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• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• 2026 Award for Teaching Excellence Applications Open
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Apply Now for a Karen Cox Grant (Dec. 2 Deadline)
• MFPE Position Announcement: Project Staff Data and Dues Coordinator
• Ready, Set, Retire Workshops: MFPE Partners with TRS
• Thursday, August 1st: Join Our Feaver (brew)Fest in Helena
• ESP of the Year: Nominate TODAY and Apply by Sept. 8th
• Nominations Open: 2024 Morrison & Wright Healthy Montana Kids Educator Award
• Join our Winning School Elections Training!
• Nominations Open for the MFPE Foundation’s 2024 Eric Feaver Distinguished Leader Award
• Award for Teaching Excellence Applications Open
• Great Falls Office Personnel Ratify New Contract With GFPS
• Informational Picketing and Mediation Results in a Tentative Agreement for Great Falls School Office Personnel
• Following Unsuccessful Mediation, Great Falls Public Schools Office Staff Assess Options
• Stevensville Teacher Hannah Williams Wins the John Morrison and Cathy Wright Healthy Montana Kids Award
• ‘Fighting for a fair contract,’ Great Falls Public Schools Office Staff Head to Mediation
• MFPE Position Announcement: Field Consultant
• ESP of the Year: Nominate TODAY and Apply by Sept. 8th
• MFPE Releases 2023 Legislative Scorecard
• Protecting Montana’s Constitution: MFPE Stands with MQEC
• Nominations Open: Morrison & Wright Healthy Montana Kids Educator Award
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Our MFPE Family Stands with Rep. Zephyr
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Award for Teaching Excellence Applications Open
• MFPE Accepting Scholarship Applications for 2023 – 2024 Academic Year
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis (Join the fight!)
• Register Now: Dec. 14th Rapid Response Team Meeting
• Applications for Karen Cox Memorial Grants Due December 2, 2022
• MFPE Position Announcement: Organizing and Data Internship
• MFPE Position Announcement: Temporary State Affiliate Political Organizer
• REGISTER NOW: MFPE Meet, Greet, & Get Organized Trainings
• MFPE Members Mourn Loss of Founding President Eric Feaver
• Some Truth About Montana’s Teacher Shortage
• Teacher Salary Report Shines Light on Potential Crisis Facing Montana
• MPTF Announces Inaugural John Morrison Healthy Montana Kids Educator Award
• MFPE Spring Meetings are coming your way! Register Now
• MFPE member leader interviewed on Anderson Cooper 360
• MFPE’s Virtual Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Clinic
• Labor, Ag, and Business Sue Attorney General and Secretary of State for Failing to Follow Montana Law
• MFPE Police Officers Win Havre Arbitration
• MFPE accepting scholarship applications for 2022 – 2023 academic year
• The Public Service Loan Forgiveness System Was Broken, But Now is Fixed
• If there were ever a time to ensure students have mental healthcare, now is the time
• Motor Carrier Services Officers Protect the Public and Our Investments
• Fairview Education Association Secures $500,000 in Bonuses
• Position Announcement: MFPE State Affiliate Political Organizer
• An Avoidable Mess: “3 Montana school districts go virtual or close due to COVID”
• MFPE Member Runs School Butcher
• Paraprofessionals are Essential, We Must Retain More
• MFPE Member Receives Top Honor from American Institute for Architects
• Applications for Karen Cox Memorial Grants Due December 2, 2021
• MFPE Member Receives Meritorious Service Award
• MFPE Member Amanda Villa Helps Evacuate DNRC Helicopter After Crash Near Deep Creek Fire
• MFPE Hosts 4th Annual Conference Online
• MFPE Members Keep Our Communities Safe
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• MFPE Celebrates 2021 Hall of Fame Inductees
• Scott McCulloch Memorialized At Montana Capitol
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Nine Montana Educators Earn Prestigious National Board Certification
• Whitney Mitchell Receives Karen Cox Memorial Grant
• Ciera Finberg Recieves Karen Cox Memorial Grant
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• MFPE Statement on House Business and Labor Committee Ignoring the Will of the People
• MFPE Spring Virtual Meetings Start Soon – Register Now!
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Register Now For MFPE Spring Virtual Meetings
• 4th MFPE Annual Conference To Be Held April 17
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Montana’s Public Employees Drive a Thriving Economy
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Pay Plan Debate–See for Yourself
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• Defund the Montana Highway Patrol??
• MFPE-Retired Member Organizer Position Announcement
• Eric Matthews Elected MFPE 2nd Vice President
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• HB 168 is an Illegal Intrusion on Worker Rights and Freedoms
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• It’s Morning in Montana
• Montana’s Essential Workers Slam SB 89
• Weekly Legislative Update from MFPE President Amanda Curtis
• MFPE Stands with Higher Education, Law Enforcement Members in Opposition to HB 102
• MFPE Members and Staff Testify in Support of State Pay Plan
• Legislature already making decisions about our pay, pensions, and benefits
• Some legislators have introduced bills to hurt public employees, take away our freedom to be in a union
• MFPE Responds to Governor’s Decision to Delay the Vaccination of Educators, Front-Line Workers
• LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: MFPE-negotiated state employee pay plan scheduled for hearing Wednesday 1/6/21
• Member Saves $18,500 Using MFPE Member Benefits
• Official Website
• MFPE Calls on Montanans  to Protect Essential Workers 
• Applications for Karen Cox Memorial Grants Due December 2nd, 2020
• MFPE Organizing Training
• MFPE will do more than hope. We will fight.
• 129 MFPE Members Receive Governor’s Award
• MFPE Field Consultant Position Opening – Billings
• RELEASE: MFPE President Calls “Bull” on Gianforte Claims 
• Austin Knudsen Doesn’t Support Montana Public Employees or Unions
• MFPE Condemns Candidacy of Elsie Arntzen for Superintendent of Public Instruction
• Position Announcement: MFPE 2020-2021 Internship
• Did You Know MFPE Members Can Attend College At No Cost?
• Arntzen Brings on Fifth Deputy in Less than Four Years
• MFPE Member Lucas Logan Had His Student Loans Forgiven And You Could, Too!
• Montana Scores Major Victory Against Predatory Student Loan Servicers
• MFPE Members Establish Fund for Students in Need
• Montana Research is conducting a survey of member on behalf of MFPE
• Amanda Curtis takes the helm as President of Montana’s largest union
• A Parting Hope and Challenge
• MFPE Statement on Black Lives Matters
• 2020 MFPE Educator Conference to be Held Virtually
• MFPE member receives teacher of the year award
• MFPE member rescues boy swimming in Lake Elmo
• MFPE President Eric Feaver Announces Retirement, Union Elects New Leadership
• MFPE Member Microbiologist’s Work is Timely and Essential
• MFPE Announces Endorsement of Tom Woods for PSC
• MFPE Endorses Shane Morigeau for State Auditor
• MFPE Announces Endorsement of Bryce Bennett for Secretary of State
• MFPE condemns the candidacy of Greg Gianforte for Governor
• MFPE Announces Endorsement of Raph Graybill for Attorney General
• MFPE Endorses Governor Steve Bullock for U.S. Senate
• MFPE Endorses Kathleen Williams For Congress
• MFPE Member State Troopers Continue to Keep Montana Safe
• Montana’s Largest Union Endorses Mike Cooney for Governor
• MFPE members working to keep Montanans safe and healthy
• MFPE Educators Bring Joy and Inspiration to Students Through Music
• MFPE members preparing cities and towns for COVID-19
• MFPE Members Continue to Make Child Safety a Top Priority During COVID-19 Outbreak
• 3d Annual MFPE Conference to convene virtually April 17-18
• MFPE Members Help Montana Weather The Storm: ‘Our Phones Are Ringing Off The Hook’
• Work that Matters: Putting Tech to the Test During COVID-19
• MFPE Members Producing Reusable Face Masks for Healthcare Workers
• Montana State Laboratory Workers Doing Work that Matters for Montana
• MFPE offering free new benefit to members: trauma counseling
• Work that Matters: MFPE Members Provide Access to Emergency Services During COVID-19 Outbreak
• Work that Matters: MFPE Members “Preparing for Increased Need for Assistance”
• Work That Matters: Special Education in the Face of the COVID-19 Outbreak
• Work that Matters: MFPE members continue to serve students despite closures
• MFPE Annual Conference Postponed
• Update On Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Wade Palmer
• Montana Teachers for Breakfast March Giveaway
• Work that Matters: MFPE MVD members ramping up for REAL ID 2020 campaign
• 3rd MFPE Annual Conference to be hosted in Helena April 3-4, 2020
• Arntzen’s Last Four Legislative Sessions
• Work that Matters: Ride Along
• MFPE Member and BEA President says new Billings middle schools not cause of budget shortfall
• MFPE Members Encouraged to Run for Public Office
• Work That Matters: MFPE Member Tintzman Receives National Award
• MFPE Advocates for Montana’s Public Employees at the National Level
• Online Paraprofessionals Achieving Standards Successfully (PASS) Training
• Elsie Arntzen’s Absolutely Deplorable Political History
• Work that Matters: MFPE member Bob Yokelson among world’s most-cited scientists
• Billings Police officer and MFPE member Beth Chaffin doing Work that Matters
• MFPE Members Honored in Helena for Lifesaving Work
• Applications for Karen Cox Memorial Grants Due December 2nd
• Montana Educators and Public Employees to Descend on Belgrade for Annual MFPE Educator Conference
• Thompson Falls CSCTs Vote to Join MFPE
• September Member Benefit Highlights
• Montana Federation of Public Employees Endorses Romano for Superintendent of Schools
• This Labor Day, new highs for union approval
• Teacher Leadership Institute deadline is September 13
• MFPE 2nd annual conference draws hundreds of members
• Amazing Member Profile: Renne’t Sarbu
• 2019 Legislature – Good and Ugly
• Western Montana Mental Health CSCT Staff in Missoula Vote to Join MFPE
• Six Montana Teachers Chosen as State Finalists for the Presidential Science and Math Teaching Award
• Montana is not Alabama
• VIDEO: MFPE President Feaver’s Testimony on HB 323
• EDITORIAL: We the people own our public schools
• MFPE Legislative Update: Pre-K Privatization
• How to access your NEA and AFT Member Benefits
• VIDEO: MFPE President Eric Feaver’s testimony on SB 304
• MFPE Benevolence Fund Established During 2nd Annual Conference
• VIDEO: MFPE President Eric Feaver’s testimony on HB 755
• MFPE Legislative Update: 6-Mill Levy, Historical Preservation, and School Privatization
• MFPE Legislative Update: Episode 1
• 2nd Annual MFPE Conference: March 29-30, 2019
• MFPE Regional Meetings Spring 2019
• 2019 Educator Conference to be held in Belgrade
• Teacher effectiveness in Montana makes gains with 2018 class of National Board Certified Teachers
• Montana’s Largest Union backs charges filed against Kalispell Regional Healthcare
• State Employees: Understanding the benefits of our union negotiated contract
• MFPE Pay Plan Action Survey
• State & higher ed classified employees: take the bargaining survey!
• ‘This is our time’ – 1st MFPE Annual Conference
• 1st MFPE Annual Conference
• MFPE to hold first annual conference April 6-7
• Montanans for The 6 Mill launch campaign to support higher ed
• Support the 6-Mill Levy for higher education
• Nominate for presidential science & math teachers
• It’s official! MEA-MFT & MPEA are merged
• 9 more MT teachers achieve National Board Certification
• A new union for Montana
• Special MEA-MFT Rep. Assembly Jan. 20, 2018
• Counties angry over office closures due to state cuts
• Federal tax bill could cost Montana $128 million/year
• Gov. Bullock to veto state employee furloughs
• Special session adjourns
• Republicans move to make temporary budget cuts permanent, furlough state employees
• Special legislative session begins
• Nominate for Presidential Math & Science Teaching Awards
• Save jobs and public services – TAKE ACTION!
• MFPE members are dedicated to improving the lives of patients statewide.
• MFPE offers student membership for college students who plan on becoming teachers.
• MFPE-Retired members continue serving our Montana communities.
• MFPE members are Head Start employees working to break the cycle of poverty for thousands of Montana children.
• MFPE members are higher education faculty and staff on every Montana campus.
• MFPE members are public employees working across city, county, and state governments.
• MFPE members are Montana’s leading advocates for children, public schools, and school employees.
• MEA-MFT & MPEA are merging! Learn more at a regional meeting near you
• Melissa Romano: Teacher of the Year!
• MSDB members support firefighters
• Pres. Eric Feaver responds to state budget cuts
• Time to pre-register for the MEA-MFT Educators’ Conference!
• What caused the state budget crisis?
• Arntzen takes Teacher of the Year program from our foundation
• Big fun at 2017 Golf Scramble
• State budget cuts affect most vulnerable Montanans
• How I-183 can hurt Montanans
• New FREE insurance benefit for MEA-MFT members
• Who needs charter schools? MT’s public schools are among the world’s best
• MEA-MFT & MPEA ready to launch new union
• The budget cuts are coming
• Nominate for ESP of the Year
• For MT Teacher of the Year Kelly Elder, life has become a whirlwind of opportunity
• MT educators receive $13,000 in free books for students in need
• 2017 Legislature adjourns, sine die
• State pay plan passes legislature
• JumpStart your National Board Certification
• MEA-MFT COPE endorses Rob Quist for Congress
• Montana State Teachers of the Year chapter launched
• Guns in schools bill dies on 2d reading
• Busting the “school choice” myth
• School charter & voucher bills
• Bad bill week at the legislature
• Jan. 26 bill status
• Jan 24 bill status
• Jan. 20 bill status
• Has Elsie Arntzen ended Graduation Matters?
• School funding bill advances
• Jan. 12 – legislative update
• Do you suspect child abuse? Law requires you to report it
• Montana Legislature begins January 2
• STATE PAY PLAN: tentative agreement reached
• Kelly Elder selected as 2017 Montana Teacher of the Year
• Golf scramble 2016
• 2016 Members of the Year
• MEA-MFT members celebrate Supreme Court victory at Rep Assembly
• The ruling is in: Friedrichs is gone
• 2016 Rep. Assembly: April 1-2, Helena
• MEA-MFT endorsed candidates for 2016 election
• The sad story of George and MDC
• MDC closure dangerously wrong
• Craig Beals to host History Channel TV show
• Gazette: school privatization is bad policy
• Out with NCLB, in with ESSA
• Denise Juneau statement on Every Student Succeeds Act
• MEA-MFT COPE endorses Jim Shea for Supreme Court
• Sue Stewart honored as Montana’s Education Support Professional of the Year
• State employee members awarded for excellence
• Jessica Anderson selected as 2016 Montana Teacher of the Year
• Register now for 2015 MEA-MFT Educators’ Conference
• MEA-MFT saves guaranteed annual benefit adjustments for TRS and PERS retirees
• MEA-MFT wins on teachers’ retirement
• MEA-MFT public employee locals win national award
• MEA-MFT & our foundation work to promote teacher leaders
• 9 Montana teachers chosen as math & science finalists
• Governor signs SB 411 to close MDC
• Parents of patients at MDC ask governor to veto SB 411
• Legislature adjourns after failing to pass crucial infrastructure bill
• Free Conference Committee adopts amendment to fund state employee pay plan
• MDC: fix it, don’t close it
• Lowell Bartels: Closing MDC would be irresponsible
• Keep Montana Developmental Center open!
• State employees at news conference on HB 13
• Montana Developmental Center under attack
• House majority fails to “blast” state pay plan: not over yet
• Bozeman Chronicle joins outpouring of support for Early Edge
• Family Foundation targets MT public schools
• Tax dollars for private schools?
• State & university employees testify on pay plan March 16
• No guns on campus
• HB 13 finally gets its hearing
• Fate of Medicaid expansion
• House Committee rejects Early Edge; fight isn’t over
• Gazette agrees with us: SB 107 is a bad idea
• State employees: take action on the pay plan
• Legislative session nears halfway mark
• Debra Lamm’s war on Montana’s Common Core
• HB 462 attacks public employee unions: your help needed!
• Two bad bills advance
• Join us! State Pay Plan Day of Action Feb. 16
• HB 377: attack on Montana’s academic standards
• Denise Juneau gives outstanding State of Education Address
• Bonding bill: Bob Brown has it right
• State employee pay plan advocates in action
• SB 107 is dangerous – read why
• The truth about so-called school “choice”
• Montana’s graduation rate highest ever
• Bozeman Chronicle says no privatization of public schools
• Montana teachers selected as national leaders
• State employee members ratify pay plan agreement
• Graduate assistant members at MSU Bozeman ratify their first contract
• State employee pay plan tentative agreement reached
• Craig Beals of Billings: 2015 Montana Teacher of the Year!
• MEA-MFT members star in “Montanans for the Common Core” video project
• Bozeman EA members innovate, create, deliver
• Gov Bullock to kids: Work hard, have fun
• Melanie Charlson is new VP of MEA-MFT
• 7 MT teachers are state finalists in presidential awards
• Top MT teachers to celebrate effective teaching
• Anne Keith on the new math standards
• Video: ALEC in Montana
• Anna Baldwin & the Warrior Trail
• Stand up to ALEC!
• MEA-MFT applauds Sen. Tester’s NURSE Act to address school nurse shortage
• Sen. Tester passes resolution honoring public servants
• MEA-MFT member named top technology instructor for U.S. and Canada
• Billings members receive $5,000 grant
• MEA-MFT celebrates Members of the Year
• On the shoulders of giants: MEA-MFT Hall of Fame
• Moved, motivated, & fired up: RA 2014
• Medicaid expansion back on track
• MT Tech students & profs protest right wing speaker
• Supreme Court says no to LR 127
• Great news on Montana’s state health centers
• Launching the Montana Digital Professional Learning Network
• Member Brent Lonner featured in national publication
• MEA-MFT member Angela McLean chosen as Lt. Gov.
• MT’s school community unites behind MUST
• Good news for public employee pensions
• Presidential Awardees support Common Core
• PERS & TRS GABA reduction stopped for now
• Presidential math and science winners
• 17 more Montana teachers earn National Board Certification
• Important tax information for members
• Judge grants injunction stopping GABA reduction in TRS
• New project to build power for state employee members
• Eileen Sheehy recognized as one of nation’s top teachers
• Common Core: Myths Undressed
• Teachers Retirement GABA complaint officially filed
• PERS amortizes!
• Good news: MUST partners with Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Montana
• 22 Montana Teachers of the Year issue statement supporting Common Core
• Health care cost containment for state employees puts more money on Montana main streets
• Anna Baldwin of Arlee named 2014 Montana Teacher of the Year
• 50 year anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream”
• Great news: Montana pension investments gain 10%
• Fund public services, end corporate tax dodging
• 221 Montana children forced out of Head Start by sequestration cuts
• Montana Developmental Center members celebrate excellence
• MEA-MFT will litigate against attacks on GABA for TRS & PERS retirees
• Praise for Corrections employees
• Deal reached on state employee pay
• Public employee & teacher pensions SAVED!
• Gov. Bullock signs school funding bill, vetoes privatization bill
• Students need governor’s signature on SB175
• Session over: Against all odds, we did well
• House adjourns after passing school privatization bill
• HB 377 (save TRS) passes 3rd reading
• HB 454 (PERS fix) passes final hurdle
• HB 13 passes legislature
• School funding bill on its way to governor’s desk
• Tammy Pilcher elected vice president of MEA-MFT
• Rep. Assembly delegates rededicate themselves to the cause
• MEA-MFT celebrates 2013 Members of the Year
• Pension bills pass 3rd reading, school funding advances
• Please support businesses that support state employees!
• Members testify for HB 13
• More than 300 delegates attend 2013 Rep. Assembly
• Need help with your student loan?
• Voting yes for AFMSU
• Pension bills and state pay plan pass House: on to Senate
• HB 13 passes the House
• MT Developmental Center saved – again
• Montana’s education community gathers for Day of Advocacy
• Pay plan bill altered in committee
• Protect our public schools: help stop SB 374
• HB 13 wounded but not dead
• Head Start funding bill goes down
• SB 175: school funding & property tax relief
• “Free HB 13!” say state employees
• Protecting your pension
• MEA-MFT and allies release mid-session voting record
• Anti-public school bills abound
• Major school funding bill advances
• School privatization bill advances
• More than 100 state employees gather for Pay Plan Day of Action
• Charter school bill dies on 3rd reading
• The charter school hoax
• Education funding makeover bill
• Save the Montana Developmental Center!
• Legislators gunning for your pension
• Koch brothers champion private schools in Montana
• HB 13 hearing: members hit it out of the park
• Our legislative agenda
• 200+ participate in Pay Plan Day of Action
• Martin Luther King & Day of Action
• Montana Digital Academy picking up steam
• The United States of ALEC
• Did You Know? Stories about our great schools
• Essential truths about our schools
• State employees warm the hearts of homeless kids
• Sandy Welch drops recount request
• MEA-MFT joins lawsuit challenging “Proof of Citizenship” Referendum
• The latest on our pay plan ULP
• Cecil B. Crawford featured in news story
• Denise Juneau wins
• Jan LaBonty on charter schools
• Pupils before profit: Amanda Curtis
• TRS can be fixed – here’s how
• Election results
• Eileen Sheehy is 2013 Montana Teacher of the Year!
• Learn more about the new Health Center for state employees
• Former MEA-MFT vice president Jim McGarvey dies
• Why do the Koch brothers want to destroy public schools?
• LR 123 is OFF THE BALLOT
• MEA-MFT members at AFT convention
• What ALEC has in mind for public schools
• Eric Feaver responds to group broadcasting state employee salaries
• LR 123: Something wicked this way comes
• LR 123: a dangerous gimmick
• NEA Director John Stocks visits Montana reservation schools
• Student loan rate hike stopped!
• Two Montana teachers win presidential awards for math & science
• State employee union members ratify pay plan agreement
• Wisconsin: Walker stays, the fight goes on
• MEA-MFT Members of the Year on radio news
• Tax Day: thank taxes
• Gov. Schweitzer unveils plan to fix PERS & TRS
• MSU graduate employees join MEA-MFT
• Bob Brown says “NO” on LR 123
• Schools get $4.6 million thanks to Steve Bullock
• Feaver testifies on public employee retirement
• Rep. Assembly rocks!
• LR 119 declared unconstitutional
• Wisconsin, one year later
• Congrats to MEA-MFT’s members of the year!
• Sensible solutions for state pensions
• Dr. King, education, public service, & labor unions
• Good news about Head Start
• MSU-Bozeman members ratify first contract
• MEA-MFT works with regents to prioritize salaries
• MEA-MFT fights dangerous ballot measure
• Unions submit demand to bargain on state pay plan
• Tom Pedersen is Montana Teacher of the Year 2012!
• Obama: states can opt out of NCLB – with conditions
• Workplace bullying resources
• Unions negotiate freeze for state employee health insurance costs
• National poll shows strong support for teachers
• Denise Juneau leads rebellion against NLCB
• Americans want jobs, not cuts to Social Security & Medicare
• Thanks to MEA-MFT, 141 teachers get help with student loans
• Stock Market Plunge Just What The Tea Party Ordered?
• Montana Schools of Promise
• ALEC outed: the right-wing conspiracy behind bad bills
• Matt Damon lauds teachers at Save Our Schools rally
• The debt ceiling deal: our take
• Carolyn Sime: A class act!
• Unnecessary cuts hard to forget
• Unions key to reviving the middle class, Krugman says
• MEA-MFT 2011 Legislative Voting Record
• Pay plan update
• Yep, the money was there
• UM Western prof wins national award
• Paraprofessionals Achieving Standards Successfully (PASS)
• Keep the Rally Alive!
• Letter to the governor on state pay plan
• Denise Juneau vs NCLB
• Session over
• State budget: where it stands
• How high are taxes?
• Outstanding Math & Science Teachers
• Victory on teacher tenure!
• House rejects state pay plan again
• Jim McGarvey to retire
• Help pass the jobs bill
• Veto branding begins
• Teacher tenure attack still in play
• Budget cut battle
• HB603 tabled!
• MEA-MFT Members of the Year
• Rep. Assembly report
• Vets Home saved for 3rd time
• 2,000+ attend No Fooling with our Future Rally
• Putting a face on the budget cuts
• Dangerous: HB 603
• School funding bill dies
• No Fooling w/our Future Rally Apr. 1
• 500+ attend Rally to Save Public Services & Education
• Gov. defends public employee unions
• The money IS there
• The anti-union agenda
• Attack on tenure passes
• Bill to roll back state salaries
• MT Teacher of the Year tells all
• State budget cuts now over $1 billion!
• One bad bill down
• Governor lauds value of education
• Montanans rally against cuts
• Day of Action a great success
• Job-killing move at the legislature
• Congratulations, NBC teachers!
• Paul Andersen is National Teacher of the Year finalist!
• Super classroom creativity: Montana style
• Budget cuts without cause
• “Superman” critics speak out
• Open season on teachers: Waiting for Superman
• Striking back: super myths in “Superman”
• Head Start members speak up on new federal rules
• Local Values Come First in Montana’s Race to the Top Proposal
• Health insurance shocker
• Rob Thomas of UM Western named 1 of 4 U.S. Professors of the Year
• Work That Matters campaign
• New: Electronic lifetime retired membership
• 10th annual MEA-MFT Representative Assembly
• Thumbs down to Obama Administration’s blueprint for k-12 public schools
• You may qualify for student loan assistance
• Montana’s state budget woes.
• MEA-MFT launches its award-winning Work That Matters campaign for public employees.
• MEA-MFT Faculty Member of the Year
• MEA-MFT to U.S. Education Secretary
• CUF links: MEA-MFT faculty members get mobilized
• Health care reform Montana style
• AFT’s new e-newsletter for higher ed members.
• UM members settle contract
• Foundation names Montana Teacher of the Year 2010
• Do sweat the small stuff:
• AFMSU members adopt constitution, elect officers.
• MEA-MFT battles privatization.
• Million dollar men
• Senator Jon Tester visits Great Falls Head Start
• Connecting the dots
• Growing made-in-Montana higher education
• MSU vote – the word spreads!
• MSU-Bozeman faculty vote to join MEA-MFT!
• Where we are: List of Montana campuses with MEA-MFT faculty unions
• Can hives save lives? Better bee-lieve it
• Historical society members fill a void
• MEA-MFT goes to bat for state funding of Head Start
• Victory for Missoula Head Start members
• ‘Work That Matters’ wins 4th national award
• Work That Matters saves probation & parole jobs
• Walking the line
• Hazardous duty
• The TransCor nightmare