"Top Stories." NYSUT. A Union of Professionals. http://www.nysut.org Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:56:13 EST Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:56:13 EST 60 en-us Leadership Institute graduates say program strengthened life skills http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13921.htm Hundreds of Leadership Institute graduates have been elected to higher offices in their local unions, in labor councils and other union endeavors.

]]> 1679D41595084CF381E137AD98604E79 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:17:38 EST Freebies: Fellowships available http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13919.htm 9B89FDA068CF4F50932B9919DC3F8BC5 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:12:06 EST Paralysis barely slows determined librarian http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13920.htm Just over two months after recovering from a paralyzing bicycle injury, Annie Hayes was back at work as a school librarian in Rensselaer County.

]]> 1D64E05E19E24879A08D6AFA93539687 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:21:35 EST Locals in Action: Parents celebrate union-won leave http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13924.htm 059395D4009849878B8EF27BDD4AF6D6 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:45:38 EST When hostage crisis hit, safety plan worked http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13923.htm A parent, whose children had attended the Pine Plains schools in Dutchess County, took the high school principal hostage early on a Tuesday morning in November moments after assembling a shotgun in the school bathroom.

]]> F86DFACC5B5645CFA4C38AD36A367CEE Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:34:27 EST Grammar Class Making an historic mistake http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13922.htm E5861856CE324BF7879B021BD6BD9E8D Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:32:02 EST School psychologists construct coping skills http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13905.htm School psychologists learned about coping and hoping skills during professional development workshops at a recent conference of the New York Association of School Psychologists.

]]> B7895DB061A24A7F93F96F7D0997C817 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:00:28 EST Unions Matter: Car shopping? Look for UAW-made http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13914.htm Union members who buy cars made by other union members know those workers "on the line" have decent pay, benefits and a voice on the job.

]]> CF00BCE2BA044513BDF7DE01CE43A42C Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:25:19 EST In memoriam http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13907.htm CCCBCAE9F07545A4BE7A16A5B2BF4919 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:21:54 EST Don't put off transferring your TRS membership http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13896.htm B7C2C9040DD744BD8EF2D4E0FF0A547D Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:42:44 EST ERS: How do post-retirement payments affect my final average salary? http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_13897.htm Many employers pay their employees on a lag basis.

]]> 36770ACEB4EB4F83BEB9067821A5C73B Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:30:20 EST NYSUT warns against further cuts to community colleges, SUNY, CUNY http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/mediareleases_13863.htm With enrollment booming at community colleges and SUNY and CUNY campuses, further budget cuts would devastate middle-class and low-income students, who increasingly see public higher education as the only affordable path to a college degree and a brighter future.

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