This has been another week of surprises, primarily in the form of a confidentiality agreement passed by the Nassau Community College Foundation Board of Directors. How are we not to assume they have something to hide
• when they refuse to allow Directors to brief the community that the foundation serves;
• when they legally challenge [...]
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The NCCFT Executive Committee, in solidarity with the United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 1500 (Westbury), urges you to sign a petition calling on A&P to close its stores Christmas Day. As reported in Newsday (“Union: Close Supermarkets on Christmas,” Dec 13, 2011) workers with the UFCW Local 1500 have just concluded new contract negotiations. [...]
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Yesterday the Nassau County Legislature approved a deal to turn over management of Long Island Bus to Veolia, a private company based in Illinois, whose parent company says they are selling off their transportation holdings. The NCCFT Executive Committee went on record opposing the privatization. Below is the text of a letter, copies of which [...]
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We received the following from Rosalie Longo and our sisters and brothers of the Freeport Federation of Teachers. We need to add our voices to theirs at these Mobile Town Meetings. Is there a meeting in your town, or the town next door? Join members of your community, and stand in solidarity with workers across [...]
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Join the NCCFT Executive committee, NYSUT, NYS AFL-CIO, the Long Island Federation of Labor, and union sisters and brothers from around the state this Saturday in Times Square to demand jobs and justice.
We Are One from New York State AFL-CIO on Vimeo.
We Are One from New York State AFL-CIO on Vimeo.
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JOIN US
IN MEMORY OF
146 GARMENT WORKERS
WHO PERISHED IN THE
TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY FIRE
100 YEARS AGO.
THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2011
CLUSTER A216
NOON to 12:30 PM
Our Fashion Design Students have created a
commemorative exhibit of shirtwaist designs.
The names of the 146 garment workers
will be read out loud by NCC Fashion Design Students
We’ll be running a looped video of the
PBS special, [...]
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Rally to Save the American Dream
City Hall Park (Please note 11 AM Start time for Manhattan rally!!!), 250 Broadway (Map)
New York, NY 10007
Saturday, February 26th, 11:00 AM
Message from your host, Janine M.: Calling all students, teachers, union members, workers, patriots, public servants, unemployed folks, progressives, and people of conscience:
In Wisconsin and around our country, the American [...]
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Matt Wisniewski is a media specialist at the University of Wisconsin. His video, which covers protests from Feb. 15-17, is being shared on labor lists including the AFL-CIO’s.
Matt asks that this video be shared widely. Please forward it to friends, post it on Facebook, or share it in whatever ways make sense to you. We [...]
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We received this call for action from the Long Island Federation Of Labor and thought you would want to help out:
Your help is needed to save the Workforce Development Institute (WDI), New York labor’s primary vehicle for coordinating job training and workforce intelligence.
The WDI budget re-appropriation has been repealed from Governor Cuomo’s proposed budget. What [...]
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CHE Community College news AFT’s FACE campaign
