by | Jul 13, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
The Department of Education announced Tuesday it is rescinding guidelines on affirmative action, effectively advising colleges and universities that the consideration of race and ethnicity in admissions decisions is beyond constitutional requirements. By revoking the...
by | Jul 12, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
Right-wing groups have been waging war against public sector unions for many years, so last week’s Janus decision came as no surprise. In her monthly column, AFT President Randi Weingarten describes why Janus was such a “prized goal” for the...
by | Jul 11, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
NYSUT won its lawsuit against SUNY for the creation of special, dumbed-down teacher certification rules for charter schools. Read...
by | Jul 10, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
In her drive to loosen regulations on all things education (and consequently provide a clear path for privatization), Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is delaying regulations that would guide the oversight of online colleges. The rules, which online colleges have...
by | Jul 10, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
Another step back to a different era by the U.S. Department of Education, as the department prepares to roll back guidelines that encouraged the consideration of an applicant’s race in admissions. Read...
by | Jul 1, 2018 | Advocacy, Contract Negotiations
Within hours of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Janus v. AFSCME, NYSUT members began receiving emails encouraging them to drop out of the union. The emails are part of a $10 million campaign by the Michigan-based Mackinac Center, a...
by | Jun 30, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
The labor union for graduate employees at Brown University, Stand Up for Graduate Student Employees, won the right to vote for official recognition when it signed an agreement with university administrators on June 21. The pact—among the first of its …
by | Jun 29, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
After months of intense negotiations and a public campaign by the United Federation of Teachers, educators in New York City have won paid parental leave. The policy, announced June 20, provides six weeks of time off at full salary for …
by | Jun 28, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
In the latest installment of NYSUT’s ‘Our Voices’ video series members speak out about their communities....
by | Jun 21, 2018 | Contract Negotiations
The UUP paybill was passed—at 12:17 a.m. Details regarding that bill, and the legislation that was being linked to it, will follow later this afternoon from UUP Statewide Office. Visit: www.uupinfo.org for full details and analysis of the bill,...
