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State Board "town hall" meetings on Gates Foundation Grant
The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges is hosting online "town hall" meetings to provide information and get feedback on the technology grant from the Gates Foundation to revise at least 80 core classes so that they can be offered on line in one curricular format. All "town hall" meetings will be online in Elluminate, will be recorded, and everyone (faculty, staff, students) is invited. No need to register – just show up!
Elluminate room for all meetings = https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008170&password=M.C7A995318FEB6835FACF207C4D4461
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As part of an ongoing evaluation, the labor community -- including AFT Washington -- has revised its candidate endorsement process through its COPE program. Our goal is to ensure that we are endorsing candidates for office who strongly support education and working-family issues. To that end, we have developed an endorsement matrix through which to rate candidates. One is for incumbents who are running for their position again and the other is for challengers.
AFT Washington is interested in getting your feedback. You can download the draft endorsement matrixes by clicking on the title above to get to the web page where they are located. |
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Now is the time to act for health-care reform! The AFT and AFT Washington strongly support healthcare reform that will guarantee high-quality, affordable healthcare for all. The U.S. House of Representatives' bill addresses these needs. H.R. 3200, will provide: Stability....You can't be denied coverage due to pre-existing conditions or your age. Choices....You can stay with your doctor or choose another one; and choose to keep your curret health insurance or switch to another one. Lower Costs....A government public option will help force private insurers to remain competitive and keep costs low. Please contact your senators and representative about reforming health care. Rising healthcare costs strain family budgets, burden businesses, and squeeze state and federal budgets. Click on the title to get talking points on health care reform and links to more information. |
 On June 22, President Obama announced a nationwide service initiative, United We Serve, which is the beginning of a sustained, collaborative and focused effort to meet community needs and make service a way of life for all Americans. |
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QuEST 2009 Highlights
Highlights from the recently concluded 2009 AFT QuEST conference in Washington, D.C., included AFT president Randi Weingarten's keynote address, a town hall meeting with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, a panel on community schools and remarks from U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis. Daily updates from the conference, as well as video highlights, can be found on the AFT's QuEST 2009 Web site.
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Shoreline Community College Local 1950 2008-2011 Contract |
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Every year the state legislature passes laws that have a tremendous impact on your salary, health care, retirement benefits, academic freedoms, and much more. Want to find out about what's going on? Sign up for our GetActive email!
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