Book shows a tenacious fighter, warts and all
Nobody’s as big as their myth, but Al Shanker comes close. Read More...
Risk-Taking Award suits Toussaint, TWU
Last month, the New York-based Jews for Racial and Economic Justice presented their 10th annual Risk-Taking Award to Roger Toussaint, president of Local 100, Transport Workers Union of America, and his members. Read More...
Movement in decline ...
Labor unions are becoming a rare breed in this country — the result of shifts in the U.S. economy, a right-wing assault on workers’ rights, and our own failure to organize new members. Read More...
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. Read More...
