Lower Pioneer Valley Educators Union

Please join us in celebrating our LPVEC retirees!
In recognition of their years of dedication and service, the LPVEC Educators Union will host a Retirement Celebration on June 12, beginning at 3:00 PM. Light refreshments & Hors d'oeuvres will be served as we come together to honor and thank our retirees for their commitment to our students, staff, and school community.

We hope you will join us in wishing them all the best in their next chapter!

Ticket purchase procedure https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/lpvec-retirement-party

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LPVEC Retirement Party! Please join us in celebrating our LPVEC retirees!In recognition of their years of dedication and service, the LPVEC Educators Union will host a Retirement Celebration on June 12 beginning at 3:00 PM. Light refreshments will be served as we come together to honor and thank our retirees for their comm...

Most of our bargaining team! Joanna Seeber, Laura Newton, Eric Blanchet (MTA), Sara Bijani (MTA), Steph Andrews, Ellyn Sudak, Alex Crawford, Paul Drake, Julia Brotherton, Andrea Sherman, Judy Martin, Christine Mezza, Heather Colton. Not pictured: Kris Melanson and Scott Sutera. Well done team! Thank you for hours of hard work and dedication.

Dear Union members,

There’s currently a bill that has passed the house in Washington that will enable educators and others who will be getting Social Security when they retire to get the full amount not the partial amount that the current retirees receive. This would amount to hundreds if not, thousands of dollars for some people. Please contact senators Warren in Markey, along with Senator Schumer and ask them to move on this bill enclosed is the link to the bill itself https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/82. There’s a little under six weeks to get this done and currently 62 senators support this legislation, so help them to accelerate the passage of this bill.

Respectfully,

John Michaels

H.R.82 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 Summary of H.R.82 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Social Security Fairness Act of 2023

As a reminder, anyone can stay up to date on the current state of bargaining by visiting our Strike Bargaining HQ!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Nsu2oOttpGhJTiHvxKc-UwCzz3QB2B8Xd94TZxV-kEA/edit?usp=sharing

"I have taught at the elementary level in Gloucester for the last 7 years, until this school year. I’m currently on a leave of absence and if this contract had already been in place I wouldn’t have had to. I went unpaid for the majority of both of my maternity leaves."

Unit B members should have received an email about a one year MOA if you are a Unit B member please read and fill out the survey. If you know of Unit B members that didn’t receive it please let us know so I can get the information to them.

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Congratulations to Christine Ganong and her class on their second place finish in the Kahoot challenge today.