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, [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
In response to attacks on public education and public workers, NYSUT has been holding rallies across the state.
Now it’s our turn!
WHEN: THURSDAY, March 24, 2011
TIME: 6:00 PM
WHERE: HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
PHYSICAL FITNESS SWIM CENTER/PHYSICAL ED BLDG
More than ever, we need a show of mass support at public events, and Hofstra couldn’t be closer to our campus. Consider [...]
Despite overwhelming public support for education funding, Governor Cuomo’s proposed budget will reduce state aid to Nassau Community College by 10%. The New York Times notes that it is apparently easier to make painful cuts to the middle and working classes than to extend relatively painless tax surcharges on the wealthy.
These budget cuts are not [...]
Nassau Community College is an active participant on the SUNY Faculty Council of Community Colleges. The Nassau Community College Federation of Teachers supports the Faculty Council in urging all members of its faculty, the faculty of the 30 SUNY community colleges, and the members of the communities we serve, to write to their local legislators [...]
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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