June 25, 2015 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—Following on the heels of the South Carolina AFL-CIO’s executive board resolution to support Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential candidacy, Vermont’s largest union
June 17, 2015 By LaborPress Last May Day, a laid-off adjunct professor at a community college in the Chicago suburbs sent the faculty and its retiring president a mass e-mail
June 12, 2015 Reprinted with permission from the United Automobile Workers New York, NY—With supermajority support, the union for nearly 200 Barnard College contingent faculty petitioned the National Labor Relations
June 11, 2015 By Stephanie West New York, NY – Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte [D-42nd District] is continuing her firm stance against Governor Cuomo’s “Parental Choice in Education Act.” According to
June 2, 2015 By Alan Lubin – Founder of BALCONY (the Business and Labor Coalition of New York) "Cuomo's tuition tax credit plan is a dagger in the heart of public
June 1, 2015 By Neal Tepel New York, NY – On May 28th a New York City Council delegation held a demonstration at City Hall to protest the closing of
May 24, 2015 By Marc Bussanich Newark, NJ—Thousands of students walked out of school in the latest protest against Superintendent Cami Anderson and the district’s plans to designate an additional
May 5, 2015 By LaborPress Gov. Andrew Cuomo was the target of almost every criticism made at the New York State United Teachers convention in Buffalo last weekend. NYSUT President
April 28, 2015 By Neal Tepel New York, NY – Thousand of parents prefer that their children attend half-day Universal Pre-K schooling in non-profit centers. Half-day community based UPK programs have
April 17, 2015 By Diann Woodard President, American Federation of School Administrators Washington, DC – After years of intensive advocacy by groups representing the nation’s principals, Congress is recognizing the
