Dear UPM Faculty:
The counting of the vote for the election of the United Professors of Marin Executive Council was held on Tuesday, May 7th. The results are as follows:
At a General Membership Meeting on February 20, 2019, UPM members voted 85 to 68 to recall all nine (9) members of the Executive Council and UPM Officers. Representatives from our affiliates, the California Federation of Teachers (CFT) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) were present at the meeting and during the vote count.
Each year, money is set aside in the contract for professional learning activities, conferences, and travel, and faculty can apply for up to $1,500 of these PAC funds per year. This year, our budget is $30,000, and already, we have approved about $25,000 worth of requests...
The Social Security Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). These two provisions, which only apply to public employees in certain states, will either reduce your ability to collect previously earned Social Security benefits, or, in many cases...
