NEA 2009 Leadership Academy, August 5-8
NEA-Alaska is sponsoring a special leadership conference to move the goals of the association forward. The conference will be held at the University of Alaska Anchorage campus at The Commons.
ATTN: NEA-Alaska/Retired Members
DA Nomination Form must be recieved by Sept. 1, 2009
To our members....boycott to be called!
We ask that members honor this action by our union brothers and sisters by not participating in activities that take place at the Hilton Anchorage Hotel until matters are resolved. We will keep you posted with updates.
May 13, 2009
Hotel Worker Supporters!
The Hilton Anchorage workers have spoken – an overwhelming majority have voted to place their hotel under boycott!
After asking nicely for a fair contract over the last 10 months, the workers believe the hotel will only move on issues they care the most about by hitting the company’s bottom line. Workers are simply asking to maintain the Anchorage industry standard. Management, however, is looking to take away rights that currently allow workers to provide for themselves and their families.
Hilton workers are determined to stand together until the company agrees to affordable family healthcare, safe workloads for housekeepers, job security, and fair wage increases.
Please join us as we ask the public not to eat, sleep, or meet at the Hilton Anchorage until the boycott is over. Once we win a fair contract, the boycott will end!
Sincerely, Marvin Jones & Daniel Esparza
UNITE HERE Local 878
907-272-6591
Why is LaDawn crying?
A special report by NEA-Alaska President Barb Angaiak (May 7, 2009)
There are a few times in LaDawn's life when she is brought to tears, and it happened this week in the Seward City Hall during a Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting...more
It's full court press during interim to pressure legislators to restore secure retirement system (May AKtivist09)
During the first session of the 26th Alaska Legislature, bills to restore a defined benefit pension system met a positive reception in key House and Senate committees...more
Schoolhouse Talk—a new weekly internet radio that connects and engages people of all walks of life who care about public education. To tune in live to the weekly show, go to www.SchoolhouseTalk.org, or download a show later from the website or through iTunes.(May09)
Social Security Fairness Act reintroduced in Congress
ACTION NEEDED: Contact Sens. Murkowski and Begich, urge them to cosponsor bill in Senate (Mar/April AKtivist09)
The fight for a secure retirement is also being waged at the federal level. Bills have been introduced in both the House and Senate to repeal the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall elimination Provision (WEP). These laws penalize Alaska's educators and other public employees...more
Alaska grows cold on its 401(a) plan—A March 9 article in the online version of Pensions & Investments Magazine predicts that Alaska will soon return to a defined benefit system for its educators and other public employees. Keith Brainard, research director for the National Association of State Retirement Administrators, pointed out that Alaska is the only state whose defined contribution plan does not offer its teachers Social Security as a way to provide a guaranteed floor benefit if their DC investments go south. “When you have a combination of non-Social Security participants and no access to a defined benefit plan, you're removing all sources of secured retirement income,” he said. To read the full article...
What is the Employee Free Choice Act, and why is it important to YOU? This federal bill would enable working people to bargain for better benefits, wages and working conditions by restoring workers’ freedom to choose for themselves whether to join a union. Giving working people the freedom to form unions and bargain collectively is key to turning around the economy and rebuilding America’s middle class...more
Senate Bill to Repeal Social Security Offsets Reintroduced!
Senators Feinstein (D-CA) and Collins (R-ME) have reintroduced the Senate version of the Social Secutiy Fairness Act, which would repeal the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision. The Senate bill has a total of 11 cosponsors. Your action is needed now!
 NEA-Alaska, as a founding member of the Alaska Public Pension Coalition, is leading the fight to restore a defined benefit retirement plan for Alaska’s teachers. For information about the Coalition, pension reform, research, FAQ’s, legislative updates, and how you can help, visit our web site at www.akpensionreform.org
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