A Conference You Won’t Want to Miss

I want to quickly share with our readers and wholeheartedly endorse the upcoming 2016 Labor Notes Conference.  The conference, being held in Chicago from April 1-3, brings together grassroots unionists from around the country to discuss common issues and strategize ways to build grassroots unionism. I personally know several of the teachers who will be …

Repeal the Ed Transformation Act!

Fellow teachers, I wrote a letter for the Action Network letter campaign “Rank & File Educators – REPEAL THE ED. TRANSFORMATION ACT! “. We are rank and file educators in New York State.  We want the Education Transformation Act Repealed.  It is bad for children, bad for our schools, and bad for New York! Can …

Public Sector Unions Poised to Escape Friedrichs Case Following Scalia’s Death

It was literally moments after the news of Justice Antonin Scalia’s unexpected death that people started to react to what the consequences would be.  Included among them would be the outcome of the Friedrichs vs. California case that threatened to be a tremendous blow to public sector unions.  Scalia was expected to be among the …

Favorite Tweets From the CTU Rally

Today the Chicago Teachers Union rallied for a fair contract and for the schools Chicago deserves.  Here are some of my favorite tweets from the rally…   Scene in front of City Hall #brokeonpurpose #faircontractnow pic.twitter.com/thvpBex9L6 — Aaron Cynic (@aaroncynic) February 5, 2016   Thousands of Chicago teachers, students & parents took the streets tonight …