Elections will be held
April 16th - April 18th Virtually
All eligible NTU members must register to vote (even if you registered in 2023) by March 22, 2024.
Click here for Voter Registration
Eligible members who register to vote will receive an email on April 16th from notice@ballpoint.com on how to vote (check your SPAM or JUNK).
The following Executive Board positions are up for election:
President
Secretary
Member-At-Large (1)
If you are interested in running for an Executive Board position, you must submit a Candidate Profile Sheet to the NTU office no later than NOON on March 22, 2024.
Elections for Representative on the Board of Directors (also eligible for convention delegate to the AFT-NH and/or AFL-CIO Conventions) will also be held. If you are interested in representing your School or Unit on the Board of Directors, please submit your name only (no profile required) to Terry Freeman at the NTU via email at freemant@nashuatu.org no later than NOON on March 22, 2024.
All eligible NTU members must register to vote (even if you registered in 2023) by March 22, 2024.
Click here for Voter Registration
Eligible members who register to vote will receive an email on April 16th from notice@ballpoint.com on how to vote (check your SPAM or JUNK).
If you have issues and have not received a ballot, please contract Terry Freeman (freemant@nashuatu.org) or call the Union Office (603-888-7544).
There will be a sidebar question on the ballot in April
All eligible NTU members must register to vote (even if you registered in 2023) by March 22, 2024
Click here for Voter Registration
Eligible members who register to vote will receive an email on April 16th from notice@ballotpoint.com on how to vote (check your SPAM or JUNK).
If you have issues and have not received a ballot, please contract Terry Freeman (freemant@nashuatu.org) or call the Union Office (603-888-7544)
In conjunction with the Teachers' Negotiations Team, the Teachers' Sick Bank Committee, the Paraeducator Negotiations Team, the Paraeducator Sick Bank Committee, the Secretaries Negotiations Team, the Secretaries Sick Bank Committee, the Executive Board, and the Board of Directors, there will be a ballot question to amend Article 6:2 Sick Bank in all three contracts.
The proposed language changes are available (to the left) by unit. The changes/added language are in red while language being removed is struck out.
Each unit will vote of the proposed changes. If approved by the unit, the language will go to the Board of Education. This will be done on a unit by unit basis meaning that if the teachers and paraeducators approve the changes, but the secretaries do not, the language for the teachers and the paraeducators will still go to the Board of Education. The secretaries language would effectively die and could be revisited when we go to negotiate that contract in 2026.
The Changes:
Moving from an opt-in to an opt-out
If approved, you will automatically be enrolled in the sick leave bank unless you opt out
Notice will be sent out to the membership by September 1st
The sick leave bank can't have more than two times or greater than the number of members (for example: 1000 teachers means than can be no more than 2000 days in the sick bank).
The district will be providing a balance of the Sick Leave Bank quarterly
Replenishments can happen at other times, but needs to be agreed to by the Union and the District
Special replenishments can happen allowing members to contribute multiple days upon mutual agreement of the Union and the District; this special replenishment shall not impact a member's membership in the Sick Leave Bank
HAPPENING TOMORROW!!!
As a reminder, in the new Secretaries contract, secretaries started getting paid for their lunch. They went from 7.5 hours per day to 7.75 hours per day. In the final year of the contract, secretaries will be paid 8 hours per day. The accruals, listed as days in the contract (both days and hours for sick time), are converted to hours as they can be used in hourly increments. The accruals were updated for July 1st reflect the days based on 7.5 hours and not 7.75 hours. The district has not agreed to adjust the accruals, thus the grievance.
Freedom to Read
Next week the full House will be voting a series of bills including HB 1311, a bill coined the “Freedom to Read” that would appropriately set standards and policies for school boards to examine whether materials that are in schools libraries are appropriate for students. Unlike some bills we have already seen this year that would ban books in schools, this bill requires school boards to make policies and require a reconsideration policy on any decision made that is based on community standards. That is the appropriate constitutional test to consider when evaluating a work as a whole, not only a selected passage or illustration, to decide whether it should remain in a school library collection or be removed. It also ensures that books are not banned just because they may be written by or talk about LGBTQ people or people of color. You can read AFT-NH testimony in support of this bill HERE.
ACTION NEEDED
Please CONTACT YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE and ask them to vote to pass HB 1311.
If an employee has a reasonable belief that discipline or other adverse consequences may result from what he or she says, the employee has the right to request union representation. Management is not required to inform the employee of his/her Weingarten rights; it is the employees responsibility to know and request.
If you are invoking your Weingarten Rights, please contact a Building Representative or an Executive Board member immediately so that we can assist you.
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The following positions are vacant on the Board of Directors. Vacancies are either a one or two year term (see date next to each position for when the term expires). The Board of Directors meetings monthly to discuss Union related issues, actions, and other business as needed. Board members also help disseminate information from the Union Office, meet with administration for questions about contracts, and assist members with questions, concerns and when meeting with administration. Members of the Board Directors are supported by the Grievance Chairs and the Executive Board. If you have any questions, or are interested in one of the vacant positions, please contact Adam (president@nashuatu.org).
Teacher Representative (2024)
Teacher Representative (2024)
Paraeducator Representative (2024)
Teacher Representative (2025)
Paraeducator Representative (2024)
Paraeducator Representative (2024)
Teacher Representative (2025)
One (1) Unit Representative (2024)
One (1) Unit Representative (2025)
Have an idea for the Just for Fun section? Send it to Adam (president@nashuatu.org).
I mean, I communicate in emoji all the time as it is...this wouldn't be a big difference for me. 🤣🎉💙
What do you call it when it rains turkeys and chickens?
Fowl weather.