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artisteer / iStock / Getty Images Plusby Joel RichardsEditor’s note: Blackstone Elementary School technology teacher Joel Richards wrote an epistle to fellow Boston Teachers Union members, but he says we’re welcome to eavesdrop.Dear Brothers and Sisters,My name is Joel Richards. I work as a technology teacher at the Blackstone school. I have been… [Read More ->>]
That line, from the century-old labor union anthem “Solidarity Forever,” feels especially apt in this moment. Aren’t we all yearning to live in a “new world” without the anxiety, disruptions and sorrow caused by the COVID-19 pandemic? Isn’t it well past time to sweep discrimination and violence based on race,… [Read More ->>]
AP photo, Haitian migrants at Mexico-U.S. borderAs immigration policy continues to make its messy way through the halls of Congress, the White House and the Supreme Court, many migrants themselves continue to suffer. Having fled life-threatening conditions in their home countries, they’re now enduring dangerous conditions in makeshift camps or… [Read More ->>]
Skynesher/GettyBy Joel RichardsEditor’s note: Thousands of migrants from all corners of the world, grappling with dangerous home country conditions, war, violence and humanitarian disasters, seek protection and asylum at the U.S. border every year. Images of white officers on horses chasing down Black Haitians at the United States border horrified Americans… [Read More ->>]
Early in her teaching career, Florence McCue recognized the value of her more experienced colleagues and her union. That’s why when she retired from teaching for 33 years in Yonkers, N.Y., she carried on her union activism.McCue served the Yonkers Federation of Teachers in numerous positions.Still, it was her first… [Read More ->>]
Carol Gale, President
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Corey Moses, First Vice-President
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Stuart Beckford, Second Vice-President
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