Tuition Grants

Change Magazine: “Three Union Leaders Talk about Academic Future”

jruss — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:55:31 -0400

This transcript is from an interview conducted for Change Magazine. John Ryor was president of the NEA and Dr. Osborne was director of collective bargaining for the AAUP. The interview was conducted by the editor in chief of Change Magazine, G. W. Bonham. The interview covers all aspects of collective bargaining and unionism in higher education and the political power of the three teacher unions.

Statement before the Democratic Platform Committee

jruss — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:07:00 -0500

Al Shanker advocates that the democratic presidential candidate adopt the AFT''s program on a number of issues. The AFT''s ideas include: expanding the federal government''s role in funding education; increasing access to post-secondary education through tuition assistance; creating a system of federal daycare centers run through the public schools; providing federal financial assistance to state and local governments, especially for welfare and medical costs; and extending federal collective bargaining laws and pension protections to public employees. read more »

Testimony before the Senate Policy Forum

jruss — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:58:50 -0500

Al Shanker argues strongly that President Reagan's budget proposal should be rejected and overhauled. Reagan's proposals include a 32% cut in education funding and a 40% cut in children's nutrition funding. These cuts are larger than for other agencies, and Shanker deplores the disproportionality as well as what the cuts would mean for schools. Not only would educational programs be endangered, but the nutrition cut would also seriously jeopardize the school lunch program. read more »