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Showing posts with label privatization. Show all posts
Showing posts with label privatization. Show all posts
Monday, March 7, 2022

Healthcare Updates: Retiree Advocate Sunday Night Zoom, An instructive video, Does UFT/Unity Team Up with Private Insurer Lobby And Dem Party Central to Kill Medicare for All Proposals?

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Last night RA Zoom.  We expected maybe 50 - we had over 120 and had to buy more space. It was recorded and we will share the link when it is...
Thursday, July 15, 2021

This thing is designed to squeeze folx out of senior care - By design - UFT Members react as NYC Unions Confirm Decision To Shift Retirees Onto Privatized Health Insurance

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Imagine what Mulgrew would do it we are switched from the current 5% managed charters to 100% in NYC -- the UFT would be wiped out. This is...
Sunday, January 21, 2018

Linda Lyon’s film will go live SUNDAY JAN 21 @noon EST/10 AM MST

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Are you fired up and ready to spread the word? Michael Elliott  and Kemala Karmen have been producing a series of short films for NPE. I was...
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Sunday, August 23, 2009

Creating ATRs a Key Part of Privatization Plan

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What follows is similar to the same plan being put into place in urban areas nation wide, and indeed, around the world as part of the neo-li...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Pimping for Privatization

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The Perimeter Primate posts a piece by Oakland teacher Stephen Miller , who lays bare just about all the fault lines of the ed deformers. H...
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Thursday, April 9, 2009

Public Schools, Private Money

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Mary Porter has left a new comment on your post: The Broad Prize for Losers : Here's a note I sent to a member of congress who sits on ...
Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Chicago Teachers Organize Against Privatization

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With a severely weakened union, there's a new union caucus in town in Chicago. CORE ( Caucus of Rank and File Educators) organized the p...
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Friday, July 11, 2008

Philadelphia Story

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A Washington Post article on June 26 talked about the failure of privatization efforts in Philly. Another failed school system that Paul Va...
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Saturday, June 21, 2008

Read all about the rally to oppose privatization

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.... last Thursday at the ICE blog - with more pics, thanks to Jeff Kaufman. The power of these protests is the chance to mingle with other...
Sunday, June 1, 2008

Report from the May 30th Anti_privatization March/Demo

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The march [from GHI to Gov. Patterson's office] began with a surprise announcement that Randi Weingarten, the head of the Municipal Lab...
Saturday, April 12, 2008

Where Are All the Catholic School Teachers?

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Catholic school teachers in New York engaged in some job actions over the last week or so. Their pay and benefits are abysmal compared to NY...
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Thursday, January 10, 2008

Big Business of Public Education Forum Attracts a Crowd

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Updated Friday, Jan. 11 It was standing room only at today's Teachers Unite-sponsored forum on privatization. Speakers Michael Fiorillo ...
Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Teachers Unite Presents – Jan. 10, 2008

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THE BIG BUSINESS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION: How will we reclaim public schools from privatization? Thursday, January 10th, 5-7p.m. Location TBA Mi...
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Sunday, October 7, 2007

Competition and Education

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The idea that making the public schools more competitive will somehow improve education is as ridiculous as saying having public fire, polic...
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Privatization & Mayoral Control

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Mayoral control of school systems is a symptom rather than a cause. What has occurred is privatization of policy over public schools, wher...
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