<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>Good reasons to belong Marvin!</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Marty Mittleman</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Lee County Substitute Information <lee-substitute-info@lcapst.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> nsta-executiveboard@lcapst.org; lee-substitute-info@lcapst.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, November 20, 2013 6:40 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Lee-Substitute-Info] FW: What would you do with-out Us?<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="off"><div id="yiv187952096"><style></style><div><div class="yiv187952096WordSection1"><div class="yiv187952096MsoNormal"> </div><div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">To: All Lee Substitute Teachers;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"> </span></div><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">Many times during the school year I am asked by substitutes new to Lee County School District, </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">Why should I join the Lee County Association of Substitute Teachers? </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">Whats in it for me ???</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">My answer is a fairly simple one.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">What would you lose if there is no labor organization to represent you?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"> This is what you would lose;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"> 1.) A voice that represents, You in all dealings with the school district</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"> 2.) Some one to argue for your salary</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"> 3.) Changes in the school work day schedule, days or hours that affect your wages</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"> 4.) A change in duties, lunch-room, before or after school class coverage</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"> 5.) Possible out- source to a private employment agency, ex. Kelly Sevice</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"> 6.) No due process</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"> 7.) No grievence proceedure</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"> 8.) No continual substitute training</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"> 9.) No payroll direct deposit</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">10,) The right to take staff development courses, same as a teacher</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">11.) No affective communication process to keep you in the loop, your own web-site LCAPST.ORG</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">12.) Communication with other substitute groups Nationwide</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">13.) To advace the message "that a substitute teacher is a Professional, a Teacher "Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, "it is one of the chacteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have a free and independent labor union"</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">Pope Paul VI is quoted as saying "the important role of a labor organization must be admitted; their object is the advancement and representation of various categories of workers. Their lawful collaberation in economics advances the society,and the development of the sense of their responsibility for the realization of the common good".</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;">So consider what you could loose, and then consider what you gain by Joining and supporting your labor group LCAPST. For" UNITED WE Stand and Alone you are Alone."</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"> </span></div><div><div><i><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma", "sans-serif";color:black;" class="yui_3_7_2_34_1384992480633_138">Marvin Goetz</span></b></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"></span></div><div><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma", "sans-serif";color:black;" class="yui_3_7_2_34_1384992480633_140">Substitute Teacher</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"></span></div><div><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma", "sans-serif";color:black;" class="yui_3_7_2_34_1384992480633_142">239 542-1746</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"></span></div><div><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma", "sans-serif";color:black;" class="yui_3_7_2_34_1384992480633_144"><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:marvinag@leeschools.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:marvinag@leeschools.net">marvinag@leeschools.net</a></span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"> </span></div><div><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma", "sans-serif";color:black;" class="yui_3_7_2_34_1384992480633_147">President, </span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"></span></div><div><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma", "sans-serif";color:black;" class="yui_3_7_2_34_1384992480633_149">Lee County Association of Professional Substitute Teachers</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: black;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.lcapst.org/"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;">www.lcapst.org</span></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="on"><br>_______________________________________________<br>Lee-Substitute-Info mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Lee-Substitute-Info@lcapst.org" href="mailto:Lee-Substitute-Info@lcapst.org">Lee-Substitute-Info@lcapst.org</a><br><a href="http://lcapst.org/mailman/listinfo/lee-substitute-info_lcapst.org" target="_blank">http://lcapst.org/mailman/listinfo/lee-substitute-info_lcapst.org</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>