Executive Board MeetingFriday, March 16, 2018, 10:00amMTA Offices Auburn, MA Attending: Sherry Horeanopoulos (APA President/FitchburgSU), Charlie Cianfarini (APA Vice President/MCLA), Michael Pelletier (President/SalemSU) at 11:09am, Kathi Bradford, APA Secretary (Westfield SU), Aaron Childs (APA Membership/WestfieldSU), Alan Jackson (President/WorcesterSU), Jim Murphy, Treasurer at 10:19am, Mike Storey (President/BridgewaterSU), Not Attending: Edward Vacha (President, MassMaritime), Howie Larosee (President, […]

Executive Board MeetingFriday, February 16, 2018, 10:00amMTA Offices Auburn, MA Attending: Sherry Horeanopoulos (APA President/FitchburgSU), Charlie Cianfarini (APA Vice President/MCLA), Michael Pelletier (President/SalemSU), Katie D’Urso (MTA), Kathi Bradford, APA Secretary (Westfield SU), Mark Powers (President/Framingham), Aaron Childs (APA Membership/WestfieldSU), Alan Jackson (President/WorcesterSU) Not Attending: Jim Murphy, Treasurer, Marissa Barrios (MassMaritime for Edward Vacha), Howie Larosee […]

Statewide Executive Board Meeting Worcester Educator’s Association Office Worcester, MA. Friday, January 19, 2018 Attending: Sherry Horeanopoulos (APA President/FitchburgSU), Charlie Cianfarini (APA Vice President/MCLA), Michael Pelletier (President/SalemSU), Katie D’Urso (MTA), Kathi Bradford, APA Secretary (Westfield SU), Mark Powers (President/Framingham), Howie Larosee (President, MassArtSU), Rich Sutter (President/WestfieldSU) (arrived at 10:33am), Aaron Childs (APA Membership/WestfieldSU), Mike Storey […]

Statewide Executive Board Meeting Publick House, Sturbridge, MA Friday, December 15, 2017 Attending: Sherry Horeanopoulos (APA President/FitchburgSU), Charlie Cianfarini (APA Vice President/MCLA), Michael Pelletier (President/SalemSU), Katie D’Urso (MTA), Alan Jackson (President/WorcesterSU), Kathi Bradford, APA Secretary (Westfield SU), Mark Powers (President/Framingham), Howie Larosee (President, MassArtSU), Edward Vacha, (MassMaritime), Maribeth Wrobel (Membership/WorcesterSU) Not Attending: Jim Murphy, Treasurer […]

Executive Board MeetingFriday, November 17, 2017Salem State University, Bertolon School of Business, Room 225 Attending: Sherry Horeanopoulos (APA President/FitchburgSU), Charlie Cianfarini (APA Vice President/MCLA), Michael Pelletier (President/SalemSU), Katie D’Urso (MTA), Mike Storey (President/BridgewaterSU), Alan Jackson (President/WorcesterSU), Kathi Bradford, APA Secretary (Westfield SU), Mark Powers (President/Framingham) at 10:20am, Howie Larosee (President, MassArtSU) at 10:36am Guest: Brian […]

Executive Board MeetingEducation Association of Worcester (EAW) conference room 397 Grove Street, Worcester 01605Friday, October 20, 2017APA Board Meeting 10:00am Attending: Sherry Horeanopoulos (President/Fitchburg), Charlie Cianfarini (VP/MCLA), Jim Murphy (Treasurer), Michael Pelletier (Salem), Michael Storey (Bridgewater), Mark Powers (Framingham), Alan Jackson (Worcester), Katie D’Urso (MTA) Aaron Childs (Membership), Rich Sutter (Westfield), Kathi Bradford (Secretary) Not […]

Friday, September 15, 2017Education Association of Worcester (EAW)Grove Street, Worcester 01605   10:00am    Attending:  Sherry Horeanopoulos (President/Fitchburg),  Charlie Cianfarini (VP/MCLA), Jim Murphy (Treasurer),  Michael Pelletier (Salem), Michael Storey (Bridgewater), Howie Larosee (Mass Art), Mark Powers  (Framingham), Alan Jackson (Worcester), Edward Vacha (Mass Maritime), Katie D’Urso (MTA)  Not attending:  Aaron Childs (Membership), Rich Sutter (Westfield), Kathi Bradford (Secretary),   I. Call to Order  10:14am II. Approval of June Minutes and August Minutes  – Moved: AJackson – Seconded: Mike  Storey  Sherry abstained from June, all others approved, August approval unanimous. III. President’s Report  Discussed Vacation/Personal leave accrual reduction (480>350). If we have to accept the  reduction, proposal to buy back that time in full.    We reviewed the current APA Proposals.  Westfield State’s faculty is not attending Open House; others are following suit in other situations.  Librarians in MSCA do not have the vacation and sick accrual language in their  proposals.  Salary offer is not cost of living equitable.  Not back on cycle with the other  union affiliates.  Mark proposed: July 1 2017 would be a retroactive 1%.  Then January 1 would kick in the 3‐ year contract under the current Parameters  i. Jan 1, 2017 – Jun 30, 2017 .5%  (6‐month contract at .5%)  ii. New Contract begins ‐ Jul 1, 2017 – .5%  iii. Jan 1, 2018 – .5%  iv. Jul 1, 2018 – 1%  v. Jan 1, 2019 – 1%  vi. Jul 1, 2019 – 1%  vii. Jan 1, 2020 – 1%  Charlie suggested withdrawing all the language changes regarding FMLA.  Contract is really  good as it stands.  Negotiations meeting on September 25th will be in Auburn at the MTA Office at 10:00am.  IV. Treasurer’s Report/ Audit Report  September APA expense reports due Tuesday, September 19th.  Jim gave treasurer’s report – Board members should have received this via email  during the week  Audit went well – increase in fee of $300.00 in 2017    Auditors will report in November at the APA Annual meeting in Salem  V. Motion to accept the  Treasurer’s Report  – Mark Powers  […]

Friday, November 17, 2017Salem State UniversitySalem, MA 12:00pm,  Annual Statewide meeting  ANNUAL STATEWIDE MEETING AGENDA I. Call to Order – Sherry Horeanopoulos, President  II. Approval of Minutes from November 18, 2016 (pending quorum) III. Treasurer’s Report – Jim Murphy, Treasurer IV. President’s Report – Sherry  V. Membership and Data – Aaron Childs, Statewide Membership  Coordinator  VI. Health and Welfare Report  ‐ Alan Jackson, Representative to the  Health and Welfare Committee VII. Old/New Business  a. Contract Negotiations  b. Open Q and A from the floor VIII. Announcements IX. Adjournment  Attending: Sherry Horeanopoulos (President/FitchburgSU), Aaron Childs (Membership), Katie D’Urso (MTA), Charlie  Cianfarini (VP/MCLA), Michael Pelletier (SalemSU), Alan Jackson (WorcesterSU), Howie Larosee  (MassArt), Kathi Bradford (Secretary), 6 members from MCLA local chapter  Not in Attendance: Mark Powers (FraminghamSU), Mike Storey (BridgewaterSU), Rich Sutter  (WestfieldSU),  Jim Murphy (Treasurer), Ed Vacha (Maritime)  I. Meeting was Called to Order at 12:25pm – Sherry Horeanopoulos, President In addition to the members of the Executive Board, there were 6‐8 members  from MCLA who attended. Sherry thanked the members for their interest and commended Charlie for his  service to the group and to the statewide membership II. Approval of Minutes from November 20, 2015   We could not approve the previous year’s minutes because there was not a sufficient quorum to approve them.  Suggested to have the Board approve at  the next monthly meeting.  III. Treasurer’s Report – Jim Murphy, Treasurer Jim was not present for the annual meeting.  IV. President’s Report – Sherry  Sherry and Charlie discussed the current issues facing the Executive Board.  We spoke about negotiations, the process, FLSA issues and the changes we may  face due to changes in the administration at the statehouse.  We briefly spoke  of the dim chances of receiving the kind of increases we have seen in the last two sessions.  Spoke of cooperation with MSCA reps to get the best deals.  We  asked for input from the group.  V. Membership and Data – Aaron Childs, Statewide Membership Coordinator  Aaron reiterated the figures he had presented during the business meeting  VI. Health and Welfare Report  ‐ Alan Jackson, Representative to the Health and  Welfare Committee AJ made a comprehensive presentation about the work of Health and Welfare  VII. Announcements […]