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Trump Budget Seeks to Slash Education Funds
March 22, 2019 at 12:11 amBudgets are a statement of priorities. And, from the budget he sent to Congress last week, President Trump’s priorities are a big boost in military spending, a wall,...
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Teacher Strikes Help Entire Community
The wave of teachers’ walkouts and strikes for almost a year – forced on the workers by penny-pinching and...
March 17, 2019 at 1:02 am -
Statement on 2020 Federal Ed Budget
Statement of AFSA President Ernest Logan on President Trump’s 2020 Education Budget The President...
March 11, 2019 at 4:39 pm -
Homework Is Too Focused on Rote Learning
The Center for American Progress released a new report that takes a first-of-its-kind look at homework...
March 6, 2019 at 9:57 pm -
Oakland School Leaders: Safety Key Concern During Strike, We Stand With Teachers
Statement from Lauran Waters-Cherry, President JoAnna Lougin, Executive Director ...
February 21, 2019 at 1:34 am
Issues »
AFL-CIO: No Early Presidential Endorsements
March 20, 2019 at 12:53 amThe AFL-CIO will not be making an early endorsement in the 2020 presidential contest. “There will be no early endorsement of any of the candidates who have announced,”...
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Will Biden Run?
Greeted by constant roaring chants of “Run, Joe, Run!” from a capacity crowd waving signs urging him to go...
March 13, 2019 at 12:50 am -
Jewish Labor Coalition Backing $15 Min. Wage
The Jewish Labor Committee has talked a coalition of 120 Jewish groups into supporting raising the federal minimum...
February 27, 2019 at 1:24 am -
Sectoral Bargaining –The Future of Labor
What was supposed to be an intellectual conference on the future of the U.S. union movement turned into a conference...
February 25, 2019 at 1:19 am -
Pro-Worker Agenda of Congressional Progressives
Pro-worker legislation, including equal pay for equal work and an updated stronger version of the Employee Free...
February 21, 2019 at 1:17 am