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In Union Strongholds, Residents Wrestle With Cuts

RACINE, Wis. -- There once was a time when Harry and Nancy Harrington -- their teenage children in tow -- walked the picket line outside the nursing home where she was a medical aide, protesting the lack of a pension plan for the unionized work force. But those days of family solidarity are gone. Harry now blames years...

Providence, RI, School Board Votes to Lay Off All Teachers

The Providence School Board has voted 4-3 to send dismissal notices to all of the Rhode Island school district's 1,926 teachers. Thursday night's meeting was held in a school gymnasium to accommodate the more than 700 teachers who turned out to voice their opposition to the move. The board vote came after two hours of...

With Teachers Protesting in Wisconsin, a Look at How Students Measure Up

Welcome to week two of the showdown between Wisconsin public workers and Gov. Scott Walker. Teachers have been perhaps the most represented group of public workers at the protests, with Madison schools closed for four days because so many educators were taking part in the demonstrations. Today, school is back in session,...

Opinion: Teachers Unions in the Forefront of Education Reform

(Nov. 12) -- Disparaging our children's teachers and blaming teachers unions won't improve public education. While, sadly, bashing unions is the specialty and mission of the Center for Union Facts, as it demonstrated in its AOL News opinion piece last week ("Will Teachers Unions Bend to Education Reform?"), the American...

Opinion: Will Teachers Unions Bend to Education Reform?

(Nov. 5) -- Democrats in Congress aren't the only ones who had a bad day on Tuesday. So did their No. 1 cash cow, the teachers unions. The two largest teachers unions -- the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers, which combine to form the single largest source of donations to Democrats --...

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Madison Labor Leaders Join Chicago Teachers Union Rally

After standing at the forefront of massive, unprecedented protests over collective bargaining and workers' rights on their home turf earlier this year, members of the Madison Teachers Union and other labor leaders will join forces with the Chicago Teachers Union in a pre-Labor Day, pro-teachers rally Wednesday.

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Teachers Union Fights Against New Evaluation Program

As different districts and states re-imagine the way teachers should be graded, the country's second largest school system has hit a roadblock.

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Michelle Rhee: Joining Forces With Former WTU President George Parker to Benefit Kids

In my conversations about education reform around the country, I'm often asked how I think we can get teachers unions to embrace the changes necessary to improve our schools.

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02/07/11 Teachers' unions need schooling Source: The Independent Florida Alligator - Univ of FL - Gainesville FL Teachers are one of America's most valuable resources.
01/27/11 Attacks on tenure build union's base Source: Joanne Jacobs Unions fear lost membership more than lost teacher tenure , writes Doug Tuthill, a former teachers' union president who now runs Florida's Tax Credit Scholarship program, on redefinED. . . . when I was a union president, I knew that battles over tenure were great for business.

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A trade union (British English), labour union (Canadian English) or labor union (American English) is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as higher pay, increasing the number employees an employer hires, and better working conditions.

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