Articles from United States of America
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Leading the profession 13 July 2009 A second stimulus for the US ?
The US needs a 2nd stimulus; Federal programmes try to compensate for State and local budget cuts; teachers and support staff in California - host for NEA's 2009 Annual meeting - are hit hard by State budget impasse.
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Standards and working conditions 7 July 2009 American teachers optimistic, despite challenges
“Hope starts here!” With a new partner in the White House, more than 15,000 American teacher trade unionists came together under this optimistic slogan at the National Education Association’s 88th Representative Assembly, 3-7 July in San Diego, California.
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Leading the profession 29 June 2009 The Economic Crisis: “How Did We Get Here?”
The most serious economic crisis since the Great Depression has exposed the failure of an obsolete economic growth strategy based on debt-fueled consumption.
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Trade union rights are human rights 4 June 2009 Urgent Action Appeal USA: Support for the Employee Free Choice Act
EI and its member organizations in the United States request your support for their campaign to pass the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). The act would protect American workers’ rights to join unions and to bargain collectively, free from employer intimidation and threats of dismissal.
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Union growth 23 February 2009 AFT Letter to Hillary Clinton Urges Action on Zimbabwe
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has sent a letter from president Randi Weingarten to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressing the union's concern over the continuing suffering of the Zimbabwean people and urging U.S. leadership to end the reign of terror and devastation wrought by President Mugabe.
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Union renewal and development 30 January 2009 Labour leaders welcomed to White House as media magnate lashes out at teachers’ unions
“Go after the teacher unions.” That was one piece of advice for President Barack Obama from media baron Rupert Murdoch, who spoke on 30 January to hundreds of business, union and civil society leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 January 2009 Global Union representatives in the US to show support for the Employee Free Choice Act
Anti-unionism is a widespread phenomenon in the USA. Senator Bill Hare of Illinois from the Democratic Party spoke to a global union gathering in Washington DC on 13 January on the Employee Free Choice Act. The Act is a legislation proposed to ensure that workers have a free choice and...
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Union growth 5 November 2008 American education unions welcome Obama’s election
Both the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers have enthusiastically welcomed the election of Barack Obama, a “friend of public education,” to the White House.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 29 October 2008 US Trade Representative sued over Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty
A group of public interest organizations in the United States is suing the US Trade Representative office in an effort to obtain a copy of a draft treaty on intellectual property currently.
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Trade union rights are human rights 18 July 2008 US Democrats woo teachers' unions
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is determined to help American educators create better opportunities for all children by improving education quality throughout the United States. He criticized the Bush administration for having failed to give teachers the means to achieve the goals of the No Child Left Behind Act, which...
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Leading the profession 26 March 2008 Hatwood Futrell offers blueprint for education
EI's founding President Mary Hatwood Futrell says redefining schooling is not a national issue, but a global one.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 13 February 2008 USTR attacks NGOs for criticizing WTO
The U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab has lashed out against non-governmental organizations for their criticisms of WTO trade talks.
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Union renewal and development 6 February 2008 In memoriam: Willard McGuire
Distinguished educator and teacher trade unionist Willard McGuire passed away on 2 February at his home in Minnesota. He was 79. McGuire served as president of the National Education Association, the largest education union in the United States, from 1979 to 1983. A devoted children's advocate, he used the power...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 18 June 2007 USA: White House, Democrats reach deal on FTAs
The Bush administration and senior Democratic lawmakers have agreed to a deal to include environmental and labour protections in any new bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) the country signs.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 24 April 2007 US Democrats unveil trade strategy
Congressional Democratic leaders unveiled a set of policy principles that they want incorporated into several pending free trade agreements (FTAs), as well as the country's broader trade agenda.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 24 April 2007 USA: college groups issue GATS warning
Two dozen groups representing American colleges are urging the United States and other member countries of the WTO not to make GATS concessions that would threaten higher education institutions.
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Trade union rights are human rights 17 April 2007 US Campus Massacre: "Safety in schools cannot be compromised," says EI
EI expresses its shock at the murder of 33 people on the campus of Virginia Tech on 16 April by a lone gunman. 17 others were wounded.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 28 February 2007 U.S has failed to comply in gambling case: WTO panel
A WTO panel has found that the United States has failed to comply with a controversial ruling against American restrictions on Internet gambling.
U.S has failed to comply in gambling case: WTO panel