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LTU June 2016 Election Results

Members of the LTU annually elect delegates to the North Shore Labor Council (NSLC) and delegates to AFT Massachusetts’ (AFT MA) annual convention. Congratulations to the following LTU members! Delegates to the NSLC for 2016-2017:

• Dena Capano, Katherine Coman, Brant Duncan, Lorraine Gately, Sheila O'Neil, Gina O'Toole and Rachel Tose.

Delegates to the 2017 AFT MA Convention:

• Alison Brennan, Patricia Burke, Marie Cawlina-Kasle, Danielle Desilets, Catherine Deveney, Nancy Doherty, Brant Duncan, Diana Luciano, Paul Mailloux, Mary-Jo McElligott, Colleen McElligott-Liporto, Jeanne McMenimen, Sheila O'Neil, Caryn Olson, Miriam Rodriguez-Fusco, Erin Schwartz, Gale Thomas and Thomas Yates.

Comings and Goings

Congratulations and best wishes to the following LTU members on their retirement!

• Martin Bernstein, Paula Clinton, Kathleen Costantino, Clark Crowley, Florence DiPietro, Laura Ekborg, Ruth Flynn, Maureen, Garabedian, Christine Guay, Robert Hemmingway, Lyle Henkenmeier, Barbara Houle, Susan Howell, Barbara Hussey, Donna Jalbert, Steven Kane, Joanne Kelley, Mary Lenihan, Ann Lloyd, Karen Lospennato, Patricia Mitchell, Christine Mulcahy, Rachel Pendergast, Steven Picone, Cynthia Quaratiello, Timothy Ring, Linda Ryan and Peter Spiers.

A Publication of Lynn Teachers Union, Local 1037 September 2016

Elect a Building Representative and School Union Committee

Active and effective building representatives and school union committees organize, engage, empower, inspire and mobilize members on issues important to our schools and students. Building representatives and school union committees support and enhance our union’s work to strengthen the learning and working conditions of our students and educators. The Lynn Teachers Union recognizes that sustained, meaningful member engagement around issues is the foundation of a strong union. Our fight for the schools our students deserve begins at the local level—negotiating changes to the teachers’, paraprofessionals’ and therapists’ contracts with the Lynn School Committee, electing public officials that support our public schools, ensuring the fruition of the Pickering construction project, defeating Ballot Question 2 and the First Book Truck Challenge are among the union’s campaigns this school year. Visit the building representatives section of the Lynn Teachers Union’s website for additional information and elect your building representative and school union committee this September!

Dear members of the Lynn Teachers Union: Good day and Happy Labor Day! I am proud to serve as the president of the 1700 member Lynn Teachers Union and look forward to working with you in the year ahead. As a community, it is our collective responsibility to give the children the education they need for a brighter future. We have much to celebrate and many challenges and opportunities ahead. Negotiating changes to the teachers’, paraprofessionals’ and therapists’ contracts with the Lynn School Committee, electing public officials that support our public schools, ensuring the fruition of the Pickering construction project, proposed charter school expansion and the First Book Truck Challenge are among the challenges and opportunities this school year. The Teachers’ Negotiating Team of Aili Cervenka – Classical, Cheryl Correnti – Breed, Karen Dulong – Pickering, Brant Duncan – Lynn Teachers Union, Geoffrey King – Cobbet, Steve Lopez – Lynn Vocational Technical Institute, Jennifer Mack – Classical, Paul Mailloux – English, Colleen McElligott-Liporto – Lincoln-Thomson, Richard Newton – English, Sheila O'Neil – Shoemaker, Beth-Ann Pento – Harrington, Jeremy Shenk – AFT Massachusetts, Miriam Rodriquez-Fusco – Speech and Erin Zukowski - Itinerant Math have been meeting regularly this summer and are poised for action. The results from the March 2016 teachers’ survey have been scoured and the teachers’ negotiating team has organized the priorities of the approximately 1200 teachers into contract proposals. These proposals supported with educational research will be presented to the Lynn School Committee in negotiations. Negotiations are scheduled to begin in late September. Additionally, you will be urged by your building representative and other union activists in the coming weeks to participate in the No on 2 and First Book campaigns - if we are “all in”, we can fight forward and win. Please get involved in our union of professionals. Comings and Goings: Congratulations to Jacqueline Gallo on her appointment as the Assistant Director of Curriculum and Instruction for Early Childhood!

We remember: LTU members Rocco DellaCroce, Louis DeNunzio, Ronald Leary, Alice Porter and Rodrick Wilson have recently passed. The LTU extends its sincere condolences to their family and friends. Sincerely,

Brant Duncan

FROM THE PRESIDENT Upcoming Events o Canvasses and phone banks in opposition

to Ballot Question 2 – Thursdays in September – Union Office – 4 to 7 p.m.

o Executive Board Meeting – 9/14 – Union Office – 3 p.m.

o No on 2 Visibility – 9/14 – Wyoma Square – 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

o Membership Meeting – 9/21 – Union Office – 3 p.m.

o AFT MA Member Forum on Ballot Question 2 – 9/21 – Union Office – 5 p.m.

o Retirees’ Social – 10/11 – Porthole Restaurant – 1 p.m.

o New member meeting (welcome and orientation to the union) – 10/17 – Union Office – 3:30 p.m.

o Retirement Workshop – 10/25 – Union Office – 3:15 to 5:15 p.m.

o Living in Retirement as an Informed Retiree Seminar – 11/1 – Union Office – 10 a.m. to 12 noon

o Election Day – 11/8 o First Book Truck Challenge – 12/3 – Save

the Date o Holiday Social –12/14 – Save the date

The Lynn Teacher is published and printed by:

Lynn Teachers Union

Local 1037 AFT AFL-CIO 679 Western Avenue

Lynn, MA 01905 781-599-5591

ltu1037@lynnteachersunion.org www.lynnteachersunion.org

President: Brant Duncan

First Vice President: Colleen McElligott-Liporto

Second Vice President: Catherine Deveney Secretary Treasurer: Paul Mailloux

Corresponding Secretary: Diana Luciano Recording Secretary: Sheila O’Neil Sergeant at Arms: Richard Newton