Contact Your State Representative: Oppose Mandate Waivers

The Pennsylvania House may consider a bill  as early as next week that would allow school districts, intermediate units, charter and cyber charter schools and area vocational-technical schools to seek waivers from many of the protections contained in the Public School Code.Please contact your state representatives and tell them to oppose mandate "relief" (House Bill 135). 

Click here to send a letter now to your PA state representative.

Click here to read AFTPA's Talking Points on mandate waivers/relief.

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Protect Our Pensions: Contact Your PA Legislator

In spite of mounting evidence exposing serious flaws in PA's  pension "reform" proposals, politicians are still pushing plans that would increase costs to taxpayers and undermine retirement security for hard-working school and public employees.

Don't let the legislature weaken PSERS and SERS with their reckless schemes. Tell your state representative and senator to protect teacher and public-sector pensions.

 

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New Media Charter Faculty OKs Union Representation

Teachers and counselors at New Media Technology Charter School voted 26-3 for representation by the Alliance of Charter School Employees, Local 6056, an AFT Pennsylvania affiliate. New Media’s union vote is the first charter school in Pennsylvania to be conducted according to private-sector labor law and overseen by the National Labor Relations Board.

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