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Take Action on Health Care Reform: Call Congress Today

Today the AFL-CIO is launching a National Week of Action for Health Care, and you can take part by letting Congress know we need health care reform now.

Owens wins closely watched race

In a dramatic conclusion to a race that garnered national attention, Plattsburgh attorney Bill Owens won the 23rd Congressional District seat over Doug Hoffman. NYSUT extended an 11th-hour endorsement to Owens after Republican Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava suspended her campaign.

Higher education unionists, supporters rally against cuts to CUNY

NYSUT members joined the Professional Staff Congress, staff and students on the streets of Manhattan Tuesday to protest Gov. Paterson's proposed $53 million budget cut at the City University of New York.

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Tax Relief Resource Center

Get the facts on the proposed tax cap - and learn why more New Yorkers prefer an income-based circuit breaker approach to property tax relief.

NY Times: Federal stimulus plan would provide flood of aid to education

The New York Times reports this morning with more details on the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009." UPDATE: New document includes federal data for your school district.

Broad-based coalition opposes arbitrary tax cap

Representing more than one million New Yorkers, the coalition today criticized legislation that would allow Albany to take away the voice of voters, impose artificial limits on local school spending and abandon its promise to ensure equity in the education funding formula.

NYSUT salutes end to mandatory overtime for nurses

Gov. Paterson, Speaker Silver and Majority Leader Bruno have reached an agreement on legislation ending the practice of forcing nurses to work mandatory overtime. Under the bill no health care employer shall require a nurse to work more than that nurse's regularly scheduled work hours.