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When the president of Colorado WINS learned that the president of the United States might be targeting Denver next in his anti-immigration campaign of terror, she knew how she’d begin to mobilize. One simple thing Diane Byrne does is deck out her activists in matching T-shirts. Wearing union colors promotes team spirit and builds confidence, she says. The AFT Public Employees program and policy council, meeting in New York City Feb. 5-6, abounded with tips to help locals mobilize. PPC chair Gary Feist, president of North Dakota Public Employees, recommended finding members who can tell a personal story to draw media attention. With more media on the issue, he said, legislators will become more motivated to fix the problem.

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Federal immigration actions are rapidly expanding, with deadly consequences. The killings of poet Renee Nicole Good and nurse Alex Pretti by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minneapolis have brought intense focus on the use of excessive force. An AFT webinar, co-hosted by AFT President Randi Weingarten and AFT Massachusetts President Jessica Tang on Jan. 28, featured experts on immigration and the law. It highlighted AFT resources and showcased how our locals are showing up to minimize fear and trauma.

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It is clear that higher education is under attack. The Trump administration has frozen funding for science, from cancer research to reproductive care; has hamstrung student financial aid programs; has stripped colleges and universities of diversity, equity and inclusion programming; has strangled affirmative action designed to expand access to college; and is demanding that some institutions sign a “compact” that forces them to adopt Trump’s ideology in exchange for federal funding.

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Thank you for all you do!

As the school year draws to a close, all of us at NYSUT want to thank you for your tremendous dedication. It’s been a challenging year — but through it all, you've stood strong and persevered. Over and over, you've shown how public schools are the place where students, parents and educators come together as a community.

U.S. Supreme Court hands down landmark cases

This week, the Supreme Court handed down multiple decisions that will touch the lives of millions of Americans. Earlier this week, in Carson v. Makin, the court laid the groundwork that states must provide publ

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Union wins APPR reprieve

Gov. Kathy Hochul Friday signed a bill suspending, for an additional year, the Annual Professional Performance Review process. Advanced through grassroots advocacy from NYSUT members and lobbying by union legislative staff, the bill recently passed both the state Senate and the Assembly.

“As we come to the end of another school year that has been anything but normal, we welcome the governor’s decision to suspend the APPR process for another year,” said NYSUT President Andy Pallotta. “We will continue working with the legislature and the governor to address the APPR

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On Thursday, March 19, SUNY Corning Community College student leaders will invite an open discussion about the college administration's announced cuts to academic programs and its termination of six faculty positions.
 
The forum, which will take place physically in the Kelly Lounge of the CCC Commons, will be livestreamed beginning at 12:15 using the Student Association Instagram account @corningcc_sa, allowing for other students and community members to hear students' perspectives on these critical issues despite the restrictions imposed on gatherings due to the COVID-12 outbreak. 
 
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Thursday, March 12, 5:00 PM
CCC Health Education Center, 132 Denison Pkwy E, Corning
 
 
The current CCC administration is recklessly slashing programs that our community needs and terminating dedicated full-time faculty members on whom our students depend.
 
The administration has ignored months of input from community members, faculty, and students and refused to discuss alternatives to cuts and faculty terminations.
 
We call on the CCC Trustees to say NO to these senseless attacks on our beloved college and to hold the administration accountable for its failure to listen and lead.
 
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OVERFLOW ASSEMBLY AT RALLY SENDS MESSAGE TO TRUSTEES; NYSUT BACKS CAMPAIGN; VOLUNTEERS PREPARE FOR SUSTAINED COMMUNITY EFFORT

Fresh off a rousing community rally last week, Corning Community College faculty and their community supporters are not letting up in their campaign for the future of the College.

After the September 22 rally, which attracted over 130 people to the CCC campus, participants attended a meeting of the College’s Regional Board of Trustees in a show of solidarity and concern. Because the room’s public seating capacity could not accommodate the unprecedented crowd, an “overflow

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NYSUT DIRECTORS TO SPEAK; CCC WORKERS, COMMUNITY EDUCATORS CALL FOR ADMINISTRATION TO RESPECT EMPLOYEES AND PRIORITIZE LEARNING

Corning/Elmira, NY, September 16, 2016– Corning Community College has been recognized as the best community college in the state and as one of the finest in the country. This excellence is thanks in no small measure to its faculty, renowned for accomplishments in their disciplines and for their tireless commitment to students, the college, and their community.

Now CCC faculty are reaching out to the community again. But this time it's the College itself that

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CORNING/ELMIRA, NY, August 19, 2016– As the first day of classes nears, instructors at Corning Community College are looking forward as usual to helping our students learn and succeed. However, this year we task ourselves with an additional responsibility: raising awareness with the community outside of our classrooms about urgent issues facing the college we love.

CCC faculty are proud that our school has been recognized as among the very best community colleges in the United States and #1 in New York State. We know well what a great place our school is to learn, because we see our fellow

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