The RTC Executive Board voted to allow the UFT president and the Aetna health care plan presenters to speak with an extended Q&A period at our March and April meetings, deferring other normal business. Many members who wanted information without disruption have applauded this approach.

Far right legislators see raising the debt ceiling as an opportunity to push an ideological agenda that could advance their cause.

In recent litigation over the New York City Medicare Advantage Plus plan, a judge ultimately gave the green light for the city to implement such a plan but he simultaneously took aim at the collective bargaining rights of city unions.

The most labor-friendly President and Congress ever are facing tough mid-term elections. We should help our friends.

As we measure our own behavior, we are apt to see patterns and motivations. We also see that the role of the human individual is intertwined with others. Sociologists call it group dynamics. In the labor movement, we call it solidarity.

Elections can be valuable measurements of the trust that rank-and-file union members have in the leaders they choose.