This is a television commercial created by the Schoharie Teachers Association as part of a grassroots campaign to spread the good word about New York’s public schools. It will air in the Capital Region shortly after winter break. Why did they produce it? Because they were sick of hearing that New York schools are 38th [...]

Above is the slideshow of just a few of the thousands of Valentine’s Day cards students across the state have created for Hershey One students wrote: “I write you this letter to tell you to have a heart. What I mean by that is to stop child labor. Your company is the only company that [...]

It’s not baseball season, but Michael Mulgrew threw his pitch to lawmakers today. Here’s some video so you can hear it for yourself, and pictures of the variety of UFT members and NYSUT officers who met with lawmakers to talk about what schools in New York City need. (Sorry about the lighting in a lot [...]

Here’s video of NYSUT’s Andy Pallotta remarks at today’s People’s State of the State, followed by a short video of an Occupy Albany protester and then photos from the event. Here’s the link to the Times-Union coverage of the event with video of PEF’s Ken Brynien’s comments. Even though the sun shone brightly, it was [...]

Brown and green were the colors everywhere I went over the holiday break. No white Christmas for cross-country skiing whether it was the Adirondacks or the Catskills. Even Buffalo and the Tug Hill plateau had little to no snow. Until today that is. Too many meetings and emails to catch up on today. And too [...]

Today I’m in Prattsville. Just because schools are out, doesn’t mean work stops. Members of the Windham-Ashland-Jewett Support Staff work this week to make sure schools are ready for students when they come back from break, just like schools all over the state. I’ve got another reason to go. The school serves an area ravaged by [...]

On Monday, groups caroled on Long Island and also in Buffalo. They sang mock holiday songs to protest corporate tax loopholes in the state’s tax structure. The issue is that even though this month’s tax reform was just a step on the path to make sure that all students are given the opportunity to learn. The [...]

Forgive me for not noting this earlier. Longtime activist Hobart Rhinehart passed away Thursday after a long illness. His funeral was yesterday in Cattaraugus. “Hobie” was a longtime leader in his region, in NYSUT and his central labor council and countless other organizations. Here’s what Tom Campbell, of WNYLaborToday had to say: It was sad [...]

Normally Felix Regalado drives his fifth-grade students at PS 65 in Queens to excel. On Sunday he was driving a U-Haul truck filled to the gills with TVs, VCRs, DVDs and carts all the way north on the Thruway to Albany and west to Schoharie. With him was Marilyn Manley, the UFT District Rep and [...]

NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi and Executive Vice President Andy Pallotta joined thousands of other unionists Thursday evening in a march for jobs and economic fairness in New York City’s Union Square, the heart of the Occupy movement. The march — which also drew members of NYSUT’s largest local, the UFT — was organized by the [...]