At NYSUT Meeting at Hilton Friday, April 8 - AFT Peace & Justice Caucus Forum

AFT Peace & Justice Caucus Forum:

 

THE WAR ON PUBLIC WORKERS: FIGHTING BACK FROM WISCONSIN TO NEW YORK

 

 

Friday, April 8, 6:30 PM

Midtown Room (4^th Floor)

Hilton Hotel (6^th Ave. & 54^th St.)

 

Panelists:

 

• Kaja Rabane, member of the University of Wisconsin Teaching Assistants Association, AFT, who will report on the mass struggle against Scott Walker’s anti-labor legislation.

 

• Speaker from Grassroots Education Movement, on the campaigns of NYC teachers and parents to halt school closings and proliferating charter schools.

 

• Brooklyn high school teacher, speaking about the efforts of parents, students and teachers to prevent segregated schooling.

 

• Jackie DiSalvo, Baruch College Professor of English, member of the PSC, AFT Local 2334, who will put the attacks on public workers in a broader context.

 

• Respondent: Barbara Bowen, President of the Professional Staff Congress, AFT Local 2334