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NEW AFT WEB SITE ON CHILD LABOR
AFT executive vice president Antonia Cortese introduced a new online resource on child labor at a June 12 briefing on Capitol Hill, held to mark World Day Against Child Labor. The new resource for teachers and students, "In Our Own Backyard," is intended to spotlight...
VEBA BEST DOCTORS PROGRAM
According to the New England Journal of Medicine (2003), 45% of clinical diagnosis and treatment are incorrect. Best Doctors, a confidential and free program available to all eligible Southern California Schools VEBA members and their dependents, was started by...
Two in Five Sharp HealthCare Nurses Say Preventable InjuriesOccurring Due to Short Staffing
District-Attempting-Clamp-Down-Free-Speech
Colleagues, I was quite alarmed to receive a copy of the message below sent by City College President Terry Burgess on behalf of "the district" attempting to censor the content of email messages from one of our professors. At the last two District Governance Council...
How the Employee Free Choice Act Would Help Colleges
End of Year Celebration and Retirement Brunch
Humphrey¹s Shelter Island Celebrate a great year and the successful careers of our colleagues! When: Sunday, May 20, 11:00 am Where: Humphrey¹s Shelter Island, 2241 Shelter Island Drive Brunch includes : A variety of breakfast specialties, an omelet station, a...
District Approves Classified Staff for Teaching Assignments
Lifting a ban that had been in place for several years, the District has agreed to once again allow classified staff members to hold adjunct faculty faculty teaching assignments. Chancellor Carroll deserves a great deal of credit for ensuring this ban was finally...
UNITE HERE Local 30 Kona Kai Picket Line!!!
April 28, 2007: Workers Memorial Day
Even though it has been more than 30 years since Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OHSA)--the nation's first comprehensive workplace health and safety law--thousands of workers are killed on the job each year and millions more are injured or made...