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Inside AFT: Online college regulations delayed

In her drive to loosen regulations on all things education (and consequently provide a clear path for privatization), Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is delaying regulations that would guide the oversight of online colleges. The rules, which online colleges have...

Feds roll back race guidelines on college applications

  Another step back to a different era by the U.S. Department of Education, as the department prepares to roll back guidelines that encouraged the consideration of an applicant’s race in admissions. Read...

Inside NYSUT: Don’t believe the anti-union spam!

Within hours of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Janus v. AFSCME, NYSUT members began receiving emails encouraging them to drop out of the union. The emails are part of a $10 million campaign by the Michigan-based Mackinac Center, a...

Inside AFT: Brown University grad workers win right to union vote

The labor union for graduate employees at Brown University, Stand Up for Graduate Student Employees, won the right to vote for official recognition when it signed an agreement with university administrators on June 21. The pact—among the first of its …

Inside AFT: New York City teachers win paid parental leave

After months of intense negotiations and a public campaign by the United Federation of Teachers, educators in New York City have won paid parental leave. The policy, announced June 20, provides six weeks of time off at full salary for …

UUP Paybill Passes!

  The UUP paybill was passed—at 12:17 a.m. Details regarding that bill, and the legislation that was being linked to it, will follow later this afternoon from UUP Statewide Office.  Visit: www.uupinfo.org for full details and analysis of the bill,...

URGENT: Contract Funding Imperiled

Dear Colleagues: Senate Republican leadership is holding up the legislation (S 9101) that enables the members of UUP to receive the compensation provided in our recently negotiated contract.  They are holding that legislation hostage to the passage of legislation that...

NYSUT Offering

NYSUT has been providing paid fellowships for UUP Members so they can reach out to members in our bargaining unit to explain why the union is important. UUP members who wish to receive training will be allowed to train in …