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• Major Hurdle Cleared in Pension Security for Metro Employees
  We are pleased to announce that some major threats to Metro employee benefits have been avoided for now, thanks in no small part to SEIU Local 205.
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• Metro Employees Speak Out On Raises & Budget
  On May 1, hours after Mayor Karl Dean gave the annual State Of Metro Address, nearly 100 city employees and activists descended on the Davidson County Courthouse in downtown Nashville to rally in support of an employee raise and to talk to their council member about what they do every day to serve Nashville’s citizens.
  
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• MNPS Employee Files Lawsuit Seeking Justice
  SEIU Local 205 announced its support of a lawsuit that was filed in the Metro/Davidson County Chancery Court on behalf of Ms. Tanya Aina-Labinjo of Antioch against Dr. Jesse Register and the Metro Nashville Public Schools Board of Education.
  
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• "Amateur Politics From MNPS," Says Former Council Member
  On his blog, former Metro Council member Jamie Hollin reveals that he is not happy with the "amateur politics" on display by MNPS H.R. Director June Keel when she wrote an opinion piece for The Tennessean on April 21. In addition to some misleading anti-union remarks, Keel also challenged the results of a poll done by the University of Tennessee which showed MNPS workers were angry and demoralized about the radical changes Dr. Register has made to the district's labor policy and the Employee Handbook.
  
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• State Legislator Calls for Jesse Register to Resign

  State Representative Gary Moore (D-Joelton) has requested that the Metro Nashville school board ask for the resignation or dismiss the director of schools, Dr. Jesse Register, for violating his own contract and not following ethics and financial disclosure requirements.
  
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• Register Announces New Disclosure Policy
  As reported by The Tennessean, NewsChannel 5, and the Nashville City Paper, Metro Schools director Dr. Jesse Register announced a new "disclosure of interest" form for himself and other senior MNPS officials at the April 10 school board meeting. The action by Register comes in the wake of  Read More
• Rep. Gary Moore Calls for Jesse Register's Resignation
  Following an investigation by The Tennessean and an ethics complaint, State Representative Gary Moore (D-Joelton) has submitted a letter to public officials asking for the resignation of Metro Schools director Dr. Jesse Register.
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• Cafeteria Workers Catch "Funny Money" Circulating in MNPS
  Nancy Amons from WSMV Channel 4 reports that cafeteria employees at Cane Ridge High School have discovered counterfeit bills that were being passed as lunch money.
  
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• Cheating @ MNPS?
  The Atlanta Journal Constitution names Metro Nashville Public Schools as a system that has "suspicious test scores" that could indicate cheating on standardized tests. MNPS denied the allegations and says there are "flaws" in the AJC's data.
  
  Give the AJC article a read and find out for yourself what it all means.
  
  
  
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• SEIU Files Ethics Complaints Against MNPS Director and School Board Members
  As reported by The Tennessean and other media outlets, SEIU Local 205 has filed ethics complaints against MNPS Director Jesse Register and the members of the Metro School Board over these officials' failure to file financial disclosure forms under the Metro Ethics Code.
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