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Collective Bargaining Agreement

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Here is our Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the Zuni Public School District #89 and us, the Zuni Federation of United School Employees (ZFUSE) Local 4905. This CBA is effective through June 30, 2023. Click to download the 2022-23 CBA, salary schedules, stipends, and code of ethics

ARTICLE 1 RECOGNITION

The parties to the Agreement are Zuni Public School District (“District”) and the Zuni Federation of United School Employees (“ZFUSE”). The District recognizes the Union as the exclusive representative of all employees in the bargaining unit, which consists of all teachers

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Weingarten launches new campaign: ‘Real Solutions for Kids and Communities’

Photo of AFT President Randi Weingarten addressing TEACH 2023

The AFT has always been a solutions-driven union, and our new campaign, launched during TEACH on July 21, proves it once again with a fresh, practical approach to strengthening public education. As AFT President Randi Weingarten pointed out during her keynote speech, the $5 million, yearlong campaign, “Real Solutions for Kids and Communities,” stands up against attacks on public schools and offers real-world solutions to build up, rather than break down, our communities.

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Smears vs. solutions

Randi Weingarten at a Massachusetts high school

Summer is upon us, and parents, children and teachers are winding down from what has been an exhausting and fully operational school year—the first since the devastating pandemic. The long-lasting impact of COVID-19 has affected our students’ and families’ well-being and ignited the politics surrounding public schools. All signs point to the coming school year unfolding with the same sound and fury, and if extremist culture warriors have their way, being even more divisive and stressful.

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What unions do

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In AFT President Randi Weingarten’s latest New York Times  column, she describes what it is exactly that unions do. Though unions are the most popular they have been in decades, anti-union sentiment still thrives in red states and across the nation. “Several years ago, The Atlantic ran a story whose headline made even me, a labor leader, scratch my head: ‘Union Membership: Very Sexy,’” Weingarten writes in the column. “The gist was that higher wages, health benefits and job security—all associated with union membership—boost one’s chances of getting married. Belonging to a union doesn’t actually guarantee happily ever after, but it does help working people have a better life in the here and now.” Click through to read the full column.

Join this Union

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Join ZFUSE! Stand together with your colleagues for a strong voice at your school. Click here to sign the online membership form! We are a wall-to-wall union--all employees who work in Zuni Public Schools are eligible to join. That is, all teachers, counselors, nurses, librarians, ancillary staff, educational assistants, custodians, secretarial/clerical employees, computer technicians, bus drivers, cafeteria workers, and maintenance workers except for confidential, management, and supervisory employees.

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In defense of public education

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.

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