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Pictures of February 17's Walk In

NTU in the News - February 3, 2016

In the February 3 issue of Politifax, NTU was named one of their winners of the week for our victory over the Superintedent's unilateral attempt to change our prescription plan!

Time to shed some light on corporate-backed charters

As these charters have grown, banks and corporations have developed ways, and found alternative credit routes, to provide capital to charter schools at favorable rates. What are these rates? And what are they funding? Have taxpayers and state legislators had an opportunity to review these credit applications?

Prescription Update - January 29 - VICTORY!!

WE WON! The judge has issued an injunction and a Temporary Restraining Order against Superintendent’s Cerf unilateral attempts to change our Prescription Plan. You may continue to use your current GPP Rx Card. Details to follow!

Seton Hall Open House - Tuesday, February 23

Dear Educator,

Seton Hall University will be holding an Open House/Information Session for our next Executive M.A. & Ed.S Degree Program in Education Leadership, Management, and Policy on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at 4:30pm at the NTU Offices at 1019 Broad Street, Newark.

Our program will enable you to work towards a Supervisor, Principal, and Superintendent certifications through a nationally acclaimed leadership program.

This cohort program is being offered in Newark at a special discount as a result of the partnership between NTU and Seton Hall University.

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Educational Resource Center CLOSED until Monday, February 1

The NTU Resource Center will be closed until Monday, February 1, 2016. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Prescription Update - January 20

Rx UPDATE 1/20...As you may be aware, the Newark Public Schools has attempted to unilaterally change the prescription benefits provider for the Supplemental Fringe Benefits Fund from GPP to Benecard effective February 1, 2016. As a result, the Union and the Union Trustees for the SFB have filed a lawsuit against the Newark Public Schools and the NPS Trustees for the SFB Fund seeking to, among other things, restrain them from imposing this change in prescription benefits providers on the Union and its members. The Union and the Union Trustees for the SFB Fund firmly believe that the NPS has

Two more huge tenure victories for the NTU!

We received two more huge tenure victories!

Ratiba Ahmed

Michael Wilson

To All NTU and CASA Members: All workers and their families are under attack!

Dear Colleagues,

Across the country, the working class has been under attack from a concentrated effort to strip away their legally-guaranteed protections. In New Jersey, educators have been a constant target of the Governor. Nowhere has this been more apparent than in Newark and the other state-controlled school districts.

Over the Winter Break, the Governor’s hand-picked Superintendent Christopher Cerf unleashed his latest attacks against educators. For CASA members, Superintendent Cerf has refused to negotiate a contract in good faith, and he announced that he was going to unilaterally

Seton Hall - Education Leadership, Management, and Policy Open House/Information Session

Dear Educator,

Seton Hall University will be holding at Open House/Information Session for our next Executive M.A. & Ed.S Degree Programs in Education Leadership, Management, and Policy on Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 4:30pm at the NTU Offices at 1019 Broad Street, Newark.

Our program will enable you to work towards a Supervisor, Principal, and Superintendent certifications through a nationally acclaimed leadership program. This cohort program is being offered in Newark at a special discount as a result of the partnership between NTU and Seton Hall University.

Many NTU members have