AFL-CIO celebrates 50 years of NJ labor unity
By Charles Wowkanech and Laurel Brennan Fifty years ago today, George Meany, president of the American Federation of Labor-Congress…
Pietro Petino, who led Newark teachers union through 4 strikes, dies after battle with cancer
SPRINGFIELD — Pietro Petino, remembered as one of the loudest voices for teachers’ labor rights in Newark, died at…
$100M grant from Mark Zuckerberg begins to have effect on Newark schools
Newark Teachers Union President Joe Del Grosso said he is troubled by the ongoing secrecy surrounding the Facebook donation….
In Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson merger, University Hospital in Newark must be protected
Star-Ledger Editorial Board Gov. Chris Christie commissioned a task force, which has recommended the merging of Rutgers University and…
Randi Weingarten on Education Nation
NBC and MSNBC will be focusing on education during this week’s Education Nation programming. President Weingarten will be a…
Ex-Chairman Archie and State Rep. Evans maneuvered over who would get MLK High contract, a report asserts
Martha Woodall and Susan Snyder Inquirer Staff Writers State Rep. Dwight Evans and Robert L. Archie Jr., former chairman…
Merging UMDNJ and Rutgers could be more difficult than planned, education officials say
Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger It sounds easy enough: Take two of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New…
Christie gives preliminary OK to Rutgers, UMDNJ med school merger
The union representing more than 3,500 nurses and health professionals at UMDNJ noted that the report contained “no full…
Big Deal Newsletter 9/15/11
September 15, 2011 Timely reminders, fabulous freebies, best sites & more “worth the surf” Grants and Other Funding Sources…
McCormick shares expansion ideas at final annual address
But disgruntled faculty and staff interrupted McCormick several times during the first half of his speech, protesting the two-year…
Rutgers: Pay what you owe
McCormick’s speech was repeatedly interrupted by heckles from members of Rutgers’ faculty and staff unions protesting a pay freeze….
McCormick addresses contractual concerns in Q&A
Professor of Education Catherine Lugg, who is entering her 16th year at the university, was one of many who…
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