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The Newark Board of Education and the Newark Teachers Union recently agreed to raise the district’s starting salary for new teachers to $62,000 per year. “While teacher shortages across the nation have been exacerbated by the global pandemic, we in Newark are leveraging multiple strategies to attract and retain great teachers,” Newark superintendent Roger León said
Contact: Nat Bender, nbender [@] aftnj.org, 908-377-0393 Ed note: Civil Service Commission order Thirty-days since ordered to correct misclassifications, union questions status NEWARK...Siding with Newark Teachers Union (NTU) allegations that Newark Public Schools inappropriately changed 485 workers’ titles, resulting in chaos for students, lower pay for workers and out-of-seniority layoffs ...
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The Newark Teachers Union (Local 481) scored a major victory Nov. 23 when arbitrator Robert C. Gifford ruled that Newark Public Schools must repay NTU members what the union estimates is about $1 million in salary and restore sick days with regard to COVID-related absences. The case started on Oct. 13, 2021, when the NTU filed
By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. - It was hailed as a breakthrough when the bargain was struck: Top-performing teachers in Newark could get bigger paychecks. The provision in a 2012 contract struck between the state-run school district and the Newark Teachers Union was the first of its kind in New Jersey.
The 68-year-old Springfield resident spent more than 40 years working with the Newark Teachers Union, Local 481, serving most recently as the union’s executive director. “He was a huge part of the union, from the day that I started teaching back in 1970. We were very close friends, colleagues and co-workers together for many years.
Responding to a series of grievances filed by the Newark Teachers Union in 2013, an arbitrator last month said the Newark school district violated certain provisions, including failing to give employees promised payments for longevity. “This contract was the culmination of very difficult but good-faith negotiations.
Newark Teachers Union member Michael Iovino, an AFTNJ PreK-12 vice president, was one of the task force members. “Overall, this committee did incredible work producing a 130-plus page document that included relevant research to support its findings,” said Iovino, who teaches at Technology High School.
Current job title: Social studies teacher / Technology High School, Newark Local: 481 / Newark Teachers Union Union positions: AFTNJ Pre-K to 12 Vice President NTU Secretary Treasurer NTU Building Rep NTU Evaluation Implementation Committee NTU Lead Negotiator NTU Academic Specialist NTU Executive Board Vice President (2013-15) My union story: I was hired by Newark the year the state
Silvia Pereira / Member of the Newark Teachers Union (Local 481), ESL teacher at South Street School in Newark and an AFTNJ vice president (PreK to 12) In July 2020, Pereira launched the Distance Educational Program, a series of workshops for educators in her district on how to use various online-teaching platforms for remote learning. Her ...