Stephanie Sapiie and I, Dawn Smith, are your Political Action Co-Chairs. As such, we attend many meetings during the year. Our goal is to keep you informed of the matters covered during these meetings.
On Tuesday, February 12, 2013, I attended the monthly ED19 meeting which lasted a little over two hours. The NYSUT Board of [...]
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Our budget problems here at NCC stem in large part from state cuts that need to be reversed. NYSUT lobbies on our behalf in favor of higher education funding. Those lobbyists need our support in calling for a fair system of taxation to support proper funding of public education.
From NYSUT on December 5, 2011:
The Legislature [...]
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Many members have expressed frustration about the brutal impact of recent budget cuts. This NYSUT Action Alert raises the alarm about an ill-conceived tax cap that would result in further devastating cuts. Please read and then take action today:
Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders are preparing to pass the most devastating tax cap in the nation, [...]
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We recently hosted a workshop on taking back the narrative. Claudia Schacter-DeChabert, our NYSUT Labor Relations Specialist led the training. Here’s an opportunity to put some of those skills to work.
In response to a new advertising campaign launched by the New York State Association of Realtors to build support for a property tax cap, NYSUT [...]
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On Thursday, April 7, elementary, secondary and higher education faculty came together with health care workers and school related professionals for the NYSUT Representative Assembly. This is the yearly gathering where the 600,000 member state-wide union’s agenda is set for the coming year. It is also an opportunity for rousing speeches, sobering assessments, and joyful celebrations. This year was all the more joyful because one of our own was being celebrated. Frank Frisenda, the NCCFT Vice President for Classroom Faculty, and an Associate Professor in the Engineering, Physics, and Technology, was named NYSUT Higher Education Member of the Year. Here is the video shown at the RA.
Frank’s acceptance speech was even better than the video, and we’ll share it with you as soon as NYSUT sends us a copy. Meanwhile, here is a photo of him at the podium:
Another bit of good news: When the RA concluded on Saturday, thousands of NYSUT members marched to Times Square to join the We Are One rally organized by the New York State AFL-CIO. The rally stretched from 43rd Street all the way down to Penn Station. Labor leaders from unions like the Teamsters, the Sheet Metal Workers, the Theatrical Stage Employees, and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Workers joined those from PSC-CUNY, UUP (SUNY), and NYSUT to address the crowd. The message was clear. We are united in defense of the right to collective bargaining, and to the expansion of the middle class. We are opposed to the growing gap between the rich and everybody else. We are strong enough to take the nation back. Here’s a short slideshow from the rally:
Elizabeth ran into Stephanie Sapiie and Ed Boyden, from the History, Geography and Political Science department at the rally. Were you there too? Send your photos to us at nccft@ncc.edu and we’ll post them here. And remember, if you want to be entered in our Visibility Campaign raffle, you have until today at 5pm to [...]
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Today is the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and across the country the We Are One coalition is demonstrating against the attacks on worker rights, the cuts to public services, and the undermining of the middle class. Check out http://local.we-r-1.org/ to find an event in your community.
If you prefer to [...]
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The NYSUT Nassau County Educate New York State Rally at Hofstra University on Thursday, March 24 brought 2800 colleagues from around Long Island to listen to an inspiring slate of educators, parents, grandparents, union leaders and politicians speak about the importance of public education and about their support for education funding. It was a colorful, energetic crowd that demonstrated their passion with signs, t-shirts and cheers. I want to thank those NCCFT members who participated. We had front row seats, were filmed on Channel 12 news and received special recognition at the rally for supporting our K-12 brothers and sisters. In addition, President Astrab and other administrators were in attendance and John Durso, President of the Long Island Federation of Labor and Vice Chair of the NCC Board of Trustees gave a rousing speech.
If you missed the rally, here’s a short slideshow:
The focus of this event was funding from New York State for education and paying for that education with the extension of the Millionaires Tax. Two NYS Assembly members were present. Michelle Schimel (D-16) brought up a passel of young schoolchildren who introduced themselves along with their hopes and dreams. She asked us to contact [...]
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Hundreds of NYSUT members and supporters rallied at the Capitol in Albany on Friday to protest a proposed $100 million budget cut — 10 percent — to the State University of New York. Faculty and staff — members of United University Professions — as well as students, other NYSUT members and parents chanted and waved [...]
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From NYSUT.ORG’s Media Releases page on 9/2/2010:
NYSUT is urging state legislators in a new ad campaign to make a swift return to Albany and pass vitally needed legislation that would put teachers back into the classroom.
More than 8,000 education jobs statewide stand ready to be restored thanks to the federal jobs bill championed by New [...]
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From Ellen Schuler Mauk, president of Suffolk County Community College and of NYSUT’s ED 39 (our election district) comes this call for action:
The final push for the state budget is on. So far the Senate seems to be holding firm on no additional cuts to community colleges. The Assembly’s position is not as firm. I [...]
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