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The FOSCEP office is temporarily closed due to the closure of the AFL-CIO Building in downtown Harrisburg. We will update our office status here as soon as the building is reopened.

The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed by both the Commonwealth and FOSCEP and is in the last stage prior to issuance of the pay raises which will be retroactive to July 1, 2019.

The Commonwealth is anticipating 6-8 weeks from November 6th for the raises to take effect.

If you have any questions, please email either foscep.president@gmail.com or foscep@gmail.com.

In AFT President Randi Weingarten’s latest New York Times  column, she describes what it is exactly that unions do. Though unions are the most popular they have been in decades, anti-union sentiment still thrives in red states and across the nation. “Several years ago, The Atlantic ran a story whose headline made even me, a labor leader, scratch my head: ‘Union Membership: Very Sexy,’” Weingarten writes in the column. “The gist was that higher wages, health benefits and job security—all associated with union membership—boost one’s chances of getting married. Belonging to a union doesn’t actually guarantee happily ever after, but it does help working people have a better life in the here and now.” Click through to read the full column.

Brothers and Sisters,

Happy New Year from FOSCEP!  This will serve as official notification of the General Membership Meeting, which is scheduled for February 14, 2022 via ZOOM at 12 noon.  

Please RSVP by February 4th to foscep@comcast.net .  The ZOOM information will be provided upon receiving your RSVP. 

If you do not RSVP you will not be able to gain access into the meeting. 

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you at the meeting.

Tina Weaver – President

Kevin Mock – Vice President

Dara DeRoiste – Treasurer

Jenna Solomon - Secretary

Report non-compliance here

Plymouth Meeting, PA, December 21, 2020—On behalf of its 36,000 members and 61 locals, AFT Pennsylvania on Monday released a webform for educators, staff, students, parents, and community members to report non-compliance with the Pennsylvania Secretary of Health’s November 24, 2020 Order Directing Public School Entities in Counties with Substantial Community Transmission to Attest to Health and Safety Protocols.

“While Pennsylvania’s largest school districts have responsibly moved to a fully remote instruction model, it is imperative that districts continuing in-person

FOSCEP Brothers and Sisters,

Due to the current state of emergency related to the coronavirus pandemic, the Commonwealth is temporarily increasing the five (5) day limitation on Sick Family Leave usage in each calendar year to a fifteen (15) day limitation on Sick Family Leave usage within a calendar year.

This modification will retroactively take effect March 30, 2020 and will expire with the expiration of the Governor's Proclamation of Disaster Emergency or the end of the current calendar year whichever occurs sooner.

Upon expiration of this modification, the temporary increase to fifteen (15)

Thank you to those members who made an effort to have your voice heard by voting on the new contract for the 2019-2023 contract years.  Your votes have been heard and I am happy to report that the new contract has been ratified and we are starting our next steps with the Office of Administration to finalize the contract.

I also want to thank those members who have contacted the office to voice your opinion on how to access the new contract once it is completed.  Therefore, based on that information, the new contract will be distributed via email as well as be posted on the FOSCEP website in the

UPDATE - SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Hello FOSCEP Members,

As of September 9, the summary of changes and ballots have been mailed or distributed to union members for ratification of the new contract. 

Please be sure to keep a watch on your mail and submit your vote before the September 27th deadline to have your voice heard. 

If you have any questions on the summary of changes, please see one of the officers or directors involved in the negotiations.

UPDATE - August 14, 2019

Good Morning FOSCEP Members,

Your contract negotiating team is pleased to announce that a tentative agreement has been reached with the