Watch County workers and union leaders react to Nassau County’s anti-American proposal to break faith and tear up labor contracts. Listen as they describe the impact this will have on our community. Share it with your friends when you’re done – and get ready to rally on Monday, Oct. 17.

A week from today our nation celebrates Labor Day. The AFL-CIO is leading efforts to honor public employees this year. This Labor Day, let’s honor the teacher of the year, the first responder, the public servant who assists the elderly. We honor engineers, construction workers, manufacturing workers who are building America now. We honor all [...]

This weekend marks a week of the strike against Verizon. Verizon is seeking concessions that equate to $20,000 per worker. Verizon wants: worker pay increases tied to performance review, pensions frozen at the end of the year, the sickness and death benefit program eliminated, the sickness disability benefit cut in half – from 52 weeks [...]

This post is brought to you by Ellen Mancuso. The first time I heard NYSUT leaders call out brothers and sisters at an event, it was like being in a new church or a new neighborhood. My comfort level just wasn’t there. I believed in collective bargaining but was I really a sister? I remember [...]

Remember when summer used to be a time for vacations? Now it’s about walking the picket line in support of Verizon workers out on strike, and here’s the link to a good summary of what’s at stake that includes numerous links to background information like the fact that Verizon’s CEO makes over 300 times more than [...]

The first round of recall elections were held in Wisconsin yesterday. In all cases the “real” Democrats won their primaries. Even Fox News took aim at the state Republican party for placing six Republicans on the ballot as “fake Democrats” to force the primaries. (How much did this cost Wisconsin taxpayers?) Read more: Wis. Democrats Soundly Defeat [...]

I apologize that my eyes are focused on Albany and what lawmakers are, or are not doing. So thanks to my western New York brothers and sisters for alerting me to a solidarity rally in the Jamestown region. Here’s some coverage of the event. And in case you don’t have time to read the whole [...]

It’s not enough that employees at the nation’s largest private employer on average make so little their child qualify for free lunch at school. Now the U.S. Supreme Court essentially says Walmart is too big to sue. Check out this analysis by Laura Flanders on just how wrong this is. Adding insult to injury, the [...]

So many meetings today! Much to catch up on. The New York Times editorial against the proposed tax cap is posted under the latest. Here’s a report that shows who else advocates against the cap. Here’s some analysis that is most interesting, although I don’t like referring to students as lab rats. Some good news. [...]

Canton Ohio and Canton N.Y. might be separated by 500 miles, but they were linked Saturday. Workers rallied in both states for their rights. Here’s a link to a video created of the NYSUT-sponsored event and here’s what’s up on our Flickr page. And then here’s a link to the coverage of the Ohio event. Working [...]