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To call attention to the college administration's attempts to block unionizing efforts, the Clover Park TC professional staff, also called administrative-exempt, held an informational picket Thursday, Dec. 11, at the college campus.
About 50 people showed up to demonstrate. In addition to Clover Park TC employees, some of the participants were from Bates TC, TFP, the Pierce County Jobs with Justice, AFT Washington.
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Seattle Times, Washington state richer, better educated than rest of U.S.
By Nicholas K. Geranios, AP
Dec. 6, 2009
SPOKANE — Washington state has a higher percentage of college graduates and a higher per capita income than the nation as a whole, according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau. [more]
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Practical uses of taxes is to educate workforce, Renton Reporter
Op/ed by Dean Radford, Renton Reporter Editor
Dec. 6, 2009
I've written before about how I want my state legislators and Gov. Christine Gregoire to use some common sense when it comes to navigating our way out of this economic “Bermuda Triangle.” [more]
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Do you want to have an impact on legislation? Do you want to weigh in on the state budget or legislative priorities in Olympia? There's a great way you can: through Legislative Education Groups (LEGs).
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Citing President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden's "powerful promise of hope and their sound solutions to the country's most vexing problems" as the keys that helped them win the nation's trust and confidence, AFT president Randi Weingarten congratulated the winning candidates on their extraordinary Nov. 4 election victory. |
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Taking a long tradition of union-led education reform to a new level, the AFT on Sept. 11 announced the creation of the AFT Innovation Fund, a groundbreaking initiative to be funded by the union and philanthropies to support sustainable, innovative and collaborative reform projects developed by members to strengthen our public schools.
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