Sentences with phrase «representing city teachers»

Buffalo's school board is setting the ground rules for what it wants from negotiations with the union representing city teachers.

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Preston Smith, who is a local teacher, submitted an application to the city to erect the giant monument, which features a six - foot - tall pentagram painted red with a wooden image representing Satan in the middle of it.

An anonymous Senate Republican, who does not represent New York City, said his conference is growing aggravated by Mayor Bloomberg's «do - or - die» approach to lobbying on key issues - including the release of teacher performance evaluation data — an issue he lost on to the teachers» unions.

As Political Director of the New York City Central Labor Council, Carrión has forged deep partnerships among 300 local unions from every trade, occupation, and public and private sector of the New York economy, representing a wide spectrum of workers, including teachers, truck drivers, operating engineers, nurses, construction workers, electricians, firefighters, retail workers, janitors, train operators, bakers, and many more who are the face of today's workforce.

King and New York State United Teachers president Richard Iannuzzi, whose union represents districts outside the city, also voiced support for Cuomo's involvement on upstate's «Capitol Pressroom» radio show.

Unlike the state's Common Retirement Fund, which represents state workers other than teachers, however, the state Teachers Retirement System and its New York City counterpart held back thteachers, however, the state Teachers Retirement System and its New York City counterpart held back thTeachers Retirement System and its New York City counterpart held back the names.

The No. 1 goal of the Connecticut Education Association, the largest union representing teachers, was to block the governor's proposal to shift a huge portion of the teachers» pension obligation to towns and cities.

Dromm, a former city school teacher, not only does he represents Jackson Heights and its robust diversity, but he also sits on the City Council's education commitcity school teacher, not only does he represents Jackson Heights and its robust diversity, but he also sits on the City Council's education commitCity Council's education committee.

The Service Employees International Union Local 1199, which represents health care workers; the influential state and city teachers unions, and building workers union SEIU Local 32BJ, are all backing Clinton.

But Cuomo's sympathies for the legal rights of labor are heightened by his desire for peace with the United Federation of Teachers, which represents the city's educators.

In early May, the city announced that it had reached a nine - year labor agreement with the United Federation of Teachers, which represents 37 percent of the city's workforce.

Teachers and staff at the Academy of the City Charter School in Long Island City have announced they will seek to be represented by the United Federation of Teachers.

As a result, Mr. Cuomo's demands have set off a furious debate within the party coalition, which includes labor powerhouses like Service Employees International Union 1199, the health care workers union, and the United Federation of Teachers, which represents New York City tTeachers, which represents New York City teachersteachers.

The UFT, which represents teachers at three Victory charter schools in New York City, has cited Victory management at the New York State Public Employment Relations Board for firing educators for union activity, coercing employees to withdraw their union support and discriminating against employees who are union supporters.

While that puts him at odds with the teachers union, it represents a very different tone from that used by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in his State of the City speech last week.

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Teaching fellows represent the vast majority of all AC teachers signed on in New York City since 1999 Between the 1999 — 2000 and 2004 — 05 school years, some 9,000 teaching fellows were hired.

A group of active and retired Chicago city employees and four unions that represent them — AFSCME Council 31, the Chicago Teachers Union, the Illinois Nurses Associations and Teamsters Local 700 — filed suit today in Cook County Circuit Court to overturn Senate Bill 1922 (Public Act 98 - 0641), legislation to sharply reduce pension benefits for city workers and retirees who participate in the Municipal Employees Annuity and Benefit Fund (MEABF).

The United Federation of Teachers, which represents most of the teachers in New York City public schools, has come out strongly against the proposed outside evaluatoTeachers, which represents most of the teachers in New York City public schools, has come out strongly against the proposed outside evaluatoteachers in New York City public schools, has come out strongly against the proposed outside evaluator piece.

The Teacher Contract Database includes over 145 districts across the country, representing the 100 largest districts in the country, the largest district in each state, and member districts of the Council of Great City Schools.

The union representing New York City's teachers goes to court Wednesday to try to stop the release to the media of a database of teacher effectiveness ratings.

From a practical standpoint, a $ 20,000 raise — which for me would represent a 25 % increase — would reduce the financial burden on teachers who often can't afford to stay in this profession, particularly in a city as expensive as New York.

Unionized charter teachers in the city are collectively represented by the Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff, a branch of the American Federation of Teachers and a statewide affiliate of the Illinois Federation of Tteachers in the city are collectively represented by the Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff, a branch of the American Federation of Teachers and a statewide affiliate of the Illinois Federation of TTeachers and Staff, a branch of the American Federation of Teachers and a statewide affiliate of the Illinois Federation of TTeachers and a statewide affiliate of the Illinois Federation of TeachersTeachers.

Teaching, at least in major cities, is also a profession in which minorities are heavily represented; when reformers argue that we need to take down teachers unions to give more opportunity to minority youth, the argument veers perilously close to «We need to destroy the black middle class in order to save it.»

Participants from the state, Jersey City, and other districts, representing administrators and teachers, met at a public forum at City Hall to discuss the ramifications of pending state - mandated teacher evaluation changes that would be more closely linked to student achievement.

Unionized charter teachers in the city are collectively represented by ChiACTS, a branch of the American Federation of Teachers and a statewide affiliate of the Illinois Federation of Tteachers in the city are collectively represented by ChiACTS, a branch of the American Federation of Teachers and a statewide affiliate of the Illinois Federation of TTeachers and a statewide affiliate of the Illinois Federation of TeachersTeachers.

Speaking to a coalition representing the city's business elite this morning, Chancellor Dennis Walcott announced that the city would move to fire any teacher who receives «unsatisfactory» ratings for two years in a row.

The Park City Board of Education approved a generous, but competitive 3 - year compensation agreement with the Park City Education Association, which represents the school district's teachers.

Members of the Chicago Teachers Union are voting this week on a proposal to merge with the Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff (ChiACTS), the union which represents teachers at 32 charter school campuses across tTeachers Union are voting this week on a proposal to merge with the Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff (ChiACTS), the union which represents teachers at 32 charter school campuses across tTeachers and Staff (ChiACTS), the union which represents teachers at 32 charter school campuses across tteachers at 32 charter school campuses across the city.

The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, the union representing educators in the city's school district, came out swinging on Monday just hours after the announcement that the School Reform Commission had canceled their contract.

In that time, they received feedback from 2,300 teachers from all across the City of Chicago, representing all grades and subjects.

The United Teachers of Lusher is a subset of the United Teachers of New Orleans, which represented most teachers in the city before Hurricane Teachers of Lusher is a subset of the United Teachers of New Orleans, which represented most teachers in the city before Hurricane Teachers of New Orleans, which represented most teachers in the city before Hurricane teachers in the city before Hurricane Katrina.

The Chicago Teachers Pension Fund represents one of several retirement systems in the city of Chicago.

«A petition drive is a poor way to make drastic changes within a school setting,» said Kristen Fisher, president of the Anaheim Elementary Education Association, a union representing more than 800 teachers in California's Anaheim City School District.

Such naivete explains why the Obama Administration has continually promoted case studies of reform - minded school leaders working closely with NEA and AFT locals, why Class Struggle author Steve Brill floated the laughable idea of Weingarten becoming chancellor of New York City's traditional district three years ago, and why organizations such as Educators4Excellence and Teach Plus — which represent younger, reform - minded teachers who now make up the majority of NEA and AFT rank - and - filers (and are staffed by teachers who are themselves centrist and progressive Democrats)-- work so hard to aim to lead reform from within union ranks.

The Italian teacher, artist and writer Tonucci gave an interesting presentation about the «Città dei bambini» (City of the children) project, where they base urban planning on children's ideas for public spaces, because they represent everyone (young and old, handicapped people, etc.) not just children.

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Teachers» Retirement System of the State of Illinois represents Illinois educators teaching outside the City of Chicago and includes 285,000 active and retired members.