Month: September 2019

Red for Ed Wednesdays MTEA union educators will wear RED this Wednesday to celebrate Tuesday’s School Board victories and every Wednesday following until we see our students and our classrooms fully funded! We will wear red to show our collective solidarity and strength as we organize to win an the resources our students and classrooms […]

https://bit.ly/2lxkk09 Chicago Teachers Union FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 CONTACT: CHRIS GEOVANIS | 312-329-6250 | CHRISGEOVANIS@CTULOCAL1.ORG | MOBILE: 312-446-4939 Despite over a billion dollars in annual new revenue, few improvements – and many cuts – hammer hundreds of schools on first day of school. CHICAGO, September 4, 2019—While CPS is raking in more than $1 billion […]

https://bit.ly/2lZEAHX “As is always the case with Cuban cooperators in other parts of the world, in the face of these disasters, everyone will [also] contribute their efforts in the recovery stage.” Cuba’s government confirmed on Wednesday that they have sent a number of doctors and teachers to areas of the Bahamas which have been hit […]

TAA Welcome Back Social Welcome to fall 2019, UW–Madison! Join the Teaching Assistants’ Association (TAA), your graduate worker labor union, for free snacks, drinks, and community on Monday, Sept. 9 from 5–7 p.m. in Memorial Union’s Great Hall (4th floor). New to campus? Come meet graduate students from across the university. Curious about what a […]

https://bit.ly/2lESLSw By Graham Kilmer – Sep 5th, 2019 09:51 am Leadership for the bus drivers union is threatening a strike as early as tomorrow. The Amalgamated Transit Union 998 (ATU) votes today on the final contract offer made to them by the Milwaukee County Transit Service. Union President James Macon has repeatedly spoken against approval of the contract. […]

https://bit.ly/2jVgNIu By Eric Draitser NEW YORK —  (Opinion) It seems we have arrived at the witching hour of Obama’s presidency, when corporate media ghouls continue to breathe out the infectious contagion of liberal lies and half-truths about the Great Dissimulator and his accomplishments. Whether it’s The New York Times’ opinion pages hailing Dr. Changelove as “The Most […]

Milwaukee Climate Strike!