Welcome St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES Federation Members

Happy New Year!! Welcome 2013..With the weather getting colder, make sure you bundle up!!  Just to keep you informed, we now have a total membership of 227. That is a large number to be representing. If you are a new member and have not turned in your paperwork ie: NYSUT enrollment form, Delta Dental ins. form and Davis Vision ins. form, please do so now as you are not covered for these insurances until I have received your paperwork and submitted it to those companies. I am waiting to hear on a date for mediation. As you are aware, we are no longer negotiating our contract with BOCES. We could not come to an agreement, therefore we will go to mediation. Our contract stays the same during this. I am sad to inform you that we lost one of our own. Theresa MacIntire passed away on Dec. 4th. My prayers and thoughts go out to her family.

MONTHLY UNION MEETING DATES

 February 14^{th                              Ogdensburg  3:15}

 May 16th                               Potsdam   3:15

WE WILL HAVE INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS IN BETWEEN,

At these meetings no Federation union business will be discussed

With funds for higher education on the chopping block, many of NYSUT’s higher education locals have stepped up VOTE-COPE efforts.  VOTE- COPE is strengthened when everyone gives!  May I suggest that you just contribute what you might spend on a specialty coffee for one week?  Advocacy is so important; we have to fight for our members, students, and for our future.  Please give to VOTE-COPE…