Week of January 2, 2023
Message from the President
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you had a great week of relaxation, family, and fun! We have a lot going on with Secretary and Paraeducator negotiations plus our regular Union business.
I wanted to let you know that I will be traveling for AFT work January 18th - January 27th. January 18th - 21st I will be in New York for a Community Schools Conference. I travel back to New Hampshire on the 21st to turnaround to return to New York on the 22nd for a Collective Bargaining Conference. I was scheduled to attend this conference in January 2022, but it was cancelled because of COVID. It's nice that it has been rescheduled, but I am sad because last year it was in Los Angeles, and this time it's in New York. Oh well.
I will have access to my email and phone while I am away, but my response time may be delayed. For immediate assistance, please contact the Union Office (603-888-7544) or Gary Hoffman (vicepresident@nashuatu.org) or one of the members of the Executive Board. Please remember that Executive Board is teaching all day, so there will be a delay in them getting back to you.
Negotiations Updates
Secretary Negotiations Update
The Secretary Negotiations Team declared impasse on December 21st. There will be a meeting for all members of the secretary's contract on Wednesday, January 11th at 4:30pm, Nashua High School North Lecture Hall, Room B166. The negotiating team will be on hand to discuss what impasse means, what's still on the table, and next steps. If you have any questions, please contact Adam (president@nashuatu.org).
Paraeducator Negotiations Update
New Survey on Negotiations
The Paraeducator membership present at the meeting on December 19th rejected the 3 year tentative agreement. The Paraeducator Negotiations Team has created a survey to get feedback and direction from the membership.
We are asking all paraeducators who are members of the NTU to complete this survey. To take the survey, please go to https://www.nashuatu.org/negotiations/unit-b-para-educators/2023-unit-b-paraeducator-negotiations-survey.
The survey is open January 2nd through January 20th. The Paraeducator Negotiations team will meet on January 30th to review the data. The data will be available to the membership after the 30th.
Testiomonials and Information about Secretaries
December 22, 2022
December 23, 2022
December 26, 2022
December 27, 2022
December 28, 2022
December 29, 2022
December 30, 2022
December 31, 2022
January 2, 2023
Have an idea for the Just for Fun section? Send it to Adam (president@nashuatu.org).
Vacation!
No surprises here - lots of people are excited about sleeping in and not having to set an alarm. I can't remember the last time I set my alarm. I have a built in alarm clock called 5-year-old Madelyn!
Some of you mentioned spending time skiing. Here's Madelyn and me skiing at Ragged Mountain last weekend.
Upcoming Events
- January 3rd
- School Reopens
- Executive Board, 4:00pm, via Zoom
- January 4th
- NTU President/Superintendent Meeting, 3:00pm, Central Office
- January 10th
- Board of Directors, 4:15pm, Nashua High School North
- January 11th
- NTU President/Superintendent Meeting, 3:00pm, Central Office
- Secretary Membership Meeting, 4:30opm, Nashua High School North
- January 12th
- NTU Member Listening Session, 3:00pm, Nashua High School South
- NTU Member Listening Session, 4:30pm, Nashua High School North
- January 16th
- No School - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- January 17th
- NTU Executive Board/Superintendent Meeting, 4:00pm, Central Office
- January 18th - January 27th
- Adam Traveling
