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Chicago activists renew call for independent, progressive politics
July 15, 2010On Chicago's southwest side, a renewed call for independent and progressive politics takes hold, and a new teachers' union president challenges school closing policy.
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AFT honors Filipino teachers in Louisiana
July 15, 2010SEATTLE - The American Federation of Teachers convention here honored 300 Filipino teachers in Louisiana who fought back against an unscrupulous recruiting agency.
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Union teachers fired up to fight for public schools
July 14, 2010SEATTLE - Delegates to the 81st convention of the American Federation of Teachers here blasted arbitrary public school closings , privatization and union-busting in the guise of "education reform."
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Trumka tells AFT: Stand together, march together, vote together
July 12, 2010SEATTLE - AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka urged union teachers to "stand together, work together, march together, vote together" to defeat the right-wing attacks on public education.
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NEA splits with Obama over education law
July 12, 2010NEW ORLEANS (PAI) - In his keynote at the National Education Association's Representative Assembly, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel criticized the administration's continued use of student test scores to measure schools.
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