As American families fret over a patchwork set of standards for reopening schools that vary widely by city and state, teachers unions across the country are denouncing the Trump administration’s approach.
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Despite the Janus decision and years of labor losses, the Chicago Teachers Union has figured out how to organize — and win. Strikes always require sacrifice, risk, and preparation.
This is one of two contrasting viewpoints posted to Portside Labor today about the PSC (AFT) tentative agreement with CUNY, covering 30,000 faculty (including 12,000 adjuncts), professional and graduate employees.
This is one of two contrasting viewpoints posted to Portside Labor today about the PSC (AFT) tentative agreement with CUNY, covering 30,000 faculty (including 12,000 adjuncts), professional and graduate employees.
United Academics of the University of New Mexico won the right to establish a union, overcoming the entrenched opposition of the administration.
Labor leaders dispute candidates’ claims that single-payer will leave their members worse off. Unionists would benefit from a system that guarantees comprehensive benefits and takes health care out of labor negotiations.
Andy Stern, the former head of SEIU, is using his resume in organized labor to support a group that explicitly aims to undermine teacher’s unions.
What happens when new leaders run for office and beat an eight-term incumbent? In the Baltimore Teachers Union, it seems, the incumbent tries for a second bite at the apple.
As the movement for justice in education grows, divesting from prison profiteers is a concrete way educators can join the call to end mass incarceration.
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