No paid sick leave for parents means sick children in school
The Community Service Society of New York found that nearly half of working New Yorkers hold jobs without paid sick time, and two-thirds of low-income New Yorkers have no paid sick leave. Read More...
California allows teacher pay to be tied to student test data
In a bid to secure federal Race to the Top funding for schools, California legislators struck a clause from a 2006 law barring the tying of teacher pay or promotions to students’ state test results. Read More...
Public workers in Puerto Rico hold work stoppage over layoffs
Teachers and other public sector workers in Puerto Rico held a 24-hour work stoppage on Oct. 15 after Republican Gov. Luis Fortuno laid off some 17,000 workers in an effort to shrink the island’s $3.2 billion budget deficit. Read More...
AFT blasts Senate health care bill
The health care reform bill that the U.S. Senate Finance Committee passed on Oct. 13 “has serious defects that could jeopardize insurance affordability for both the insured and the uninsured,” said AFT President Randi Weingarten. Read More...
