DETROIT, Mich.—A federal judge on May 8 once again rejected a request by the American Federation of Teachers to stop Project Veritas from releasing information it obtained by sending a
WASHINGTON, DC – In a recent report from the National Center of Education Statistics, teachers in public and private schools across the country pay for their classroom supplies. This became
PUEBLO, Colo.—More than 2,000 teachers, paraprofessionals, and supporters marched through downtown Pueblo May 9, the third day of a strike by education workers in this city of 110,000. Their two
May is Labor History Month. Bill Hohlfeld, LaborPress’s resident historian and educator, started out as an ironworker. He describes labor history as “literally, our story. It’s the chronicle of our
NEW YORK, N.Y.—More than 800 graduate-student workers have been on strike at the New School since May 8, demanding that the university give them a first contract with wage increases,
ALBANY, N.Y.—The New York State Assembly passed a bill May 2 that would let local school districts set their own requirements for evaluating teachers. It would eliminate the state’s 2015
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—More than 30,000 Los Angeles Unified School District workers will hold a 24-hour strike May 15, SEIU Local 99 announced May 5. The union, which represents bus drivers,
NEW YORK, N.Y.—District Council 1707 AFSCME will picket a Bedford-Stuyvesant Head Start program’s offices May 10 to protest its firing of three shop stewards on May 1.
New York, NY – Columbia University continues its attack on unions and on April 24th its teaching and research assistants went on strike. The strike was held from April 24-30. With the backing
New York, NY – Republicans continue to push for a “right-to-work” USA providing a workforce where employees work for less. The open shop and non-union workplace is a route to
