Lots going on this weekend. Saturday is of course the March for Jobs and Justice in Washington, D.C. Lots of folks are getting on buses tonight so they can be there. For you tweeters out there, use a #nysut or #nysutproud hashtag. Also starting tonight are leadership conferences for the North Country, Syracuse and Utica [...]

…but hopefully not denied. Although this rally was expected to draw participants from all over the East Coast, and beyond, Hurricane Irene is steaming up the coast. As AFT President Randi Weingarten just tweeted “Proud of civil rights, labor activists who didn’t want to postpone MLK jobs march, but safety over hurricane won out this [...]