MAINTAINING THE SCHOOLS BY MICHAEL LAFFERTY

 In Newsletter: Fall '21

During the summer, the members of Local 1952 had the opportunity to earn extra money by working on the special crews after their regular shifts were over. There were crews out in the schools replacing damaged ceiling tiles, repairing and replacing wooden floors, drum sanding and prepping and painting in various schools throughout the city. We have proved to the school department that our members could do the work just as well or better than the outside contractors who have done the work in the past year. We will be continuing to do this work throughout the upcoming school year.

With COVID-19 still an ongoing issue, the members in Boston and Quincy are still disinfecting and misting school buildings to help keep them healthy and safe for the students and staff for the school year. To help stop the spread of COVID-19 the city of Boston mandated that all city employees must be fully vaccinated or submit proof every seven calendar days of a negative COVID-19 screening test; if not, you will be put on a non-paid leave until you comply with the city’s policy on COVID-19, and the state has mandated a policy of all students and staff must be masked while in the school buildings.

Throughout the year the IUPAT held Zoom meetings for different crafts of the IUPAT. I was put on the Public Employees Craft Committee, where we discussed and shared information with other members from around the country on issues that affect public employees such as municipal elections, budgets, and trying to engage our members on the issues that affect them. At the IUPAT Leadership Conference in August, I spoke to the conference on recommendations from the committee on how the IUPAT could help serve the public better and on what we as public employees could do to help the IUPAT.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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