From Vickie Ascher, Chapter 327 President:

Dear CSEA Chapter Members,

I hope the new year is starting out well for you!

Thanks to those of you who have completed the Classified Employees Survey.  This is an important tool for your bargaining team as we begin planning for negotiations for the 2018-19 school year.  I’ve received 25% of the surveys which were given out at Back-to-School or mailed if not picked up.  I know there are a lot more opinions out there, so please get them in!  The deadline is this Friday, September 1.  You can scan and e-mail to me at vascher @ comcast.net, mail to MCOE, P.O. Box 4925, San Rafael, 94913 or drop it in the envelope by my desk in Education Support Services marked “CSEA Surveys.”  Click here for the survey

Also click here for a Professional/Personal  Growth reimbursement application for classes, workshops, health memberships, etc.    If you have questions about how to apply, or the specifics of the program, please contact me. 

Finally, there will be a MCOE/CSEA Benefits Fair next Wednesday, September 6, 1-4pm in the Marin Room at MCOE.  Watch for an announcement from Tracey Edmunds.  Please note:  this is different from the Member Benefit presentation we will have at our October 25 chapter meeting, which will pertain to CSEA benefits exclusively.  The September 6 event has more to do with open enrollment choices as it relates to health benefits and possibly some credit union and tax information as well.  Feel free to come to both if you can.  

From Vickie Ascher, Chapter 327 President:

From Vickie Ascher, Chapter 327 President:


Hello Chapter Members,

Please see the agenda below for our April 19 chapter meeting 3-4pm in the Board Room at MCOE.

Superintendent Mary Jane Burke will be joining us promptly at 3:00 for a brief update.  Please try to arrive by then if at all possible.  Personnel Director Tracee Edmunds will also stop by to answer any questions you may have.

In addition, we will vote for our Area B Alternate Director at this meeting.  There are two candidates, whose names and candidate statements can be viewed by clicking HERE.

I hope to see you on the 19th!

Chapter Meeting Agenda

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

3:00-4:00pm, Board Room

Approval of agenda
Secretary’s report
Treasurer’s report

Chapter business
• Superintendent & Personnel Director visit
• Annual Conference Attendance
• Alternate Area B Director Election


Good of the Order
Adjournment


Next Chapter Meeting:  June 7 - Year End Celebration at Hopmunk, 4-6pm

CSEA/Recognition Picnic 5.6.17

Please join us for this special event in recognizing CSEA’s Classified Employees and the tireless union activists who volunteer each and every day helping others, who takes pride in protecting our human and workplace rights, who passionately believes in the livelihood of others and breathes the union’s mission, who are always bragging about what the union can to do for you and always encouraging everyone to participate in actions of the union…spread the word – all members welcome, this is a CSEA family affair!

CalPERS seminar - April 6

From Vickie Ascher, Chapter 327 President:


Dear Members,

Please see the attached flyer (click HERE) I just received today regarding the retirement seminar on Thursday, hosted by San Rafael Chapter 304.  This is a great opportunity to receive important retirement-related information brought to you by CSEA Member Benefits.

Also, watch for upcoming info. related to our April 19 Chapter meeting, which Superintendent Mary Jane Burke and Personnel Director Tracee Edmunds will attend.
I will be sending out an e-mail soon.

Happy Tuesday!

Celebrate labor leader's legacy

Cesar Chavez still serves as inspiration to continue fighting for worker rights more than two decades after his death. We remember this great leader and celebrate his legacy during March, as we observe the anniversary of his birth.

Chavez was born near Yuma, Ariz. on March 31, 1927. He and his family worked the fields of California from Brawley to Oxnard, Atascadero, Gonzales, King City, Salinas, McFarland, Delano, Wasco, Selma, Kingsburg and Mendota. He studied civil disobedience and nonviolence, and eventually became an organizer for the Community Service Organization, where he worked on voter registration projects. In 1962, he founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW).

By 1970, the UFW got grape growers to accept union contracts and had effectively organized most of that industry. Chavez's tireless leadership and non-violent organizing actions included the Delano grape strike, numerous hunger strikes that focused national attention on the working conditions endured by farm workers, and the famous 340-mile march from Delano to Sacramento in 1966. The hunger strikes throughout his life took a toll on Chavez body and he died in his sleep on April 23, 1993 near Yuma at 65 years of age.

Chavez’s persistence, hard work, faith and willingness to sacrifice of himself helped the downtrodden farm workers of that era earn collective bargaining rights and are the reason why Chavez is still widely believed to be one of the labor movement’s greatest leaders. Join CSEA as we remember and celebrate what Chavez did for farm workers, and to advance the causes of the labor movement.

REMINDER: Chapter meeting tomorrow

From Vicki Ascher, Chapter 327 President:


Please be reminded of our CSEA Chapter meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb 15 from 3pm to 4pm in the Board Room.

Hope to see you there!