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A Message from WTU’s President
Good Morning, WTU Family!
Thank you, to all our members, for your unwavering dedication and patience as we bring the tentative contract across the finish line. As emailed on Friday, the WTU attorneys and staff spent last week examining and preparing the tentative contract and documents.
You will now have an opportunity to review these documents and vote.
All WTU Members will have an opportunity to cast their votes electronically via their personal email beginning today Tuesday, October 15 at 8 AM through Monday, October 21 at 11:59 PM. The election service company, TrueBallot, Inc., will handle the administration of the vote and your email will be coming to your personal email account via TrueBallot.
If you do not receive a ballot, first check your SPAM email folder. Second, please check PeopleSoft to verify you are a full dues-paying member. If these two actions do not resolve your voting concerns, please reach out to Carlton Nettles at [email protected] for assistance.
Your WTU Tentative Contract Voting package from TrueBallot will include the following:
- The tentative agreement signed by President Pogue Lyons and Chancellor Ferebee
- The signed MOA on Climate Curriculum Task Force signed by President Pogue Lyons and Chancellor Ferebee
- The signed MOA on Diversity of Instructional Staff signed by President Pogue Lyons and Chancellor Ferebee
- A tentative contract fact sheet
- A draft of the tentative CBA
- A copy of the current CBA
- A draft of the tentative contract salary schedule
WTU will host virtual Town Hall Meetings via Zoom to discuss the contract and answer any questions this afternoon, Tuesday, October 15th at 4:30 pm and Thursday, October 17th at 4:30 pm.
Please click on this link to attend the WTU Town Hall Meetings https://aft.zoom.us/j/95658568598?pwd=HekXWARZErtPElPf9rV8RdbyZbd5zb.1. Meeting ID: 956 5856 8598 Passcode: 630798
Please note the 2024-25 WTU Field Representative Assignments have been updated. To see a list of who now represents your school, please click this link. Your new Field Representative will be reaching out to your Building Representative this week.
Thank you to the members who joined us on Saturday to canvass for Kamala Harris for President and Angela Alsobrooks for Senate! As our national election is predicted to be extremely close, we encourage as many WTU members as possible to join us and our union brothers/sisters in canvassing on the next two Saturdays:
- Sat, Oct 19, 9:30am - 12 PM EDT, AFSCME Council 3 Office, 1400 Mercantile Ln, Suite 188, Largo, MD, 20774
- Sat, Oct 26, 9:30am - 12 PM EDT, AFSCME Council 3 Office, 1400 Mercantile Ln, Suite 188, Largo, MD, 20774
Please reach out to WTU’s organizer, Mike Roland, [email protected] to volunteer.
Please make sure you Vote and I look forward to seeing members at today’s Town Hall Meeting! Thank you, in advance, for your support!
In solidarity,
Jacqueline Pogue Lyons, President
Washington Teachers’ Union
WTU’s Contract Bargaining Team Update
We urge all members to attend today and Thursday’s Town Hall Meetings at 4:30 PM to discuss WTU’s Tentative Bargaining Agreement with DCPS. To learn more about contract provisions, please read detailed information here.
2024-25 WTU Field Representative Assignments
See the updated list of WTU’s List of Field Representative's assignments.
Last call for SY 25 Teacher Leader cohort!
Let the Council hear your Teacher Voice! Register to testify at upcoming hearings
- 10/23 @ 11:00 AM, DCPS Budget and Contract Oversight, register here
- 10/24 @ 10:00 AM, Career and Technical Education, register here
- 10/29 @ 4:00 PM, Teacher and Principal Retention Oversight, register here
- 11/6 @ 12 PM, Math Achievement Oversight, register here
- 11/20 @ 12:30 PM, Special Education Oversight, register here
- 12/4 @ 12:30 PM, Academic Achievement, register here
Upcoming Events, Activities & Meetings
- Oct 15-21, ONLINE VOTING ON TENTATIVE CONTRACT AGREEMENT
- Oct 15 @ 4:30 PM, Tentative Contract Agreement Town Hall Meeting, Online via Zoom
- Oct 17 @ 4:30 PM, Tentative Contract Agreement Town Hall Meeting, Online via Zoom
- Oct 19 @ 9:30-12 PM, WTU Canvassing for VP Kamala Harris for President & Angela Alsobrooks for U.S. Senate, AFSCME Council 3 Office, 1400 Mercantile Ln, Suite 188, Largo, MD, 20774, INFORMATION
- Oct 19 @ 2 PM Brookland Middle School, Hopeville: How to Win the Reading Wars | Documentary Film
- Oct 19 @ 10:30 AM -2 PM, EmpowerEd, Teacher Voice Festival, Eastern Market – North Hall INFORMATION
- Oct 26 @ 9:30 AM-12 PM, WTU Canvassing for VP Kamala Harris for President & Angela Alsobrooks for U.S. Senate, AFSCME Council 3 Office, 1400 Mercantile Ln, Suite 188, Largo, MD, 20774, INFORMATION
PD and other opportunities
Digital Equity in DC
Please complete this short tech survey https://forms.gle/SZvSFtdZxs4WN5ig7 for Digital Equity in DC. Contact [email protected] with any questions.
Membership Update
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