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Union Teachers Giving Back in Kenya
How do you teach students, when basic comforts that we take for granted are not guarenteed. For students in Kenya, especially in rural areas, this is a dail reality.
The Double Standard For Teachers
A teacher in Bellport NY was fired by her school district after a student found a topless photo that she sent to a fellow teacher who she was in a relationship with. The teacher is now suing...
6 Warning Signs You Might Have Wind Cancer
This post first appeared on Alternative Science. Windmill cancer, or wind cancer as it’s also referred to, is a very real, very serious, very deadly disease. Caused by the noise from wind...
Why the Affordable Care Act is Working
Imagine arbitrarily deciding to knock down your house with no plan for rebuilding it and no idea how to pay for it. In effect, that’s what the Trump administration had attempted to do in...
Women Have Played an Important Role in the Labor Movement
During the month of March, we commemorate Womens' History Month. In this months message, I would like to highlight the work of women in building early union...
Unions Reject the Green New Deal
Below is a letter from the AFL-CIO rejecting the so-called "Green New Deal" that is making its way through Congress.
After 30 Years, It's 'Not the Web We Wanted'
This year, the internet has been around for 30 years and at a recent conference in CERN, some of the founders reflected on the state of the internet. Find out what they had to say from AP News.
Graduation Rate Rise from Public Ed Investments
New York State United Teachers today lauded the hard work of public educators across New York as the state announced that the graduation rate for students statewide has increased yet again, to 80.4...
We Must Re-Instill Democracy in our Culture
On Monday, Long Island Federation of Labor Executive Director Roger Clayman spoke at the First Baptist Church in Riverhead New York about Dr. Martin Luther King and his connection to the labor...
The Swastikas at my College
As a student at Purchase College, I am baffled by what has happened on the last night of Hanukkah. As many students and staff were lighting candles to celebrate the last night of Hanukkah, on campus...