Ed Notes Extended

Friday, April 3, 2009

Your Union Dues at Work: $10,000 a Year to Sharpton

“Nobody is supporting us more financially than Randi Weingarten,” Mr. Sharpton said.

Ms. Weingarten said that the union had given about $10,000 a year for the last eight years to the National Action Network, Mr. Sharpton’s civil rights group.

Education’s Odd Couple Do Their Act, and Provoke Controversy

By JENNIFER MEDINA
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/03/education/03eep.html?_r=1&ref=education

1 comment:

  1. This is outrageous. How can our union justify giving a group who's leader is anti-teacher?

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