Colleagues,

1. Contract Update – A few weeks ago, the Newark Teachers Union and the Newark Public Schools announced that we had reached a tentative contract agreement. Since then, the NTU and NPS negotiations teams have been finalizing the language and salary guides in preparation for informational sessions with the Executive Board, Building Reps, membership and then a ratification vote. This is a tremendous amount of work, and we hope that we will be able to share more specific details of the agreement over the next few weeks. There will be plenty of time and opportunity to ask questions

Dear Brothers & Sisters:

As promised, please see the attached AFT resources for undocumented students and campus support. Again, share and use as you see fit to help our undocumented sisters and brothers.  Thank you. 

• Know Your Rights
• Know Your Rights - One Pager
• Sanctuary City Memo
• Sanctuary Campus Action Guide
• Resources for Sanctuary Campus

In Solidarity, 

John M Abeigon

President & Director of Organization

Newark Teachers Union, Local 481, AFT, AFL-CIO

Dear Colleagues,

Last year, the Newark Teachers Union recognized 14 members who were nominated by their peers to be recognized for their service for the students and community of Newark.  

Who are these members?  They’re the ones who when you’re putting up a bulletin board stop and help you cutting into their own lunch period. They’re the ones who ask staff centric questions at staff meetings and get away with it because they’re knowledgeable and respected by colleagues and administration alike.

They bring you a Snickers bar when you’re down and don’t bust your chops about why.  They offer to car

​Colleagues,

Colleagues,

Seton Hall Informational Meeting - Seton Hall University will be holding an Open House/Information Session for their next Executive M.A. & Ed.S Degree Program in Education Leadership, Management, and Policy on Monday, March 6, 2017 at 4:30pm at the NTU Offices at 1019 Broad Street, Newark.

For more information, see the attached flyer.

In Solidarity,  

Mike Maillaro

Director of Research and Communication

Newark Teachers Union

A new paper by EPI Research Associate Jeffrey Keefe finds that New Jersey’s public teachers are undercompensated, relative to similar workers in New Jersey...

http://www.epi.org/publication/new-jersey-public-school-teachers-are-underpaid-not-overpaid/

Some of his findings include:

• New Jersey public school teachers are in fact undercompensated, not overcompensated. Using regression analysis to control for level of education and other factors that affect pay, we find that public school teachers earn 16.8 percent less in weekly wages and 12.5 percent less in weekly total compensation (wages and