Local 3432, Willamette Valley Child Care Federation is a union representing child care employees at Fruit and Flower Day Care in Portland, Oregon. We are a local affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers in Oregon.

Standford University conducted the first comprehensive study of charter school performance and the results are not good for charter school advocates.  Charter schools are not producing academic gains beyond that which public schools are providing.   As it turns out charter schools have not proven to be the magic bulllet of reform that many had predicted.  Here is the entire report.

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Educate yourself with California's Family Leave Laws.  Don't assume that your employer is telling you the truth, as they may not know themselves..

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While every grievance begins as a complaint, all complaints do not become grievances.  In order to know what complaints can be processed as grievances, you will need to refer to the collective bargaining agreement between the County College of Morris Board of Trustees and the Academic Administrative Personnel Federation of County College of Morris, Local 3983.  As you will see on the beginning of page 31 of the contract, the definition of a grievance is an alleged misinterpretation, misapplication or express violation of the collective bargaining agreement.  (Exclusions are also listed on page 31).

The purpose of the grievance procedure is to...

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We are very thankful for the generous contributions of door prizes from the following area businesses:

Adams Fairacre Farms (Kingston, Poughkeepsie, and Newburgh) -- $35 gift certificate

American Cleaners -- $20 gift certificate

Inquiring Minds Bookstore  (New Paltz and Saugerties) -- $20 gift certificate

Mountain View Gardens (Port Ewen) -- beautiful chrysanthemum

New Paltz Golf Course -- golf for four, including fees and carts

Ulster Savings Bank -- book about the Hudson River

We can change direction on state employee pay and benefits - but in order to do so we must come together as a group and stand up for our professions and our work.  Other state workers are represented on Governor Beshear's Employee Advisory Council - but no one is there to represent state professionals.   

Go to the article to take the SPK survey and help create a voice for Kentucky state professionals. 

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