PJSTA Resolution In Support of Striking West Virginia Teachers

The resolution below was passed by the PJSTA’s executive board today. All members are encouraged to click here and contribute to the strike fund. Whereas the teachers and school service employees in West Virginia have been suffering under changes to their health insurance resulting in drastic increases to the premiums paid; and Whereas West Virginia’s …

PJSTA to Host Organizing Conference

The PJSTA is proud to announce that it will be hosting the Organizing for Power in a Post-Janus World conference on Saturday, March 10th. The conference, which is being sponsored by several other local unions, will focus on real world organizing strategies and structures for unions to implement in advance of the looming Janus vs. …

Comsewogue Budget Passes; PJSTA Candidates Win!

Thank you to the Comsewogue community who came out yesterday to pass the Comsewogue school budget with a shade under 80% of the voters voting “Yes” for the school budget.  PJSTA endorsed candidates Alexandra Gordon and James Sanchez won re-election in unopposed races. In other news PJSTA members Gerriann McNamee and Kelly Vallette won election …

Students Not Scores to Host Ed Reform 2.0 Forum

In march we had Jia Lee and Alison McDowell join us for an episode of The PJSTA Live.  Students Not Scores has announced tonight that they will be hosting a forum on June 1st at Terryville Elementary School with McDowell coming all the way from Philly to join them.  The flyer is below.  You won’t …

Support the CTU’s Sarah Chambers

In 2014 at the UCORE conference in Chicago, I had the pleasure of briefly meeting Sarah Chambers in a workshop.  Since then Chambers, like so many other teachers from the rank and file caucuses who make up UCORE, has been busy continuing to fight back against ed deform and for the schools her students deserve. …