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AFSA has embarked on an official collaboration with the largest network of school leaders in Italy, Senza Zaino.
The unions representing construction workers throughout the United States have endorsed President Biden for reelection.
Federal government announces new efforts on educator pathways and benefits.

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The wave of teachers walkouts and strikes for almost a year forced on the workers by penny-pinching and tax-cutting GOP

Former Vice President Joe Biden stopped just short on March 12 of declaring his candidacy for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
The President may have been a month late with his FY20 budget owing to the 35-day federal government shutdown, but his proposed slashing of the education budget could have been predicted a year ago, maybe two years ago. That's because it looks a lot like his FY18 and FY19 budget proposals.
The Center for American Progress released a new report that takes a first-of-its-kind look at homework assignment quality.

The Jewish Labor Committee has talked a coalition of 120 Jewish groups into supporting raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2024. Its now $7.25 and hasn't risen in a decade.

What was supposed to be an intellectual conference on the future of the U.S. union movement turned into a conference on the future of collective bargaining, and specifically promotion of sectoral bargaining, instead.
As our Oakland teachers go on strike, we strongly support their fight for smaller class sizes, more support for students, and a living wage for educators.