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If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Organize ‘Em: Queens, NY Charter School Faculty Vote...
Educators at the Academy of the City Charter School in Queens, NY announced this week that they are unionizing to better meet the needs of their students. The “yes” vote, which took place on May 21st,...
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A Whopping 89% of Chicago Teachers Union Members Vote to Authorize a Strike...
In Chicago, the battle between the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and Mayor Rahm Emanuel has come to a head with 89 percent of educators voting to authorize a strike in the Fall if contracts cannot be...
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Cutting Spending and Raising Tuition, Colleges Offer Students Less and Less...
The statistics are overwhelming: Americans are currently $1 trillion in debt due to student loans, an amount larger than the nation’s collective credit card debt. Still, the importance of a college...
View ArticleFirst Health Care…and now a Highway Bill!? It’s a good week for America.
Transportation spending is traditionally of bipartisan interest, which made the delay of a new transportation bill even more infuriating for those disenchanted with Washington gridlock. Yet a shimmer...
View ArticleEmails Reveal Wisconsin GOP’s Gerrymandering Intended to “Waste” Opposition’s...
Merriam-Webster defines gerrymandering as the following: “to divide (a territorial unit) into election districts to give one political party an electoral majority in a large number of districts while...
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Chicago Teachers Union Begins Day 3 of Strike to Save the City’s Schools
For a third straight day, Chicago’s public school teachers (members of the Chicago Teachers Union) will be on strike to protest the direction that Chicago’s school system is headed. The CTU and Mayor...
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CHART: High School Graduation Rates in “Right-to-Work” States Clearly Lower...
An interesting, though dated map is making its way around the web that shows graduation rates across the country versus state “Right-to-Work” status. The graphic likely resurfaced, despite showing...
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Health Contributions, Contract Length, Rehiring of Displaced Workers Among...
The seven-and-change days long strike by the Chicago Teachers Union has ended with the CTU deciding to return to work after a majority of their 26,000 members supported a contract offer last night....
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Lunch Pail Republicans Resurface in PA, Throw Weight Behind Moderate Members...
Last time we heard from the Lunch Pail Republicans, they were taking on “Right-to-Work” and its Indianan proponents. Now, the SuperPAC that aims to boost pro-union Republicans has provided support for...
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For the 3rd Time in History, PA State University Faculty Members Have...
After working 16 months without a contract, faculty members at the 14 state-owned Pennsylvania universities have voted to authorize a strike if necessary. 86 percent of members, represented by the...
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Pennsylvania University Faculty, State System of Higher Ed Reach Deal to...
The threat of a strike disrupting classes at Pennsylvania state colleges is no longer imminent as faculty and the state have reached a preliminary handshake agreement with the finer details to be...
View ArticleMillions from Corporate Interests, Including $1M from NYC Mayor Bloomberg,...
School board elections in Los Angeles brought some big money from corporate donors looking to unseat Steve Zimmer, an Independent and former teacher/community leader with a reputation for working with...
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Philadelphia Public School Closures Result in Arrest of AFT President,...
In Philadelphia, mass rallies couldn’t stop the inevitable closure of 23 schools by the city’s School Reform Commission (SRC). While four of the targeted schools were saved, public education took a...
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New Ground is Broken as NLRB Will Oversee Charter School Union Election in...
In a good news item for organized labor, a union organizing election later this month at the New Media Technology Charter School in northwest Philadelphia will be overseen by the National Labor...
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GREAT STORY: Oregon AFL-CIO Inmate Training Program Graduates First 16 Female...
via NW Labor Press In Oregon, an experimental program that allows soon-to-be released inmates from the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility to participate in pre-apprenticeship training has held its...
View ArticleSURVEY: Organized Faculty in the United States Up 14% Since 2006
In a piece last week that looked at the problems administrators and faculty are having agreeing on how to deal with funding cuts to education, a bright spot was noted. Organized faculty in the U.S. is...
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Constitutionality of Wisconsin’s Anti-Worker Act 10 Still Uncertain as Law...
The fate of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s now infamous Act 10, which stripped collective bargaining rights from public employees, is still up in the legal air as the State Supreme Court decides if it...
View ArticleMountains of College Debt, Expansion of Natural Gas Industry are Reasons to...
A recent Washington Post op-ed from two top economists highlights the need for apprenticeship to help U.S. workers gain a competitive edge. Stuart E. Eizenstat, a former adviser to Presidents Carter...
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ALEC Aims to Destroy Local School Boards, Turn Education Into a Corporate,...
ALEC is spreading its pro-corporate, pro-privatization agenda into the education space with greater abandon than before. ALEC-style “education reform” includes a push for the complete removal of...
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Poverty, Once Relegated to Cities, Now Plaguing Suburban U.S.
Pittsburgh, PA In post-World War II America, the sprawling suburbs made possible by full employment, good wages, and an abundance of automobiles were a symbol of prosperity. Large supermarkets,...
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