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2004 - 2005
Summer 2005
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June 9, 2005
On the Cover
- '853' staffers deserve labor rights, public pension
- Kudos for welfare-to-work effort
- Avoid Wal-Mart in back-to-school shopping
- Mark your calendar:Miles for Medals Walk and other upcoming events
- Teacher unearths Albany 's Underground Railroad
- Rochester TA's tutoring hailed
- Tell your lawmakers 55/25 bill will save money
- School secretary taps the experience around her
- Social Services: Get help to achieve balanced caregiving
- The nuts and bolts of leadership
- Prom night
- Rally protests Bush plan for privatization of Social Security
- President's perspective: It's time to reform the Taylor Law
- WNY political action
- NYSUT's nurses are in the know
- Union: It's time to fix No Child Left Behind law
- Activists watch Mexican union vote
- What exactly is NYSUT Member Benefits?
- Trying to make Medicare changes add up
- Letters to the Editor: 'Roots and Shoots' a valuable tool
- Iannuzzi, Neira receive Ellis Island Medal of Honor
- School may be out, but we're still here!
- Union grant lets class play the Bard card
- Freebies: Learning disabilities Web site
- Ruling is a win for drug consumers
- NYSUT roars support for contract
- Capital rendezvous
- Capital concerns
- BRIEFS: Tolerance awards
- Bingo! Here's a way to pin down your beach blanket
May 26, 2005
On the Cover
- Union presses for 55/25 retirement law
- Unions give time, effort & talent
- A grand adventure: Students give virtual tour of natural wonder
- Exchanging views
- UNION WORK
- Beleaguered NYC locals seek pacts
- TRS: How much do you know about death benefits?
- New York braces for decrease in Title I money
- SUNY Buffalo goes sweatfree
- NYSUT's effort pumps up turnout for school budgets
- Retiree group focuses on Social Security
- Panel sets phase-in schedule for required 65 grade
- Union salutes community stalwarts
- Higher ed is high priority
- President's Perspective: From academic freedom to Medicare
- POV: Vocational education: The need continues
- Union sponsors poster contest for worker safety
- The journey from courtroom to classroom
- Union nurses rally to end mandatory overtime and establish staffing ratios
- Noteworthy: Two NY winners of math and science awards
- Local leaders tap diverse skills of new members
- A slice of life at Moravia High
- Member Benefits: Keep your benefits with change of status
- Letters to the Editor: Today's classroom issues need attention
- Behind the stacks in the SUNY library system
- A rising tide of Grade 4, 8 scores
- Expert has telltale tips to watch for gangs
- Freebies: Brochure features famous stutterers
- EPA set to inspect K-12 schools
- Negotiating the path to fair contracts
- Making colleges heed safety regulations
- Court cuts CFE appeals time in half
- Westchester students respond to union trades day
- Making beautiful music together
- Teachers make a difference for African villagers
May 12, 2005
On the Cover
- Hospital eyes NYSUT program
- Union members seek votes for May 17
- Social Security truth comes calling
- TRS: Questions about part-time service, final average salary
- Listening Tour
- Thousands unite to save Social Security
- Social Services: Grief does not walk a straight line
- Gov signs law protecting retirees' health insurance
- Privatization battles raging in statehouses
- President's Perspective: Voting May 17 in everyone's best interest
- POV: International Child Support a boost for educators in Kenya
- Play carries education message
- Psychologists fight for continuity of care
- Public employee pensions under attack
- Nursing conference set for Albany
- Noteworthy
- Member Benefits: New benefit offered - Carnival Cruise Lines
- Letters to the Editor: VOTE-COPE clout
- Classroom coughing a cause for concern
- Higher ed at the fore
- Glamour on display
- Freebies: Recruiting teachers
- History teacher takes over NYSUT vice presidency
- From 'rock bottom,' lab tech thanks NYSUT for support
- Sign up for June character ed conference
April 28, 2005
On the Cover
- In memory of Minnie Wheeler
- NEA/NY delegates approve unification principles
- TRS: Educate me, please
- Tiger warns growing union could affect future RAs
- Spitzer says leadership lacking on education
- NYSUT offers strategies to save Social Security
- Silver: NYSUT members are Hobart's 'greatest tribute'
- NYSUT blows the whistle on investment firm
- Schumer revels in 'love affair' with teachers
- If not you, who? Vote May 17 on your school budget
- Taking a stand
- President's Perspective: Experiences that shaped who I am
- POV: Unionists stand up for Pledge of Allegiance
- Noteworthy
- Neira outlines vision for pre-K through post-grad
- Proceeds from play will benefit Mullany House in Troy
- A chilling reminder of perils of Mexican unionism
- Medicare center will answer questions for NYSUT retirees
- Lubin salutes members' political activity, approach
- Meeting colleagues, sharpening skills
- Letters to the Editor
- Stronger unions = stronger educators
- Trusted adviser pledged to the union
- A maven for union political action
- Union editors seize top honors in NYSUT contest
- Iannuzzi charts trends in member benefits
- New NYSUT president stresses solidarity
- RA celebrates the legacy of Mr. NYSUT
- Higher ed: the next years
- Hevesi seeks to reform district audit process
- Gov signs law protecting retirees' health insurance
- A registered nurse on a mission
- An enthusiastic, doughty champion
- Sandy Feldman receives NYSUT's highest honor
- RA delegates elect officers, board
- RA applauds Walter Dunn, NYSUT's 'gentle giant'
- Mechanicville sixth-grade teacher attacks each day with eagerness
- Cortese lauded for leadership, advocacy
- Applauding those who serve
- Shanker grants available for teachers to seek national certification
- State budget's a done deal
- Thanks, and best wishes to retiring board members
- 'Hardball and handshakes' documents labor in sport
- A quiet, tenacious champion
- He led the UFT strikes of the 1960s
- Unionists dig deep to fight AIDS epidemic
April 14, 2005
On the Cover
- Contemplating retirement
- TRS: Can I get pension credit for private school teaching?
- The average American loses under Bush privatization plan
- NYSUT launches 'Save Social Security' project
- The April RA is watershed event for the union
- Neira stresses role of psychologists
- President's Perspective: Paying tribute to the union I love
- POV: Importance of funding is not rocket science
- Pickets for change: Unions send message to the public
- Orchard Park bus drivers fight privatization
- Noteworthy
- Talking union with the next generation
- Member Benefits: Offer from banking/mortgage program
- Letters to the editor
- Union advocates reasonable regs for IDEA
- Assembly approves health care protection act
- Samplers offered for test of English as a Second Language
March 31, 2005
On the Cover
- VOTE-COPE: 'Gov. Pataki, we have a problem'
- UNION MENTOR
- TRS: Why can't my SUNY work count toward my pension?
- Teacher of the Year is beacon at 'entry point'
- New council will focus on small locals
- State adopts changes to high school math
- President's Perspective: Social Security is the real deal
- POV: Because of BOCES, I went from truant ... to teacher
- Union program takes nurses back to school
- Noteworthy
- Letters to the editor
- Regents salute Hobart 's integrity
- Health, safety advocates share audacious ideas
- SRPs succeed with health fair
- Calculating options for passing grades
- The Gates of education
- Freebies
- Where religion meets curriculum, science teachers tread lightly
- COMMITTEE OF 100: Grassroots lobbyists take on 'March madness'
- CFE releases ideas for statewide school aid fix
- Some good news for public education and health care in state budget
- State budget talks progress; deadline looms
- Books from the heart
- Activists see gains in BOCES funding trends
- The tale of a beard no longer feared
March 17, 2005
On the Cover
- Westchester food drive is a biggie
- CAPE crusaders fight to keep water safe, WalMart out
- UFT applies to open two charter schools
- Tsunami update
- Beware of TRS imitators: Don't provide personal info
- ELT offers online courses for paraprofessionals
- Seeking a better plan for special ed kids
- Retired Workers: What They Aren't Telling You
- Community service couple honored
- Report cards underline issue of resources
- College Recruiting
- President's Perspective: The benefits of union membership add up
- POV: Psychologist weighs in on childhood obesity
- PEF leaders prepare for leadership transition
- New locals find natural fit with NYSUT
- Member Benefits: Objective financial advice is at your fingertips
- Lunching with lawmakers
- Letters to the editor
- Report shows New York shortchanging higher ed
- Higher ed advocates send out their own blizzard
- Freebies: Plant a tree — then hug it
- Florida update
- Fellowships available for study of higher ed
- Thousands fast for uninsured workers
- Cortese brings expertise to national arena
- Union promotes awareness about colorectal cancer
- Briefs: Workshops focus on inclusive schools
- Finding the tools to raise achievement
March 3, 2005
On the Cover
- Union Work
- Part 2: Why it's important to get the credit you deserve
- Hempstead educators work on their to-do lists
- SED hones message on middle-level reform
- Saturn/UAW awards honor union-district partnerships
- Union fights for retirees' health coverage on federal front
- President's Perspective: Our kids can't wait 12 more years
- POV: On school budgets, ask: 'If not us, then who?'
- Poll shows support for higher taxes on wealthy to finance New York 's schools
- Disabled dog aspires to be a front-runner
- A tree grows in Mexico
- Children's mental health conference
- Member Benefits: Tax credits you should know about
- Letters to the editor
- State Legislature protects retirees' health insurance
- Teachers could be excluded from IEP meetings
- Higher ed strategies
- Smart about health
- Union backs federal legislation to limit mandatory overtime for nurses
- Green-cleaning schools lead the way
- Nassau CC plans a green building
- Get tested for colorectal cancer
- State urges closing of 3 charter schools
- Education advocates urge end to CFE appeals
- Caucusing for a cause
- March into the 18th century
- Delving into the executive budget
February 17, 2005
On the Cover
- Workshops for 4201 Schools leaders
- A peek at the next generation's classrooms
- UUP launches ad campaign
- Prior service always a hot topic with members
- Enrollment, rigor grows in career and tech courses
- I'm a Superhero – I teach
- Group puts focus on School-Related Professional retirees
- Solidarity briefs
- Farm contractors plead guilty in slavery case
- Students learn by designing robots
- In other action by the Regents:
- Radio ad highlights education's value
- Psychologists: Medicaid cuts could cost lives
- President's Perspective: AFT-Africa AIDS effort deserves support
- POV: English teacher's trip to Poland results in cultural embrace
- NYU local launches campaign for involvement
- Noteworthy
- Support for new members
- Looking at moving science, social studies tests
- Minority task force report shows progress
- State refashions middle-level regulations
- A lifeline for new teachers
- Member Benefits: Save with payroll, pension deductions
- Letters to the editor
- Collective bargaining rights under attack
- Holocaust seminar set for July
- State needs to feed university systems
- Union works with U.S. reps to fix federal budget
- Fast focuses on workers without health insurance
- Cole advocates basic job-skills initiative
- CFE pushing a statewide legislative fix
- Political talk over breakfast
February 3, 2005
On the Cover
- Union Work
- Waves of heartache, hope
- Beware: Do you want your public pension privatized?
- Wired and forward-thinking at SUNY Morrisville
- Reg change helped thousands of SRPs
- Funding boost for specialized schools
- High court affirms seniority protection for teaching assistants
- Retiree finds a calling in Gilda's Club
- President's Perspective: Why we reach out across the globe
- POV: House divided cannot stand
- Taking the union message on the road
- Member Benefits: Retirement requires planning
- Letters to the editor
- Deja vu for New York 's young scientists
- Kudos for NYSUT publications
- NYSUT calls for strong higher education measures
- Health council takes on fiscal, professional concerns
- Union will fight state health-care cuts
- Freebies
- Union offers courses
- A school's best friend
- Looking at courage
- NYSUT honored for cancer walk support
- Exec budget is 'a better beginning'
- Bringing kids back to a good place
- Educators show their (college) class
January 20, 2005
On the Cover
- Yonkers teachers file for impasse
- Union mourns SRP leader
- The poorest New Yorkers gain a reprieve
- Looking for a living wage
- The little local that could
- Let's get political
- Central New York talk
- Union Work
- Union members reach out to aid tsunami survivors
- Use expert advice for your legal concerns
- Many protest weakening of teacher-prep programs
- Solidarity Briefs
- Making Strides volunteers set a record
- NYSUT urges speedy 'statewide solution'
- Law makes Mullany house a national historic site
- Scholarships are out there for unionists
- Regents reform math pre-K-8
- Privatization would hurt social security
- President's Perspective: Breaking with a tiresome tradition
- POV:You're playing checkers, but they're playing chess
- New local strives for equity at Cooper Union
- A new coping mechanism
- Noteworthy
- 83 NY teachers earn prestigious credential
- Your parents and long-term care
- Regents reopen five-year master's degree window
- Letters to the editor
- Freebies
- SED forums detail new math and ELA tests
- Legal win bolsters substitute teachers
- Education policy conference is a first
- Dieticians educate patients and staff on health issues
- School counselors are needed now — more than ever
- Charter school petitions
- CFE asks court to impose sanctions
- Rebell envisions fiscal-reform finish line
- Briefs: Union personalizes ID badges
- A place where everybody knows your name
- 2 new sources of ideas for NYSUT Board
December 9, 2004
On the Cover
- Union fights for rights of re-hired Yonkers teachers
- Union assails veto of budget reform
- Ed unions draft principles for unity
- UFT fumes over cynical guide to firing educators
- TRS: More questions on the tiers' different death benefits
- Educators' tax deduction extended
- Another district goes sweatfree
- SUNY campuses handicap disabled students, staff
- Education career is her masterpiece
- Spotlight sparkles on SRPs
- Books from the heart
- Solidarity briefs: 6 million workers lose OT protection
- Sleep-out for the needy goes national
- Sailing into learning
- Chamber of commerce commends Schuylerville schools
- Salenger re-elected
- Resnikoff enjoys being able to give back
- Regents Briefs
- NYSUT 2005 Representative Assembly deadlines and policies
- President's Perspective: Where you shop makes a difference
- POV:Why today's nurses are educated, not trained
- You need to speak out to prevent suicide
- SRPs bolster Newburgh local
- Celebrating teaching's gold standard
- MEMBER BENEFITS: Financial obligations don't end at retirement; neither should your life insurance
- Adding it up
- One legislative race remains too close to call
- Statewide program helps small locals
- Letters to the editor
- Middle schoolers want to be 'millionaires'
- Revised IDEA aims for greater flexibility
- Higher Ed:Community College Conference
- Union course targets germ-stopping strategies
- Freebies
- Take me out on a field trip
- Injured worker thanks NYSUT, union colleagues
- Columbia High School shooter bound for prison
- Union presses for CFE progress
- Buy union-made
- BOCES local looks for votes from colleagues
November 18, 2004
On the Cover
- Why don't I get credit for my military service?
- Union weighs in on teacher-ed plans
- From Nicaraguan sweatshops to a new life
- Working for 'sweatfree' college campuses
- A day to appreciate School-Related Professionals - Nov. 18
- Panel: Make sweeping changes in math courses
- School psychologist leaders keep in touch
- The pride of New York's public schools
- President's Perspective: Thanks for building a great union
- Union lawsuit wins $29M for overcharged consumers
- State union honors UFT's political action
- Regents' middle-level policy not ready yet
- Letters to the editor
- Student-centered learning
- Addressing gaps in performance, civil rights
- President Hobart says he won't run again
- It's high time for higher ed funding
- The Herkimer school electorate is divided
- Hospital employees reimbursed for training
- Analyzing wins and losses in the 2004 election
- BOCES leaders see brighter future ahead
- BOCES back budgets
- Retiree raises money for Africa - AIDS program
November 4, 2004
On the Cover
- Bailout eases Yonkers funding crisis
- Answers: from death (benefits) to (state) taxes
- High stakes for high court
- Making Strides for a cure
- Governance law benefits Special Act schools
- Social Services: Should I move to Dallas to help with my new granddaughter?
- Q&A with Salenger
- Retirees celebrate a stronger voice
- Regents consider policy changes
- NYSUT 2005 Representative Assembly deadlines and policies
- President's Perspective: Some respite for a beleaguered district
- POV: Nancy, Chris, Jeff: The times, they are a-changing
- Unionists discuss the trends in state's nursing shortage
- Neira speaks at congressional conference
- UNION MENTOR
- MEMBER BENEFITS: Life insurance 101 — the NYSUT class
- Letters to the editor
- Homework Hotline spans the state
- Union gets word out on bus-fuel safety
- Building better BOCES
- Faculty unions gain professional funds for adjuncts
October 21, 2004
On the Cover
- It's a go for healthy lifestyle initiative
- Students cram for crash course in Voting 101
- NYSUT's push for improved tier equity
- Ovarian cancer walk
- Milestones on the road to greater tier equity
- An in-depth look at the new tests
- 'The way our lives have turned out ...'
- Making strides from Binghamton to Buffalo
- Union seeks streamlining for special ed formula
- President's Perspective: On Nov. 2, our nation's health is at stake
- POV: Future teachers appeal for fair certification rules
- Labor on parade
- Higher ed activists urge: 'Override!'
- MEMBER BENEFITS: Catastrophe insurance supplements basic coverage
- Math scores rise; will funding follow suit?
- Lubin wins humanitarian award
- Letters to the editor
- Retirees hit by Florida hurricanes struggle to clean up
- Freebies
- CTE professional development day canceled
October 7, 2004
On the Cover
- Union fights for better education in Yonkers
- Take a breather - How to avoid toxins in the workplace
- Time running out for voter registration
- UNION WORK
- Connecting quality careers with unionism
- Part I: NYSUT's tier equity program
- Union training emphasizes state standards
- NYU faulted for injuring worker
- Turning cancer into a teachable moment
- Rochester to bring back librarians, some programs
- NYSUT Board acts on 10 referred resolutions
- Regents draw line with charter application
- President's Perspective: Toni Cortese — not for herself alone
- An art teacher tells how work made her sick
- Assembly stops short of override
- Noteworthy
- Mexican unionists tell of organizing challenge
- MEMBER BENEFITS: Discount programs save members money
- Panel strives to clarify math standards
- Behind-the-scenes efforts propel the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks
- Letters to the editor
- Progress for Mullany House, labor studies center
- Educators travel and learn in Japan
- Jamestown faculty union helps make college a reality for scholars
- Freebies
- Book adapts Nigerian folktale
- Teaching family wrote (compiled) the book
- Governor's vetoes threaten ELT programs
- Sculpting insular lessons across curriculum
- 1,000 Books Project inspires readers of all ages
- Rochester contracts with BOCES for nursing
September 23, 2004
On the Cover
- Yonkers budget cuts leave big gaps
- When do I have to give retirement notice?
- Attitude+union helps assistant fight cancer
- Solidarity briefs
- Union pushes for higher ed, health restorations
- Concerned dad questions cost of charter schools
- Fair showcases school excellence
- Regents weigh change in master's degree reg
- NCLB Act unfairly labels New York schools
- UNION MENTOR
- MEMBER BENEFITS: Simplify and save with payroll, pension deductions
- Making strides to battle breast cancer
- Letters to the editor
- Labor Day: A great cause for a parade
- Retirees: Keefe to be TRS Board retiree rep
- Three options for middle-level programs
- Sign up for in-service conference
- NYSUT fund to aid Florida hurricane victims
- Board elects new NYSUT vice president
- Event bridges labor, hip hop
- Raising voices
- FREEBIES
- SUNY trains the next generation of urban teachers
- Union plans CTE professional day
- Regents cite Cortese's contribution
- Difficulty grows in negotiating contracts
- Sending the budget back for a rewrite
- A busload of back-to-school support
- Union offers help with absentee ballots
September 9, 2004
On the Cover
- 'Total chaos' in Yonkers
- Grade-change ruling rankles faculty
- Putting a spotlight on workers' rights
- Marking 20 years of leading professional development
- When do I have to give retirement notice?
- Tasting some sweet recognition
- Solidarity briefs
- Make no excuse — register to vote now
- Regents to debate charter, middle-level education
- Summer days focused on professional development
- What we learned over the soggy summer
- President's Perspective: What's behind NYSUT's endorsement
- The working poor's cry
- Union urges vigilance on overtime regs
- Noteworthy
- Nauman elected to ARA national board
- Shiny motorcycles, soggy sneakers
- Enhancing Benefit Trust's tax-deferred programs
- Lubin garners champion of labor recognition
- Letters to the editor
- Union stalwarts honored for 'living the legacy'
- Kindergarten, long ago ...
- Civil rights pioneer to address in-service conference
- Freebies
- Fredonia local parries the Fourth Estate
- Long-stalled CFE case gets 'special masters'
- Culture questions from the Vietnamese
- AFT unearths charter test results
- Creating a network to battle ovarian cancer
- Retiree forms coalition looking for answers
- Group rolls to Canada to buy prescription drugs
- Governor's veto ax falls hard
- From Finland to the Bronx: The educational tale of a gospel choir
- 'Mr. Fitz' thinks conceptually in art classroom
- Getting green on Adirondack Day
