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NTU Hall of Fame and Scholarship Dinner

Wednesday, May 8th 6 PM Holiday Inn 160 Frontage Rd Newark, NJ 07114

Union Plus Benefits

Through the AFT Plus/Union Plus program, Union members receive discounts on everything from car rentals to hotels to pet insurance. This is a terrific benefit that more people need to take advantage of.

NTU COPE

What's at stake for members and their families? Working families deserve effective representation in government. The first step is to elect people who will stand up for what's right. NTU COPE works to support candidates for local, state and national office who will fight for such important issues as:

2019-2020 Pay Dates

2019-2020 Pay dates: As per NPS, these are the pay dates for the 2019-2010 school year. Unless indicated, all pay checks are for ten (10) days.

Remember that all full-time staff are paid to the day, not a week behind. The “pay period” on top of staff’s check often creates confusion about that.

September 6, 2019 (9 days)
September 20, 2019
October 4, 2019
October 18, 2019
November 1, 2019
November 15, 2019
November 27, 2019
December 13, 2019
December 20, 2019
January 10, 2020
January 24, 2020
February 7, 2020
February 21, 2020
March 6, 2020
March 20, 2020
April 3, 2020
April 9, 2020
May 1, 2020
May 15, 2020
May 29

Education Roundtable with Phil Murphy

On Aug

ust 28, Gubernatorial Candidate Phil Murphy, Assemblywoman Sheila Y. Oliver, and AFT President Randi Weingarten came to the Newark Teachers Union to meet with NJ teachers to discuss their concerns.

NTU Vice Presidents Carmen Lopez Wolf and Gina Maillaro joined NTU President John Abeigon and Secretary/Treasurer Michael Iovino.

Student Debt forgiveness

Student Debt Clinics
www.aft.org/debtclinic

As a union, we are fighting to make college affordable to student debt manageable. We maintain www.forgivemystudentdebt.org as a resource for members who need to learn the language of free and underused federal programs that help many student loan borrowers lower their monthly payments, and in some cases, even have their debt forgiven.

Do the changes to the School Employees Health Benefits Plan Affect NTU Members? NO!

Yesterday, it was announced that there would be dramatic increases to school employee contributions for school staff covered under the School Employee Health Benefits Plan. Impacted employees will see their contributions go up by 13%, the largest increase in 5 years.

http://nj1015.com/healthcare-premiums-for-nj-teachers-to-increase-in-2018/

It is important to remember that last year, the NPS moved our benefits out of the School Employee Health Benefits Plan for a local AETNA plan. In addition, our negotiations team managed to negotiate a decrease in premium costs for NTU members. This sets us

NTU Update - August 11, 2017

1) 2017-2018 Pay dates: As per NPS, these are the pay dates for the 2017-2018 school year. Unless indicated, all pay checks are for ten (10) days. Remember that all full-time staff are paid to the day, not a week behind. The “pay period” on top of staff’s check often creates confusion about that.

September 8, 2017
September 22, 2017
October 6, 2017
October 20, 2017
November 3, 2017
November 17, 2017
December 1, 2017
December 15, 2017
December 21, 2017
January 12, 2018
January 26, 2018
February 9, 2018
February 23, 2018
March 9, 2018
March 23, 2018
April 6, 2018
April 20, 2018
May 4, 2018
May 18, 2018
June 1

NTU Update - August 4, 2017

Colleagues,

1) School Start Date - The school year for staff at non-Turnaround schools starts Monday, August 28. This was an unilateral decision made by the district, and unfortunately, the law is pretty clear that is their right. Start dates are NON-NEGOTIABLE under NJ state law. We have spoken to the district numerous times about the hardship this creates for many of our members, especially with the district’s late notice, but it has fallen on deaf ears.

Also remember that August 31 and September 5 are the day before and after a holiday, respectively. If a member is absent those days, he/she