"The Gravy Train is over."

Congressman Ryan speaking in support of teachers.

Dr. Lee defended her salary.

On a larger note, it is a lack of leadership for the District adminstration to order cuts of certificated, classified employees and to raise class sizes for Frosh classes and to sweep funds out of educational programs all before administrators offer to make one cut to their salaries.  If our situation is so dire, bold leadership would require that the leaders of this district take the first steps. 

Let's save quality programs first, adminstrator salaries second. 

Friday, March 25th marks the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire where 146 victims, mostly young female immigrants,  perished in one of the nations most tragic workplace disasters.  The American Labor Studies Center has compiled a vast array of resources and lessons to be used in a variety of subject matters.

"The Triangle Factory Fire:  A Teachers Guide: http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/labor_16310.

Our Union kicked off a membership drive in January, with our leaders fanning out to every department to ask their co-workers to join together for a strong voice a work.

As management gave out copies of Adams' employee handbook last month, it conveniently glossed over one fact: if the employee handbook says one thing and our contract says something else, our contract is what governs!

House Republicans unveiled a bill last month that would slash nearly one billion dollars in Job Corps funding.

AFT president Randi Weingarten joined a large crowd of teachers, students, parents and other union supporters at City Hall in Providence March 2 to protest the mass firing of all the city's public school teachers.

"I thought the only insanity was in Wisconsin, not in Rhode Island," Weingarten said.

3/3/11 (AFT.org)

In what NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi called “an attack on collective bargaining,” the state Senate recently passed a bill that would dismantle fairness in layoffs for New York City teachers.