OTHER STORIES

• Teachers the real heroes at Brooklyn

  As principal of Brooklyn Technical HS, Lee McCaskill was a schoolyard bully, harassing and intimidating teachers, inventing bogus charges of corporal punishment and insubordination, and driving brilliant teachers out of the school.

• Throwing the book at labor

  As the mishegoss of a fracturing labor movement unfolds, New Yorkers have reason to celebrate: Herman Benson, who just turned 90, is still among us.

• The history of the Taylor Law

  The Taylor Law has made it more difficult for teachers and other city employees to go on strike. Here's a look at how that law came to be.

• The big picture on unions

  More government workers than private-sector workers belong to unions, but private-sector employees in fact have more rights under the law.

• Taylor Law reform: UFT seeks level playing field

  Taylor Law reform is high on the UFT’s lobbying agenda this year. Union officials argue that the law provides no incentive for a public employer to negotiate timely contracts.

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