New York
UFT, Green Dot sign pioneering contract for NYC charter school
July 2, 2009The nation’s preeminent charter school organization, Green Dot Public Schools, and its largest teacher union local, the United Federation of Teachers, signed an innovative and pioneering collective bargaining agreement on June 23 for Green Dot’s New...
Read moreHoward Dean endorses Josh Skaller for N.Y. City Council
June 11, 2009BROOKLYN, N.Y.— Howard Dean, founder of Democracy for America and Democratic National Committee Chair Emeritus, gave an enthusiastic endorsement to City Council candidate Josh Skaller, saying that “we need people who are going to be on...
Read moreProtesters hold second day’s march on Wall Street
April 5, 2009Thousands of protesters marched in Manhattan for the second day in a row on Wall Street today, to call for an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and for more government aid for struggling...
Read moreNew Yorkers fight City Hall on taxes
March 7, 2009NEW YORK — Tens of thousands of people— unionists, community members, religious leaders and elected officials—came out here, March 5, at City Hall and in cities across the state to demand a fair budget for working...
Read morePassing EFCA is single most important thing for worker safety
February 24, 2009The first and foremost thing workers can do to protect their safety and health is to join a union. Without a union to protect them, rights to safe and healthful working conditions are a legal abstraction.
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