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NYSUT leaders welcome Gov. Cuomo's veto last week of a bill requiring school officials to consider religion and other family background when deciding on school placement and tuition reimbursements for special education students.
Here's the Wall Street Journal report on the governor's veto.
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Won't Back Down, a fictional account of parents seeking to transform a school in Pittsburgh, opens in theaters across the nation on Sept. 28. The movie is produced by Walden Media, which produced the notorious Waiting for Superman.
Like Superman, Won't Back Down negatively depicts teachers and…
You need to know about this movement. Groups backing charter schools, vouchers, merit pay for teachers and limits on teacher tenure are forming the New York State Education Reform Council.
Joe Williams of Democrats For Education Reform and Micah Lasher of Students First NY will co-chair the council…
"It is very simple: Those who chose this path are requiring the 99 percent to pay for the sins of the 1 …
NYSUT and the labor family will rally outside the Capitol at noon Tuesday as part of an expanded Committee of 100 agenda to fight for budget fairness before it's too late. Many locals are within driving distance. If you, your members or retirees ca…
NYS AFL-CIO Launches Statewide Television Ad Campaign Opposing Wall St.'s Push to Cut Pensions by 40%
ALBANY, NY (03/08/2012)(readMedia)-- The 2.5 million member NYS AFL-CIO launched a statewide television ad campaign to fight the corporate backed scheme to cut the pensions of middle class workers b…
Don't let them beat the system! Fair is Fair: Close the Corporate Tax Loopholes.
Do you think that small neighborhood businesses and working families should pay higher tax rates than huge, profitable multinational corporations?
If not, take action now at the NYSUT Member Action Center to help clo…
Did you know that lawmakers in Albany want to turn school funding into a game?
$250 million in this year's Executive Budget for school aid is carved out as a competitive grant program that will benefit only a select few districts.
Tell lawmakers in Albany: Competitive grants are inappropriate and un…
President Obama, Mitch Daniels Offer Different Views on Current State of the Union
President Obama delivered his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, and the Alliance for Retired Americans issued a press release contrasting his ideas with the Republican response offered by Indiana Governor M…
Many of us have received chain emails regarding Congressional pay and benefits. One of our CORTLI members asked Barbara Easterling, President of the ARA if the information in the emails is true. The link below to Politifact will give you the correct information. Please click on it.
Many emails are circulating as to the future premiums for Medicare, reporting (falsely) that premiums will be raised to $247 in 2014. This is completely erroneous. Medicare officials project the basic premium will be less than half that. But the law will eventually cause 14 % of seniors with incom…
2010 Alliance Voting Record, Compiling Key Congressional Votes, is Now Available
On Tuesday, the Alliance released its 2010 Congressional Voting Record, detailing the votes of every U.S. Senator and Representative on key issues affecting current and future retirees. The document is available at http:…
ALBANY, N.Y. June 3, 2011 – Deeply concerned that a property tax cap “deal” hammered out by Albany leaders would destroy the ability of public schools to meet student needs — while also failing to provide the real tax relief that New Yorkers want — New York State United Teachers today launched a ne…
Hands off Social Security!
Next week will provide several chances for retiree activists to show their support for Social Security and voice their opposition to cuts that will weaken the program. On Monday, March 28th at 12:30 pm, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) will host a rally to pro…
WE ARE WISCONSIN
A MESSAGE
FROM PRESIDENT IANNUZZI know that many of you have closely watched the events
unfolding in 
Wisconsin. I'm sure your mood has swayed from disbelief to
disgust. As dedicated public employees, you must wonder how such animosity and venom
can be aimed at teachers, educational …
March 1, 2011
Dear Sisters and Brothers:
Early this evening, the New York state Senate struck the first blow in an attempt to dismantle collective bargaining in New York. A bill to strip away the heart of fairness in layoffs -- seniority -- passed the Senate
33-27. All Republicans voted in …
Harry Reid: Social Security Cuts are “Off the Table”
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said this week that cuts to Social Security are “off the table” http://on.wsj.com/hP5w8w. Reid’s comments come as House Republican leaders have been cranking up the rhetoric about raising the retire…
Senate Rejects Republican Attempt to Repeal the Health Care Law
On Wednesday, Republicans in the U.S. Senate tried to repeal the health care law, but the attempt was defeated, 51-47. All Democrats present voted to keep the law, while all Republicans present voted to repeal it. Two senators, Mark War…
After delaying a vote in the House of Representatives to repeal the health care reform law in the wake of the shootings in Tucson, the U.S. House Republican leadership announced on Thursday that the House will debate H.R. 2, the repeal bill, next Tuesday and Wednesday, January 18 and 19. The House w…
Last Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press, Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) said that means-testing or raising the retirement age was a “backdoor method” of going after Social Security. He scolded those who would like to cut Social Security and said, “One of the things that always troubles me is when we start ta…