Job Corps Funding Threatened (Mar. 3, 2011)
House Republicans unveiled a bill last month that would slash nearly one billion dollars in Job Corps funding.
Providence Teachers Rally Against Mayor's Mass Firings
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)
One house bill attacks fairness in layoffs - Why is this important?
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.
Skelos: Cuomo bill won't tackle seniority
Article from Newsday
Originally published: March 2, 2011 6:27 PM
Updated: March 2, 2011 8:57 PM
By yancey.roy@newsday.com
LI School Officials Ponder Layoff Bill
Article from Newsday
Originally published: March 2, 2011 8:01 PM
Updated: March 2, 2011 9:27 PM
By jo.napolitano@newsday.com
Providence, RI School District: All teachers are fired!
Rhode Island school district issues pink slips to nearly 2,000 teachers in effort to deal with massive budget deficit ...
NYSUT reacts to Senate bill on layoffs
AFT- Maryland Locals Pull Late Night Testimony on Pension Fight
AFT locals, AFT Healthcare-Maryland, MPEC, and MCEA joined other labor organizations in Annapolis March 1st to share testimonies from retirees on the effects of changes to their pensions and healthcare.
NYSUT reacts to Senate bill on layoffs
NYSUT Media Relations - March 1, 2011
ALBANY, NY –New York State United Teachers President Richard C. Iannuzzi today called a Senate bill that would dismantle fairness in layoffs “an attack on collective bargaining.”
“This evening’s bill attempts to strip away seniority -- the heart of fairness in layoffs. A ‘yea’ vote was a vote against public employees,” Iannuzzi said. “You will hear from some who voted for this horrific bill that it’s only a 'one house' bill; it would only apply to New York City or is simply designed to 'start' a conversation. None of these excuses and lame attempts at disguising the real significance of this vote is acceptable.”
Public Opinion Poll Support Public Employees
Two polls have come out supporting public workers across the country
