St. Tammany Federation of Teachers and School Employees

A yellow flyer was put in school mailboxes and mailed home to bus drivers with information about the upcoming contract ratification meeting.

The meeting to ratify the new contract of the St. Tammany Federation of Teachers and School Employees will be held in December. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and CDC guidelines, the meeting will have to be online. If you are a member and would like to be a part of the discussion and ratification, we need you to do one of the following: 1. Please go to the website to register at https://bit.ly/stftse_contract (please not, this link is case sensitive). OR

This week we conclude the second week in the ongoing Special Legislative Session, bringing us to nearly the half way point. Due to the oncoming Hurricane Delta, some meetings were moved up until earlier in the week, most notably both the House Education and Senate Education Committees conducted their weekly meetings at the same time on Wednesday morning. They both considered important legislation, but here are some of the highlights:

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.

Federation Members Vote to Ratify Agreement

Ratification Meeting Moved to Tuesday

Ratification Meeting for the new contract!

2nd Special Session: Week Two!

In defense of public education