Tag: PJSTA

The PJSTA Takes the Ice Bucket Challenge!

One cause that has always been near and dear to the heart of the PJSTA is Ride for Life whose mission is to find a cure for ALS.  Ride for Life was started in 1997 by former teacher Chris Pendergast who has been heroically battling ALS for over 20 years now.  Anyone who has seen Chris (or …

Get excited… New PJSTA Apparel is Coming This Fall!!!!

We will be ordering new PJSTA apparel this fall.  We have a wide array of options this year including all of this fall’s hottest fashion trends!  Ok, maybe not the hottest trends, but great union made apparel none the less!  Plenty of options for you to wear on Thursdays this year along with the many …

Mike Mulgrew plays tough guy in defense of Common Core

We have written at length on this blog about the failure by our parent unions to adequeately represent the rank and file membership.  We will be addressing this issue in depth at our conference day this year and over the coming months, along with providing a potential solution.  Nowhere, however, was the disconnect between our …

Thank You PJSTA!

The 2013-2014 school year has been a year like no other.  The PJSTA called on it’s rank and file to show up like never before as the battle for the soul of public education escalated to heights greater than any of us had seen before in our careers.  Large numbers of the PJSTA rank and file …

On Binding Delegates

As we creep towards the unprecedented NYSUT election on April 5th much has been made of locals who are committing all of their delegate votes to specific groups of candidates in the election.  We would like to make it clear that this is not how the PJSTA operates.  Our NYSUT/AFT delegates are elected by our …