August 10, 2015 By Steve Wishnia and Neal Tepel The National Labor Relations Board ruled July 31 that Teach for America corps members have the right to join unions. The
July 23, 2015 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Referencing his pivotal support in the Fight for $15, higher education advocates on Wednesday urged Governor Andrew Cuomo to be bold
July 22, 2015 By Marc Bussinch New York, NY—As former Mayor Michael Bloomberg started his controversial third-term the Murphy Institute suddenly saw its budget slashed from $400,000 to zero. The
July 22, 2015 By Stephanie West New York, NY—Barnard College has signed an agreement with BCF-UAW Local 2110 allowing most non-tenure-track faculty to vote on whether to unionize in a
July 17, 2015 Reprinted: http://www.1199seiu.org/ Bronx, NY – On June 26 the Recreation center in St. James Park in the Bronx, was aglow with pride and big smiles. Four pre-k
July 13, 2015 By Neal Tepel New York, NY – Thousands of young children in low-income neighborhoods are not benefiting from Mayor Bill de Blasio's “universal” pre-K program according to
July 2, 2015 By Alan B. Lubin In June of 1993 I ran for office in my statewide union, The New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), to fill an unexpired
June 25, 2015 By Cynthia DiBartolo, Founder and CEO of Tigress Financial Partners New York, NY – Public education is a right. It is a guarantee that represents our government’s commitment
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
