Collective Bargaining Agreement between the BTU and Baltimore City School System

Teachers and other public employees are under attack in Wisconsin and other states.  Pubic sector employees are facing bills in a variety of states that would severely limit  collective bargaining rights and silence the political voice of American wokers.  It is critical for labor to prevail in these battles since labor provides a baseline for wages and workers' rights.  If these efforts to undermine workers succeed, the very middle class will be threatened and similar movements will expand to other states.  Stay tuned.

John Rogers, the director of UCLA's Institute for Democracy Education, has offered a counter to the recent LA Times articles on value-added evaluations.  Clearly, the value-added process of evaluating teachers based on student test results needs quite a bit more research.

We all know Head Start is program that helps many children and families who may slip through the cracks otherwise. These families are low-income and, in most cases, have little to no other oppurtunities available to them.  With the change in Congress, in order to help balance the budget, they are debating about cutting funds to the Head Start program. This may mean our children and families who we serve today may not get the opportunity to benefit from such a great program in the future. It could also mean many of us may find ourselves searching for new careers. Please read the article and sign the petition below!

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The Safety Procedures for Baltimore City Public Schools are as follows:

As stated on Page 2 of BCPSS Safety Rules and Regulations: Whenever dangerous working conditions exist which require immediate corrective action, the employee(s) shall notify their manager/supervisor at once. The manager/supervisor shall take immediate action to correct the hazard. If corrective action is not taken immediately by themanager/supervisor, the employee(s) shall notify the Director/Department Head of theirdepartment. The Director/Department Head shall take immediate action to correct the hazard. If the appropriate corrective action is still not taken immediately, the employee(s) shall notifythe Department of Health & Safety (H&S). Employees have the right to refuse a work assignment if there is a reasonable belief that the task would endanger his/her physical safety (beyond the normal hazards associated with the occupation), or would violate governmental safety standards. Any employee who refuses to perform the assigned work task shall not be required to resume the work assignment until either the hazard has been corrected or a determination has been made by a qualified person stating that the work is not unsafe or dangerous. No employee who refuses to perform work in accordance with this section shall be disciplined, retaliated against or lose the right to perform the work once the hazardous condition has been corrected.

For More Information, visit: City Schools Safety Handbook online at

WPEC issues a statement in response to Walker's deficit repair bill on Monday 2/14/2011.