November 18, 2011By Marc Bussanich, LaborPress City Reporter More than a month after 672 Local 372 school aides and parent coordinators were laid off from the Department of Education (DOE), Local
July 7, 2011By Abigail Mitchell This past June 21st, the Workers Defense League celebrated their 75th anniversary by honoring three prominent labor presidents. “The question was should we have balloons
June 27, 2011By Kismet BarksdaleNEW YORK – On THURSDAY June 23, more than 50 children and families who receive child care went to the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) office
June 10, 2011 By, Dr. Leonard H. Golubchick, Activity Coordinator/Title V COOP Grant, Metropolitan College of New YorkOn Thursday, May 19, 2011 at Villa Barone Manor, Bronx, NY the 2011
June 6, 2011By Kismet BarksdaleMaria Neira, vice president of New York State United Teachers, has been appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational
June 2, 2011 NAACP, Parents, Elected Officials and Community Leaders to Rally against NYC Public School Closings WHAT: Press Conference on how co-location expansion and public school closings will affect
June 1, 2011By Kismet BarksdaleAs the June 30 deadline for Mayor Bloomberg’s Executive Budget nears, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer held a town hall meeting June 25, 2011 to give New
Reprint May 23, 2011 By Scott Stevens May 12, 2011 UFT/photo by Miller Photography http://www.aft.org/newspubs/news/2011/051211newyork.cfm AFT president Randi Weingarten told a rally of more than 1,000 child care workers and parents
May 23, 2011By Stephanie WestThroughout New York State the impact of the $1.3 billion cut to public schools is devastating. Besides teacher reductions, services are being trimmed in almost every
