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Group Access Legal Service Plan

3/18/2019

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Dear Certified Staff Members, 
The BOCES Teachers' Association Benefits Trust is pleased to announce that we have purchased the NYSUT endorsed Group Access Legal Service Plan for all certified staff members. Beginning April 1st, you will have access to all the benefits this program offers, such as:
  • Free telephone advice and consultation
  • Free office consultations
  • Free letter writing
  • Free document review
  • Legal security package including Simple Will, Living Will, Health Care Proxy, and Power of Attorney at no charge (additional charges may apply)
  • Estate Planning seminars or "Will Days" scheduled For May 20th &21st 3-6pm RLC Bldg. 2 Conference room (details to follow) 
  • Referral attorneys at a discounted rate
In the coming week, you will be receiving a packet in the mail from NYSUT Please do not discard and take a moment to review!

The NYSUT Member Benefits Trust-endorsed Legal Service Plan is provided by Feldman, Kramer & Monaco, P.C. and administered by the NYSUT Member Benefits Trust.  Please note that additional charges may apply for specific benefits. 
               
Sincerely, 
Melissa Barreto, Benefits Trust Chairperson
Stacey DiPaola, Trustee
Sue Carforo, Trustee
Check out more info under BTA Benefits.
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NYSUT-BOCES lobby day

3/15/2019

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Protect Personal Info

3/13/2019

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​It’s time to protect public employees from special interest harassment.

In the wake of the 2018 Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court decision, special interest groups have used publicly-available personal information of municipal and school district employees to wage an anti-labor campaign to harass union members and undermine worker protections. It’s time to protect public workers from this harassment.

Take action now at the NYSUT Member Action Center to ask lawmakers to prevent an employer from releasing a public employee’s personal contact information!

Last year, the Governor signed an executive order prohibiting state entities under his control from releasing public employees’ home addresses, home phone numbers, personal cell phone numbers, or personal email addresses to anyone other than their union representatives. Unfortunately, this executive order only protected state government employees, leaving municipal and school district employees without similar protections.

Now, the Governor has included language in his executive budget proposal that would extend those same protections to all public employees in New York, prohibiting an employer from releasing this information to groups seeking to disseminate anti-labor propaganda and erode union membership.

Take action now at the NYSUT Member Action Center to ask lawmakers to prevent an employer from releasing a public employee’s personal contact information!

Public employees deserve a reasonable expectation of personal privacy, as well as common sense protections against harassment.

Please take action now!


In solidarity,

Andrew Pallotta
NYSUT President

 P.S.:  Fight back against anti-labor special interests that harass union members and try to undermine worker protections!
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Bowling update!

3/7/2019

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BTA BOWLING ITINERARY 2019
This is our 8th “BTA Bowling” outing and your union has been hard at work to make this a memorable occasion. If you are reading this, it simply means you have been given the opportunity to become “team captain” and your first task is to pass this information on to your respective team members.  
If you’re running a little scared and you feel a captain-ship is way out of your comfort zone, then choose someone else to be captain …....it’s that simple. So don’t delay!
Pay the 15.00 at the door! You don't have to be on a team to attend! Doors open at 3:30!
Grab a pair of shoes, find your team mates, find your lane, have a drink, join a pool, mangia and socialize with the natives….Games begin at 4:00 sharp. 

4:00-6:00    IT’S GAME ON, ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE! 

6:00-6:30    CLOSING CEREMONIES, AWARDS AND DESSERT! 

AWARDS: 
  1. Best dressed 
  1. Most spirited 
  1. Best team name 
  1. High score boy/girl 
  1. Team championship 

CONTESTS: 
  1. Slowest ball thrown $1.00, winner take all. 
  1. Fastest ball thrown $1.00, winner take all. 
  1. March Madness $10.00 

Please email your team name in advance, so I can go to print.  

Feel free to email me with any concerns, stupid questions will go unanswered.  
Many thanks, 
Joe

josephracioppo@yahoo.com
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Health and Safety Conference

3/5/2019

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Saratoga Springs, NY-BTA members attend the 2019 NYSUT HEALTH AND SAFETY CONFERENCE Sessions at NYSUT's March conference on workplace health and safety issues included best practices in delivering mental and behavioral health services; advocating for injured workers; workplace bullying and harassment; cyberbullying; indoor air quality; grading your workplace violence plan; and student trauma and its impact on the school environment.
“If we don’t care about health and safety, lives get lost,” said Paul Pecorale, the NYSUT vice president who oversees the union's health and safety constituency. Labor unions are the organizations that made health and safety a foundation for workers, he said, urging local unions to create a health and safety contact in every building.
“We are still here and we still matter,” Pecorale said.
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