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Rahm Emanuel Shut Down by Teacher Activist
This was passed along to me, so I figured I would share here. Rahm Emanuel, the former Obama chief of staff, and current Mayor of Chicago, has done everything in his power to destroy public education in Chicago. On Monday night, at a public hearing on the city’s 2016 budget, Emanuel made a rare …
Send Well Wishes to Karen Lewis
By now you may have heard about the unfortunate illness that Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis is battling. Today the CTU released details on how you can send Karen your well wishes. Via the CTU Blog… Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) President Karen Lewis is recovering well from last week’s surgery and appreciates the outpouring …
Labor Notes Book Party
Thank you to all of the PJSTA members who attended tonight’s Labor Notes Book Party about the book How to Jump-Start Your Union: Lessons from the Chicago Teachers. Joining a healthy representation of PJSTA members were teachers from districts such as Mount Sinai, Patchogue-Medford, Port Jefferson, Levittown, and Shoreham-Wading River. We were joined tonight by …
Yes, the Vergara Verdict Can Happen in NY Too
Shortly after a verdict in the Vergara v. California case was handed down, stripping the state’s teachers of their tenure protections, I received a flurry of text messages from colleagues asking me whether or not this could happen in New York State as well. My answer to them was YES. Yes, New York’s teachers can …
How to Jump Start Your Union- NYC Book Party
The Mrs. and I will be attending this along with Beth Dimino. Any other PJSTA members interested? Via Labor Notes… Join us for a discussion of Labor Notes’ new book, How to Jump-Start Your Union: Lessons from the Chicago Teachers, with a presentation from Chicago Teachers Union organizer Matthew Luskin. How to Jump-Start Your Union tells how …
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