To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports that public unionism is dead have been greatly exaggerated. Consider what’s happening in Utica. Nearly 400-adjunct faculty and professional part-time employees at Mohawk Valley Community College are seeking union certification after an overwhelming majority of those employees returned union cards in favor of organizing and affiliating with New York State [...]

The Springville Faculty Association will be on-hand to greet the district’s school board members prior to their meeting Tuesday, but the welcome won’t exactly be warm. The 180-member local will be picketing in protest of the Springville-Griffith Institute Board of Education’s refusal to settle a long-standing labor impasse, which has left teachers working without a [...]

Ever hear of East Amherst, N.D.? Neither have we. But according to Newsweek and the Daily Beast, East Amherst is not only in The Peace Garden State, it is also home to Williamsville East High School — the 364th best public high school in the nation. Um, we’re pretty sure Newsweek and The Daily Beast [...]