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Do NOT throw out any mailings from either CMS or ConnectiCare, these mailings have information concerning any HEP Status requirements.

On Friday November 1st, the Seattle Times published an article that discusses the issues UW English Language Faculty is facing in the struggle for a fair contract with the UW. The Seattle Times also reported that the Seattle Mayor and five Washington state legislators have "urged UW to settle labor dispute" with the English Language Faculty.

In a letter addressed to UW President Young and the UW Board of Regents, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn urged the UW to complete negotiations with the UW English Language Faculty "in a way that recognizes the contributions they make to the University, to the students they serve, and to the broader community."

(Features EA Vice-President Montserrat Garibay)

Monthly Meetings are held at 4:00 pm at the County Schools Office, room 217.

• November 6, 2013
• January 8, 2014
• March 12, 2014
• May 14, 2014 (if needed)

Please attend all meetings.  We need you!

50 leaders from 21 OFT Locals attended the Local Leaders Conference on September 20 and 21 at Kalahari Convention Center in Sandusky, OH.

The highlight of Friday evening was a visit from the Democratic candidate for Governor, Ed Fitzgerald.  He shared his background and his concerns; local leaders asked questions of him.

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Thank you to those who participated in our survey. To view the results, click on this LINK.

By Richard Kahlenberg and Moshe Marvit 

The New York Times Opinion
Feb. 29, 2012

From the 1940s to the 1970s, organized labor helped build a middle-class democracy in the United States. The postwar period was as successful as it was because of unions, which helped enact progressive social legislation from the Civil Rights Act to Medicare. Since then, union representation of American workers has fallen, in tandem with the percentage of income going to the middle class. Broadly shared prosperity has been replaced by winner-take-all plutocracy. MORE