NYSUT statement on a weekend of unrest in the wake of the George Floyd killing

"Our hearts are broken by the killing of George Floyd. Communities throughout New York and across the country are experiencing severe pain, anger and anguish. Addressing racial and economic inequities, which were already laid bare by the coronavirus pandemic, has taken on new urgency. Organized labor lives by the motto, ‘An injury to one is an injury to all,’ and right now, there are far too many injuries for any of us to be silent. Together we must consistently tear down prejudices that facilitate such acts and dismantle the structures that allow inequality to remain a fixture in our society.”

VOTE in June. (Twice!)

Mark your calendar: the deadline to return your ballot for school board and budget elections is June 9; statewide primaries are June 23. Here's what you need to know.

Central Valley SRPs make sure needy families are fed

Central Valley School-Related Professionals prepare, pack and distribute more than 750 lunches per day, complete with breakfast items for the next morning. If you do the math, since the pandemic closed schools in March this small army of SRPs has provided more than 35,000 meals to needy students throughout the rural Mohawk Valley district.

NYSUT issues endorsements in state races, federal races

NYSUT has issued another round of endorsements in more than 20 races for state legislative offices and recommended more than a dozen congressional candidates for endorsements by the union’s national affiliates, the American Federation of Teachers and National Education Association.

Pallotta: 'We cannot overlook the need to reimagine how we invest in public schools'

"The public educators who are receiving so much praising and applause for stepping up in this time of crisis should not pay the bills for this pandemic," says NYSUT President Andy Pallotta in opening remarks to the Reimagining Education Advisory Council.

New York unions call on state leaders to raise taxes on the rich to address COVID-19 budget shortfall

Ten unions representing well over 1.5 million workers in New York on Wednesday called on Albany to increase revenue through higher taxes on the wealthy in order to address the state’s dire fiscal crisis.