Showing posts with label Washington State. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Washington State. Show all posts

Friday, March 15, 2013

An Open Challenge to Michelle Rhee and the Corporate Education Zombies | Common Dreams

An Open Challenge to Michelle Rhee and the Corporate Education Zombies | Common Dreams
"Rhee, the prominent corporate education reform advocate, former D.C. Public Schools Chancellor, and CEO of the ironically-named “Students First” organization, now has Seattle in her crosshairs. In her March 5thop-ed for the Seattle Times, Rhee berated teachers at Garfield and other Seattle schools for their boycott of the district required MAP test."

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Seattle Coffee Chain Charging 'Sick Leave Surcharge' Of 1.5%

Seattle Coffee Chain Charging 'Sick Leave Surcharge' Of 1.5%
"this shameful little tale of passive-aggressive douchebaggery: A coffee chain owner whoannounces a "surcharge" to cover the city's new mandatory sick pay law -- instead of quietly raising his prices:"

Thursday, January 31, 2013

IBEW Face-to-Face Organizing

In an age of smartphones, email and the Internet, members of IBEW local unions in the Pacific Northwest are going back to the basics to spread the union's message. They're using good, old-fashioned, in-person communication to reach out to their fellow union members and future union members.