Please read this important PFTCE Newsletter that explores the proposed 2010-11 school year cuts to our classified personnel that will be devastating. Be sure to read Belinda’s “Open Letter to Carole Smith”, as she details for her how these cuts will affect everyone’s lives. There is also information about the up-coming PARA and EA meeting about these cuts, as well as a School Board Rally, both events will take place this month. Be sure to stay informed and attend these crucial meetings!
The most recent addition of the PFTCE Profile is now available on the web and currently en-route to your work site via the PONY. Please take a moment to read this issue as it contains important information about the up-coming Spring Classified Connections, a Bargaining Update and much more!
Ballots will begin arriving in less than a month, but most voters still don’t know there’s an important election in January that will decide the fate of Oregon’s schools and critical services. On January 26th vote will decide whether or not to make corporations and the wealthiest Oregonians pay their fair share.
Measures 66 and 67 protect nearly $775 million in education funding for pr K-12 and community colleges. Don’t Let Corporations Get Away with Paying just $10 in Taxes.
Did you know…
- 2/3rds of corporations doing business in Oregon pay just $10 a year in income taxes?
- The $10 corporate minimum tax hasn’t changed since 1931?
- Last year the average family of four paid $6,100 in taxes? That is more then Prudential, Sprint, MasterCard, and 297 other corporations combined!
- 93% of the state budget foes to vital services like education, health care, public safety and human services
It’s time for a change! That’s why Oregon Legislative passed two targeted tax increases on large corporations and income above $250,000 for couples.
If you’re not in a household making more then $250,000, or running a large corperation, you won’t be paying anymore under these measures.
January’s special election will affect our Classified Employees! A YES vote is a vote for Classified Employee’s jobs! For more information, visit: http://voteyesfororegon.org/
AFT-Oregon is hoping that you will pledge to support Ballot Measures 66 & 67 this January.
On Monday, October 5th, I received a call asking me to head off to Washington DC the next morning to participate in the Wednesday, October 7th “Health Care Fly-In“. I had the opportunity to visit legislators, relating classified employees’ need for fair health care reform. Even though I was sent by AFT National, I represented PFTCE foremost, and also the rest of the members of AFT in Oregon.
Please take the opportunity to let your legislators know your story.
~Louise Currin
