The Salem Teachers Union, and many members of our community, are deeply concerned about returning Salem's students back to the school buildings before the safest possible environment can be created. In the meantime, our district must create a robust remote learning plan to start the 2020-2021 school year and pay particular attention to engaging the students who were left behind during last Spring's school closures.

Please join us in requesting that the Mayor, School Committee, and Superintendent pursue a thoughtful and effective remote learning model for the beginning of the school year.

View a statement from the Salem Teachers Union here: STU Position

View a statement from the AFT-Massachusetts here: AFT-MA Statement

If you are a teleworker today and you are unable to work from home b/c you don't have power at home, please contact your supervisor before simply going into the office.  Most agencies do NOT want hordes of people descending upon the building on a single day.  If your supervisor gives you the green light to come into the office, then feel free to do so.  If you contact your supervisor then you should be considered "on-the-clock" until you get a determination.   Also, (although untested), we believe travel time to the agency would count as time worked.  If you wish to use a PL/Vac time, you s

Click Here for the Westbury Public School's Reentry Plan for the 2020-21 school year.

Parents, Students, Community Leaders and AFT Detroit issued the following statements and presented the list of demands during a press conference held on Tuesday, July 28.  Please click the links, Press Release -- Community Leaders, Labor, Parents and Students Come Together Demanding A Safe Return To School, and 

As of this moment, the COVID-19 bill that Mitch McConnell is poised to introduce will include the TRUST Act, a proposal championed by Mitt Romney to set up a fast-track commission to cut Social Security and Medicare.

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One of the disadvantages of the Pandemic is that we, your Executive Board, have not been able to conduct membership meetings on campus. Consequently, we have begun conducting the meetings via Zoom.  

In the past month, we conducted two Zoom membership meetings and were able to talk about the history of our bargaining unit along with the history of our negotiations as well as the current status including some of the problems we have been experiencing at the bargaining table.

The meetings also gave members an opportunity to ask questions and express concerns. We encourage members to participate in this way for now as we will be scheduling these meetings on a regular basis until the College resumes normal in-person operations.

The following is a link to an interesting article about adjunct faculty:

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/04/20/new-report-says-many-adjuncts-make-less-3500-course-and-25000-year

Recent improvements to the New Jersey unemployment benefits regarding adjunct faculty are outlined in the following links:

Unemployment Bill

New UI Law is a Victory for NJ's Adjuncts

CFT President Jeff Freitas dons an NFT tee to interview NFT President Mariah Fisher. Watch Upfront with CFT!