Albany teacher finds national protest in El Paso inspirational — but heartbreaking

“Children belong in classrooms, not cages,” said Tavarez-Polanco, one of hundreds of teachers who headed down to El Paso, Texas last weekend for a “Teach-In for Freedom” calling for an end to child detainments and family separations.

Albany teacher travels to El Paso for 'Teach-In for Freedom'

For Zeovadis Tavarez-Polanco, a fifth-grade bilingual teacher in Albany, speaking out for refugee and immigrant children is a human rights issue — not a political one.

NYSUT to take part in caucus weekend panel on diversifying the teaching workforce

NYSUT will take part in a panel discussion about diversifying the teaching workforce as part of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus Weekend on Saturday, Feb. 16.

Buffalo unionists fight to save the home team: New Era Cap workers

There are many in this community south of Buffalo who look at Koch as a local boy who made good, but has gone very bad. How else to describe a man who is likely putting more than 200 people out of work in Derby, the very community in which he grew up?

Western New York union members hold #NewEraHatsOff rally to protest closure of New Era’s Derby production facility

Dozens of Western New York union members rallied Saturday at New Era Field in Orchard Park to show solidarity with the employees of New Era’s Derby production facility, which the company is slated to close in March.

Activists brave the cold to stand strong for federal workers

Activists brave the cold to stand strong for federal workers

Western New York union members plan #NewEraHatsOff rally to protest closure of New Era’s Derby production facility

Dozens of Western New York union members will rally Saturday, Jan. 26, at New Era Field in Orchard Park to show solidarity with the employees of New Era’s Derby production facility, which the company is slated to close in March.

Women are rising and letting their collective voices be heard

DiBrango has been encouraging NYSUT women to start women’s committees in their own local unions. Sandie Carner-Shafran is one of the women union leaders who heeded that call.

NYSUT reacts to passage of GENDA and anti-conversion therapy bill

NYSUT reacts to passage of GENDA and anti conversion therapy bill

Celebrate Black History Month with a new poster highlighting Fannie Lou Hamer

NYSUT celebrates Black History Month in February with a poster highlighting Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977), the American civil rights, voting and women’s rights activist who co-founded and vice-chaired the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, which challenged the all-white Mississippi delegation’s efforts to block African American participation at the 1964 Democratic National Convention.

NYSUT partnership with Fair Trade coffee company Dean's Beans to benefit Disaster Relief efforts

Members of New York State United Teachers looking to support efforts to create a more just economy in developing nations while boosting their statewide union’s disaster relief efforts can now do both at once — thanks to a new partnership with Fair Trade coffee distributor Dean’s Beans.

NYC Schools Chancellor and AFT leaders visit school in Puerto Rico

NYC Schools Chancellor and AFT leaders visit school in Puerto Rico