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MSEA Welcomes 2012!

Spring Regionals Coming in Feb!

Spring Regional meetings are just a month away! (Spring Regional flyer) Delegates, Alternates and Chief Stewards are strongly encouraged to attend to help them prep for the Delegate Assembly on April 20-21. Discussion items will include upcoming resolutions, Board elections and unit awards/recognition. Time will also be spent preparing members for the 2012 Day on the Hill (DOTH flyer) scheduled for Thurs, March 1. See you there!

MN Voluntary Para Credential

Applications Due Feb 17th

Nearly 70 paras gathered on January 21st to learn about the long-awaited voluntary para credential now available to MN school district paras. Paras from MSEA, SEIU 284 & AFSCME Co. 65 reviewed materials, heard presentations and asked questions about the eligibility requirements for the credential and how to apply for it.

Interested in getting the voluntary para credential? The application window is open until February 17. This time only, there is NO FEE to apply. You must have at least 2 consecutive years of para experience in the same school district, score at least 460 on the ParaPro test & provide sufficient evidence of meeting all MN Para Core Competencies w/a minimum of 60 clock hours. Check out the competency grid and para credential workshop packet. Apply now!

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Basic Steward Training (LES)

Saturday, Feb 18th, 9am-3pm

Designed for the new steward, emphasis on steward roles, rights and duties, grievance investigation, writing, presentation and day-to-day problem solving. Tuition = $50. Contact Tony at the Labor Education Service for more information: 612.624.1602.

2012 MSEA Day On The Hill

Thursday, March 1st

Register for MSEA's Day on the Hill at the St. Paul Capital. Now more than ever, union members need to speak up and let our legislators know how important the services we provide are to our schools and communities. Please join us, and bring a friend!

2012 Delegate Assembly

April 20-21

Delegates and Alternates can now register for MSEA's Delegate Assembly in Fergus Falls. Detailed information regarding resolutions and Board elections will be also presented at the upcoming Spring Regional meetings.

GREAT NEWS!

Little Falls Members Unite

To Defeat Subcontracting Effort

The Little Falls superintendent has withdrawn his recommendation that the school board vote to subcontract their food service work to a private vendor! This means the 20+ Little Falls food service employees have saved their jobs as public employees and as MSEA members. The superintendent's reversal follows hours and hours of hard work by the Little Falls members.

Using the motto: "Keep the Community in Little Falls Community Schools", MSEA members wrote letters to the editor, spoke at school board meetings, distributed flyers around town and engaged the entire Little Falls community in a conversation about why subcontracting their work was a bad idea for the local economy, the schools and the students.

This is also a successful, real life example of organizing around an issue! Faced with losing their jobs, the Little Falls food service employees came together in crafting a successful strategy to defeat this subcontracting effort. Please join MSEA in congratulating them on a job well done!

Legislative News / Issues

MSEA Scholarship

Registration deadline: March 1st