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A little over a week ago this blog posted how the UFT should join in solidarity with 1,800 striking technicians from the International Broth...

Yesterday was the last day to transfer without being released by a principal. The Open Market is closed after August 7. I heard from some ...

Not much good news on the labor beat to report from this past week. Nissan workers in Mississippi voted against joining the United Automob...

Some people are having a difficult time understanding why the education privatization gang that wants to kill the teacher unions is going nu...

I was reading the other night some of the history of school reform and I came up on a conversation journalist Steve Brill had with UFT Presi...

Mayor Bill de Blasio is down to a 50% job approval rating and 49% favorability in the latest Quinnipiac poll. His disapproval rate stands at...

This blog has said over and over again that Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Carmen Farina are not our friends. Some new evidence is in the NY ...

Our very friendly Charter/Spectrum salesman came to my house yesterday as have others on multiple occasions in the last year since Charter...

This post is dedicated to the guy who wants two observations and a parking permit for everyone. We got the parking permits but this piece f...

After posting a link to their study on the how well US  cities  are run where NYC finished third from the bottom, WalletHub's press pers...

I just received this text from Rachel from the UFT: Good news! The UFT fought for & won a big increase in Teacher's Choice funding...

UFT president Michael Mulgrew has finally released a statement responding to the press demonizing Absent Teacher Reserves, teachers who ha...

I recieved the email below from UFT Staff Directors Leroy Barr and Ellie Engler announcing that Rona Freiser is retiring and Amy Arundell is...

I'm up late tonight working on a union matter. Just looked at the news now and saw this hopeful piece.  The United Auto Workers will hav...

A new study by Wallet Hub  finds New York City ranks 148 out of 150 U.S. cities in terms of how well the city is run. Are we really the thir...

If you can believe this Chalkbeat NY article  from Thursday, it looks like the principals in New York City public schools are ready to take ...

July 28 is the new deadline date for Absent Teacher Reserves to take the buyout. Below is Amy Arundell's message taken from Gene Mann...

The race for mayor this year looks like a true yawn as Bill de Blasio should easily cruise to reelection. It remains to be seen how the UFT...

Mike Fiorillo sent out this piece from In These Times on the Trump nominees for the National Labor Relations Board. One of the reasons I vo...

Daniel Weisberg is a former New York City Department of Education lawyer under Chancellor Joel Klein. Weisberg has written yet another opini...