Please click the links bwlow to view the following Letters of Agreement (LOA):

• 2021-2022 Full Reopening of Schools LOA
• 2021-2022 Detroit Virtual School Program LOA

Out in the streets making sure our students and families are aware of what’s going on! It’s time to get our students safely back in the building for learning! We miss our families and are excited about our next chapter!!    #AFT #PublicSchoolProud  #AFTSt.Louis #FreedomToThrive #SLPS  #SAFESTARTSLPS

Safe Start Celebration! Saturday, August 7, 9 am-3 pm 

Gateway Complex 

# 4 Gateway Drive 

63106 

FREE 

Immunizations

COVID-19 Vaccination

Screenings For Dental, Vision, Hearing, Lead Screening and 

Sports Physicals

FREE BOOKS! 

Partnership Between SLPS and American Federation of Teachers St. Louis 

July 19, 2021

After earning an upgrade from Moody’s from a “Stable” to “Positive” outlook, a designation that only 2% of all ratings receive, as well as an impressively flush financial report, LIU’s Senior Administration has put a collection of egregious proposals that cut salary, benefits, and job security for all. LIU is in a better financial position than it has been in for decades.

This is a selection of some of their most horrible proposals:

Back To School Safely 
AFT phone banking at SLPS HQ

Please click the link, 2021 Summer School Programs, to view the 2021 Summer School Letter of Agreement with the Detroit Public Schools Community District. 

To view the legal filings made in Connecticut Superior Court regarding telework, click on the link below:

SEBAC Injunctive Relief Legal Documents

As everyone is fully aware, the State decided to ignore the Transitional Telework Agreement that they had signed with the Unions just a few weeks earlier.  We are clearly angry with the Governor's Office for their deception on the issue.  The Governor's office has disrespected the labor-management process, and the negotations surrounding it.  We also take note of the ease with which the Governor's Office willingly and deliberatley misled his Commissioners about the intent of the agreement  The administration’s approach to Telework is not only laughable in its blatant disregard for our ability to work outside of the office, but it is also ignorant to the economic value, infrastructure improvements, health benefits, and quality of life enhancements that Telework provides. We understand that Telework has been a tremendous success and A&R will continue to advocate for employee safety as well as maximizing employee free choice.

So while human resource officers and management across the state scrambled to undo the mess created by OLR's intentional misapplication of the Transitional Telework Agreement, A&R, along with the other SEBAC unions, have taken this issue to Superior Court for injunctive relief and demanding that the agreement be enforced as written (and intended).  We have also filed a prohibited practice charge at the State Board of Labor Relations (SBLR - a separate and distinct entity from OLR).  The Transitional Telework Agreement was reflective of the fact that telework works.  The Office of Labor Relations (OLR) and SEBAC entered into that agreement in good faith.  Why OLR decided to dishonor the agreement in such a blatant fashion is perhaps known only in the Governor's Office.  It was a disrespectful act and it was bad faith bargaining by our employer.  Faithless bargaining will not be tolerated. 

We still make the following recommendations to A&R employees:

• Use this portal to submit your request for Telework.
• Select and submit a schedule that is reasonable and consistent with your job duties and operational needs; regardless of any agency desire to limit you to only 50% Telework.
• If your Telework Request is denied, then you can discuss an alternate schedule with your supervisor and file an appeal
• If you wish to appeal a denial, use this email link and provide us with the below information.
  • Your name
  • Agency, unit, job title
  • Personal phone #
  • Non-state email address
  • Your requested schedule
  • Your denial form from the agency

posted 7/7

Now that the FLDOE is beginning to issue guidance regarding the $1000 relief payments from the state for classroom teachers and principals, we need to make sure that none of our instructional colleagues are left out!  Our non-classroom instructional staff were vital to the safe and successful return to learning for students in Hernando Schools. The failure of state-level leaders to recognize that is discouraging, but it doesn't have to be divisive!