NYSUT Member Briefing - Feb. 5, 2021

Union calls for state-funded COVID testing for schools

Union calls for state-funded COVID testing for schools
Stop the tests
The union this week called on the state Education Department to cancel grade 3-8 testing and Regents Exams and to request a federal waiver of testing requirements amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Stop the tests
The union this week called on the state Education Department to cancel grade 3-8 testing and Regents Exams and to request a federal waiver of testing requirements amid the coronavirus pandemic.
COVID-19: Now what?
NYSUT was able to include educators in Phase 1B and the union has a new "Now what?" fact sheet on how to be safe even after you’ve been vaccinated.
COVID-19: Now what?
NYSUT was able to include educators in Phase 1B and the union has a new "Now what?" fact sheet on how to be safe even after you’ve been vaccinated.
Labor to lawmakers: Tax wealthy
Labor to lawmakers: Tax wealthy
Labor to lawmakers: Tax wealthy
Union pushes back on midyear furloughs in Syracuse
Two weeks before the holiday break, the Syracuse Teachers Association faces the city school district’s sudden plans to furlough and lay off teachers and school-related professionals, plans based on rumored 20 percent cuts in school aid. But, could this all be a proverbial failure to communicate?
Union pushes back on midyear furloughs in Syracuse
Two weeks before the holiday break, the Syracuse Teachers Association faces the city school district’s sudden plans to furlough and lay off teachers and school-related professionals, plans based on rumored 20 percent cuts in school aid. But, could this all be a proverbial failure to communicate?