Legislative Update: Week 4
AFL/CIO Legislative Update from Week 4 of the Legislative Session
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News & Updates
15% AT&T Discount through Union Plus
Savings, solidarity and sweepstakes for you and your members! Union Plus is thanking union families and leaders like you who’ve supported the 15% AT&T Discount through Union Plus* and some 150,000 union workers employed at AT&T by holding the Union Plus Wireless Discount Program Holiday Sweepstakes. Five lucky union members will win $250-and the winners’
Read moreEnough is Enough: Get On the Bus!
On January 14, 2016 FEA is planning a statewide rally in Tallahassee. USEP will be asking USEP members to join with other FEA members, parents, and community leaders from across the state in the courtyard of the Capitol to rally with a unified voice to make a difference and take back our public schools. Had
Read moreAFL-CIO National Survey of Working Women
Sisters and Brothers: I hope to encourage all Sisters of the Florida Labor Movement and Working Women from all sectors to take the National Survey of Working Women. The results will assist to guide specific issues and policies of the AFL-CIO in the future. It’s been over five years since our federation asked working women about their
Read more2016 Union Plus® Scholarship Program
The 2016 online scholarship application is now open. For information go to https://www.unionplus.org/college-education-financing/union-plus-scholarship Application deadline:  12:00pm (noon, Eastern Time), Saturday, January 31, 2016. Since 1992, the Union Plus Scholarship Program has awarded more than $3.7 million to students of union families. Over 2,500 union families have benefited from our commitment to higher education. This program is offered
Read moreRatification Voting Results
With a majority of teacher and school related personnel (SRP) casting ballots, the United School Employees of Pasco received a stamp of approval on the most recently negotiated contracts with the District School Board of Pasco County. On Thursday, September 17, 2015 the USEP Election Committee counted the ballots tonight at the United School Employees
Read moreCelebrating Our History: The Statewide Teacher Walkout of 1968
In 1968, teachers and other school personnel went on strike to protest low pay and benefits as well as a large surge in student enrollment with very little funding approved for hiring additional personnel and building new schools. After then-governor Claude Kirk vetoed legislation which would have increased school funding, teachers and school personnel
Read moreBargaining Update: Teacher Evaluations
Though both the USEP and District bargaining teams are eager to reach a settlement ahead of the beginning of the school year, there are a number of things remaining to be addressed. Among them: economics, several language proposals and (one critical sticking point for the instructional contract) teacher evaluations. The District’s proposed changes to the
Read moreWhat you should know about the Best and Brightest Teacher Scholarship Program
The budget passed by the Florida Legislature and signed by Governor Scott last month left many Floridians scratching their heads, but a particular line-item that funds bonuses for teachers with high test scores has been especially puzzling. The line item establishes Florida’s Best and Brightest Teacher Scholarship Program, and we’ve received a number of questions from
Read moreBargaining Update: District Teams Pass Economic Proposals to USEP
Contract negotiations for the 2015-2016 school year moved forward this week as the District offered its initial “Economic Proposal†to both the SRP and Instructional Bargaining Teams. “The District’s initial proposal to provide an “average” of 3% to employees is a positive start, 4% would be good, and 5% would move towards getting our employees
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