Good Public Schools are a Labor Right On Labor Day, Long Island Teachers honor working people and their unions. Organized labor provides a pathway to prosperity, as does public education. The unions of Long Island Teachers have fought to make our schools some of the best in the country. But private investors are looking to […]
Message from Robert Claps, Public Outreach Chair On behalf of the 60,000 Teachers that live and work on our beautiful Island, I would like to wish you all a Happy Labor Day. As active union members, this is our holiday, the only holiday dedicated to the social and economic achievements of the American worker. This Labor
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The Nassau County PBA, DAI and SOA sponsored a back to school backpack giveaway for local youths. One thousand backpacks filled with school supplies were given away to hundreds of children and parents at Martin “Bunky” Reid Park in Westbury. It was a day filled with sun, music, food and lots of smiles! “This is
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On behalf of the 60,000 Teachers that live and work on Long Island, I would like to wish you all a Happy Labor Day. As active union members, this is our holiday, the only holiday dedicated to the social and economic achievements of the American worker. This Labor Day, teachers are once again under attack from
A new Super PAC is dropping millions of dollars into a few state legislative races throughout New York. Mailers costing $3.17 million have begun to flood into primary campaigns in New York City and Long Island. The independent expenditure campaign is targeting candidates that oppose charter school expansion in New York and are being funded
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My name is Victoria Frenna from the Bellport Teachers Association. I teach 8th and 9th grade Orchestra during the school year and I continue to teach music students throughout the summer. This summer at Bellport, we held a Summer Music Program. In the program, students between 5th and 9th grade worked on their primary instrument.
ALBANY, N.Y. July 5, 2017 — New York State United Teachers today took sharp aim at regulations proposed by the charter school industry that would allow some charter networks to bypass state certification standards and set up their own training programs for teachers — meaning students in publicly funded charters could be taught by individuals
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It’s a busy time for all of us here at Long Island Teachers. Regents exams, end of year testing plus the Prom and Graduation season makes for a hectic time of year. We want to congratulate all the recent High School and College graduates! You have the rest of your lives ahead of you so
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This Saturday, at around 1 PM, Long Island Teachers will have a booth at the WBLI Summer Jam at Jones Beach. Performing this year are Meghan Trainor, Fifth Harmony, Iggy Azalea, Charlie Puth, Alessia Cara, Shaggy, The Chainsmokers, Rachel Platten, Daya, Hailee Steinfeld, Shawn Hook, Troye Sivan and Long Island’s own Melanie Martinez. Long Island
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Long Island Teachers are an official sponsor of this year’s WBLI Summer Jam. We will have a table outside of the Jones Beach Theatre where we will be handing out swag and talking to parents about the great work that Teachers do. Summer Jam will be taking place on Friday June 16th starting at 1
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