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.
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:
On behalf of the NTU Executive Board and Staff, we want to wish you all a restful Winter Recess. It has already been a difficult year in many ways, and as always, our members wen above and beyond to meet those challenges. Just a few quick updates:
Contract Survey - We have received around 400 responses to our contract survey. Negotiations are supposed to begin formally in January, and we will be having a membership meeting to update you soon after. If there is one thing you do educationally during your break, FILL OUT THIS SURVEY!
It was brought to our attention that Aetna has increased our health insurance premiums by 17.85%. We are meeting with NPS and the other union heads tomorrow to discuss this untimely increase further. It is important to note that this it wasn't a negotiated or negotiable change. In fact, we warned the then state-operated school board and Superintendent about Aetna in 2016 (see below emails). Short term savings were promised, but as we said at the time, "we hesitate to trust any claim [being] made by the district [about this change]."
The district's choice of providers and what premiums they
Please note that this litigation was aimed specifically at the strongest Teacher's Union in New Jersey, the Newark Teachers Union and we won! Your seniority has been secured!
There are five major fines, lawsuits and federal investigations from previous administrations that could soon drain millions of dollars from the school district’s budget, according to Newark Public Schools Superintendent Roger León.
One fine alone that has gone unpaid for three years could cost $48 million -- at a minimum.
