Please come to our Spring Membership Meeting, Monday April 18, 3:30 to 4:30 pm in Room 2925.

We are meeting with a short but important agenda:

• Nominations will be taken to serve as next year’s representatives on the union’s Executive Board—as well as nominees for delegates to the Martin Luther King County Labor Council (MLKLC) and for the AFT National Convention.
• Kira Wennstrom, our lead negotiator, will provide you with an update about our bargaining process and we will explain how you can help support our bargaining team through participation in issue focus groups.
• Additional announcements and updates—like a save-the-date for an upcoming thank-you reception for our associate faculty, plus a few other items.

NEWS RELEASE

April 14, 2016                     For immediate Release

Contact: Sylvia Watson, AFT Washington, 206-261-3603 (c); 206-432-8084

Green River College Employees Evaluate the President's Performance

The faculty at Green River College today released a report detailing results of their own campus-wide performance review of President Eileen Ely. In the absence of what they would consider any meaningful evaluation of the President by the Board of Trustees, the faculty union provided all employees at the college the chance to assess her performance. Their goal was to show the President and the Board of Trustees a more comprehensive picture of her management style from the perspective of those she leads. [read full story]

Join the fight for Detroit kids rally in Lansing for Education.

The fight continues in Lansing. Join all Detroit Public School staff, parents, students and community for a rally in Lansing.  We will continue our fight urging lawmakers to ensure that every child attends a safe, healthy and welcoming neighborhood public school where staff and students are supported and respected. 

I urge all members of Local 2350 to come out and show your support.  This affects all of us!  School Service Assisants, Food Service Staff, Noon Hour Aides, School Culture Facilitators, Early Childhood Staff, and Family Case Techicians.

Join the Fight

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Michigan State Capitol

1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Bus transportation will be provided.

Bus pick up time: 11:30 a.m. at five locations

Northwest Activities Center, 181 Meyers, 48235

Samaritan Center, 5555 Conner St, 48213

Second Ebenezer Church, 14601 Dequindre, 48212

Fellowship Chapel, 7707 W. Outer Drive, 48235

Perfecting Church, 17950 Van Dyke, 48234

Tell the Board to bargain a fair contract

-April 11, 2016
The Governor was intent on reducing the workforce through layoffs.  He offered no level of compromise or any way to avoid them; this is what he intended to do.   Layoff notices have been going out at DCF, DMHAS, and DOC and there may be more to come.

If you recieve a notice of layoff or are notified that you have been bumped/displaced please review the attached document (some of the links in the document may need to be updated)

PERTH AMBOY - Members of the Perth Amboy Federation, the union representing teachers and other district employees, are upset about the lack of a new contract.

A large group of union members demonstrated about the slow pace of contract negotiations Thursday outside Perth Amboy High School before the start of the Board of Education meeting.

-April 7, 2016
In the first salvo of what is likely to be a much more extensive round of layoffs, the Department of Corrections announced that 147 employees at DOC are to be laid off.  Per Commissioner Semple: “Today, it is my duty to inform you that our agency’s savings plan has been approved. I regret to inform you that 147 Department of Correction employees are to be laid off.” 

Although layoff notices have yet to be issued, impacted DOC employees can expect to receive official notices by mid-April.