News and Advocacy

Good morning, I don’t have to tell you school leaders in Chicago Public Schools are busy people.

The Chicago Principals and Administrators Association (CPAA), the union representing Chicago’s principals and assistant principals, extend

Amid the wave of ICE raids sweeping across California last week, fear and uncertainty have gripped many students, families, and educators.

In New Jersey, AFSA members helped push school panic buttons in the state legislature. Now the idea is moving toward federal legislation.
Maryland Principal Motley of Atholton High School and Local 36, Howard County Administrators Association, is the first union member to be elected to the position.

Workers across the nation cheered as the Democratic-run U.S. House voted to raise the U.S. minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025.

The 231199 vote, virtually along party lines, presages a tougher struggle in the GOP-run Senate, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is completely hostile to raising the wageor supporting any other progressive legislation the House sends him.

GOP President Donald Trump has nominated right-wing lawyer Antoninwhoops, EugeneScalia to be secretary of labor. If confirmed, he would succeed Alexander Acosta, who was forced to resign.

Eugene Scalia is best identified as a son of the late and conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. But Eugene Scalia has spent his career advocating big business causes and cases, both before and after a brief temporary stint as DOL’s solicitor, its top attorney.

A New Beginning

Today I sat down for a one-on-one meeting with Chicago Board of Education President Miguel del Valle to build the foundations of a relationship that I hope will benefit our schools, our students, and our members for years to come.