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The Tentative Agreement 2019-23: Two More Information Sessions Scheduled for This Week
The Tentative Agreement TAUP signed on 11/25 has been unanimously approved by both the Negotiating Team and the Executive Committee. The agreement, if ratified, would cover all members of the bargaining unit, whether you are a dues-paying members or not. The next step is for dues-paying members to vote on ratifying it.
A ballot has been sent out via e-mail to all dues-paying members, if you have not received a ballot please contact taupballot@gmail.com.
Voting will take place online until noon on 12/13. Every voter will be given a unique ID associated with their email address. You can vote only if you are a dues-paying union member, click here to stand with your colleagues and join the union.
We are hosting two more meetings before the voting deadline to discuss the tentative agreement; all members of the bargaining unit are welcome to attend:
- T 12/10: 12-2 p.m., Ritter Hall- Walk Auditorium
- W 12/11: 4-6 p.m., Ritter Hall- Walk Auditorium
RSVP here.
Join the union today to be eligible to vote.
TAUP Midterm Elections Brief How You Can Make a Difference, Day 3
Day 3: Our Endorsed Candidates
As we wrote in our previous e-bulletins, you can get involved in the upcoming elections by helping to register others to vote (and to make sure you’re registered) . You can donate to our Committee on Political Education (COPE) fund to fund endorsements ;the COPE Fund is kept separate from dues.
Today, we would like you to consider working directly on behalf of candidates who have shown that they support strong public institutions, education (including higher education), labor unions and workers. Here are the four candidates TAUP’s COPE has endorsed after extensive interviews, all of them candidates for Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives. Clicking on their names will take you to opportunities to assist their campaigns:
Andrew Dixon PA-29 (Warminster)
Joe Hohenstein PA-177 (Northeast Philadelphia)
Malcolm Kenyatta PA-181 (North-central Philadelphia; Temple’s district)
Chris Rabb PA-200 (Northwest Philadelphia)
Joe Hohenstein, an immigration lawyer who taught part-time for Temple’s Beasley School of Law, is in a tight race. His full-throated defense of labor rights can be seen in this recently published op-ed. We want to bring to your attention an upcoming event where you can write postcards on his behalf in Center City, October 3, 4:30-6:30. RSVP for address: protectelectphilly@gmail.com.
We also want to let you know about endorsements in important state-wide and Philadelphia-area contests made by AFT-Pennsylvania, our state affiliate:
Bob Casey, U. S. Senate
Tom Wolf, Governor
Scott Wallace, US House District 1 (Bucks)
Note: AFT-sponsored Meet and Greet, 10/7 6:30 p.m. 147 Woodbourne Road Langhorne, PA; RSVP: gen@scottwallacepa.com
Madeleine Dean, US House District 4 (Montgomery and Berks)
Mary Gay Scanlon, US House District 5 (Delaware and Philadelphia)
Tina Davis, PA Senate 6 (Bucks)
Steve Santarsiero, PA Senate 10 (Bucks)
Maria Collett, PA Senate 12 (Montgomery and Bucks)
Helen Tai ,PA House 178 (Bucks)
We hope that you will choose to help at least one of these TAUP-endorsed and AFTPA-endorsed candidates! We will also be opening a link on our website where we will list ways for you to get involved.
There are only 46 days left till November 6th. Register. . . Donate . . . Volunteer! Our collective futures depend upon it!