the Mobile Toolkit for Worksite Leaders, visit www.aft.org/MEmaterials to watch a short eight minute video. If you would like Mobile Toolkit for Worksite Leaders for your local, please contact Larry Doyle at ldoyle@aft.org.
A host of invested parties and stakeholders went west to participate in a national community schools conference. The conference highlighted the work community schools in Baltimore as well as others across the nation have been doing. AFT-Maryland and the Baltimore Teachers Union have been on the front lines of advancing the Community School Strategy across the State of Maryland.
Our nurses at the Ohio State University Medical Center are in a tough contract fight and could use your help. I am writing a short note to the local leaders in hopes that you will all lend some help by signing on and also pushing out a Move On petition to members.
by Mary Consoli
Nurses and hospital staff were pleased to learn that the U.S Government Accountability Office (GAO) has studied the impact of workplace violence on healthcare workers. The preponderance of data is substantiated; and while workplace violence in healthcare settings is recognized, it is still not regulated.
