Raritan Valley Community College Support Staff Federation [Local 4143]

In defense of public education

Randi Weingarten and NYC teacher Tamara Simpson

Attacks on public education in America by extremists and culture-war peddling politicians have reached new heights (“lows” may be more apt), but they are not new. The difference today is that the attacks are intended not just to undermine public education but to destroy it.

RVCCSSF Current Constitution

Please click here to download the current RVCCSSF Constitution.

Negotiations Update

You may have heard that we need to conduct another ratification vote. This is true. In fact, we are currently waiting for a Memoradum of Agreement from the College attorney to present to you for ratification. We were not in receipt of the MOA at the time of the recent meeting which was held for this purpose. To ensure that you have all the information you need to make an informed choice, we intend to share the details of the MOA as soon as we can reschedule the meeting. To that end, we will notify you of the time and place of ratification as soon as the document is received and reviewed

Update from your Negotiating Team - March 2013

As of March 12, 2013, we are communicating with Administration regarding upcoming negotiations. We have requested that they provide us with some potential bargaining dates as per our contract.

As soon as we have set those dates, we will announce them on this website and thereafter will keep you posted as to the progress or lack thereof at the bargaining table.

AFTNJ Superstorm Sandy Fund

A fund has been established in partnership with the AFT Disaster Relief Fund to assist AFTNJ members and retirees suffering losses from the storm and its aftermath. The fund is part of the union’s tradition of solidarity with members overtaken by natural or man-made catastrophes.

The fund will provide some relief— $250 per member household—to help members meet their immediate essential needs for this disaster. While we know it will not help members pay the lion share of the bills incurred by the catastrophic loss, it serves as a token to show that our union stands together.

Procedures for

Letter from the Acting Local President & Secretary - August 2012

August 29, 2012

Dear AFT Member:

Subject: Proposed Changes to the RVCC Support Staff Federation Constitution/September AFT Meetings

As the Fall 2012 semester at Raritan Valley Community College begins, the AFT Support Staff Federation executive team would like to thank you for all that you do, especially at this busy time of the school year, to keep RVCC running smoothly and help students successfully adapt to college life and activities. You are the glue that holds RVCC together, often behind the scenes, and we want you to know how much we appreciate each of you and value your contribution to the RVCC community.

There have been many changes at the college over the past few months; partly in response to these we have closely examined the Classified Staff Constitution and proposed a number of changes to update it.

On Wednesday, September 5, from 12:30 to 1 pm and 1 to 1:30 pm in the Atrium there will be a Classified Support Staff membership meeting to discuss the changes to the constitution. Then on Tuesday, September 11, again from 12:30 to 1 pm and 1 to 1:30 pm in Conference Center Room 101 there will be a second membership meeting when we will vote on the constitution, introduce the Chair of the Elections Committee, and open the floor to nominations for officers. On a date TBA (probably the following week) results of the constitution vote will be announced and a secret election of officers will be held in accordance with the RVCC AFT Classified Support Staff constitutional guidelines.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Donna Gero or Allison Gill. Once again, thank you for your hard work on the behalf of the RVCC community, and we wish you a very happy Labor Day!

Sincerely,

Donna Gero, Acting President, and Allison Gill, Secretary – AFT Classified Support Staff Union

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