Sentences with phrase «labor history week»

Sponsored by the California Federation of Teachers, this bill recognized the first week of April as «Labor History Week» and authorized public school districts to «commemorate that week with appropriate educational exercises that make pupils aware of the role that the labor movement has played in shaping California and the United States.»

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«I'm excited that for the first time in recent history, countless New Yorkers will now be able to enjoy our beautiful beaches a week past Labor Day.»

United Teachers of Los Angeles president Alex Caputo - Pearl gave a speech for the ages a couple of weeks ago, securing a wing in the pantheon - of - vile, a place which includes such memorable outbursts as National Education Association general counsel Bob Chanin's «right - wing bastards» farewell - to - troops speech in 2009 and Chicago Teacher Union boss Karen Lewis» talk to the Illinois Labor History Society in 2012, where she joked about the possibility of union members killing the wealthy.

BEST OF THE WEEK Story snippet Goldstein shared on Twitter The NYT's Dana Goldstein seems to have made a grand return this week with her piece on the West Virginia teachers strike and the history behind teacher labor actions: Fighting Poverty, Drugs, and Even Violence, All on a Teacher's SalWEEK Story snippet Goldstein shared on Twitter The NYT's Dana Goldstein seems to have made a grand return this week with her piece on the West Virginia teachers strike and the history behind teacher labor actions: Fighting Poverty, Drugs, and Even Violence, All on a Teacher's Salweek with her piece on the West Virginia teachers strike and the history behind teacher labor actions: Fighting Poverty, Drugs, and Even Violence, All on a Teacher's Salary.

From the first Labor Day parade in 1882 to contemporary debates over the union election process, Lenard offers a history lesson entwined with a very current review of the week's blawgosphere buzz.