…he explains. In today’s media environment, this requires a “multipronged approach” of online videos, phone banking, going door-to-door, sending letters, and producing flyers. Most important, he adds, is “having workers…
…to three—the recently enacted paid sick leave legislation, local food sourcing legislation and the Open Data Law, which requires every single city agency post all of its databases online in…
…and whole grains. The online pin board Pinterest is also an ever-reliable resource of healthy and creative ideas for kids’ school lunches, with boards specializing in gluten-free, vegetarian and teen…
…average food costs, 12% in rents, and 17% in health care. Read more Virtual-School Teachers Organize Those trying to privatize education have promoted nonunion charter and online schools over public…
…online charter school have become the state’s first unionized “cyber instructors.” The 115 teachers at the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, based in Beaver County northwest of Pittsburgh, voted 71-34 to…
…to try to fight back,” says Lou Kimmel, an organizer for the New Labor workers’ center in New Brunswick, N.J. In the 21st-century system of online shopping and just-in-time delivery,…
…was a “dismal failure, and Governor Rick Scott is responsible.” Florida has required people applying for unemployment benefits to do so online since 2011, including completing a 45-question online exam…
…which has granted degrees for 17 years, was largely subsidized by the AFL-CIO. It had about 600 online students last fall, and has about 260 students registered for the spring….
…of Teachers Locals 5049 and 5051, agreed to a new contract. Management agreed to end the lockout after further negotiations failed. AFT Questions Online Classes In less than five years,…
…gaining a competitive advantage at the expense of employees,” Bernhard Schiederig, union negotiator at Amazon’s Bad Hersfeld site, said in a statement. Germany is the online retailer’s second-largest market after…
