January 7, 2021
2,824 Public Employees Helped Opt Out
18,000 Members
$323,875 Saved in Annual Union Dues
2,824 Public Employees Helped Opt Out
18,000 Members
$323,875 Saved in Annual Union Dues
President-elect Joe Biden has reportedly chosen Connecticut Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona to run the Department of Education, passing over two teachers’ union presidents who were suggested for the job. Cardona is a former public school teacher and principal, who only recently rose to the top position in his state.
A coalition of public and private sector unions plans to spend millions of dollars to try to influence the upcoming New York City council races and to elect a labor-friendly speaker. The five unions include District Council 37, which claims the title of the city’s largest public employee union. The
Frank Ricci was a firefighter for over 25 years, and retired last year as a Battalion Chief and Union President for New Haven Fire Fighters. He was awarded numerous commendations during his career, including the medal of valor. He is currently a contractor for Americans for Fair Treatment and a
Home healthcare attendants recently picketed their union’s New York City headquarters over the practice of home care agencies assigning 24-hour shifts, but the union admitted it couldn’t help the women with their demands. The union, 1199 SEIU, says only the New York state legislature has the power to change the
Gina Friedlander is a substitute teacher in New York City represented by the United Federation of Teachers. She decided to resign her union membership over political disagreement, and now she doesn’t have to fund the union’s stance on COVID-19 decisions.
It’s hard to escape politics these days. It’s in the movies you watch, the music you listen to, football games – it is frustratingly inescapable. But schools and teachers once seemed to float above the political fray – not that they were bastions of conservatism, rather they were seen as
The union umbrella organization UNITE HERE is taking a victory lap after all three states its members heavily canvassed in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election went for their favored candidate, Joe Biden. In a press conference held on Nov. 5, the union said its canvassers spoke to 2.8
After winding up a bus tour in support of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and other candidates, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten tweeted out congratulations to candidates whose campaigns were supported by the union. “We campaigned with (U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, (D-MN) on the #AFTVotes bus tour this