#FlyersTalk: Ed Snider Is Not for the Working Man Which side is Philadelphia Flyers owner Ed Snider on? Not on the working class’ side. Joseph DiStefano from the Philadelphia Inquirer has reported that Philadelphia Flyers Owner Ed Snider has donated millions of dollars to a Charles Koch funded project at the University of Maryland. The article states:…
Follow the Leader? Mansfield University Student Speaks Out Against Budget Cuts
Follow the Leader? Mansfield University Student Speaks Out Against Budget Cuts As the sun sets over the small campus at Mansfield University, I am reminded of why I decided to start my college career in this small town. Not only is the view absolutely breathtaking, but this place reminds me of home. I came to Mansfield…
#PhlEd: Student Involved in Philly Student Union Action on Wednesday Night Speaks Out
#PhlEd: Student Involved in Philly Student Union Action on Wednesday Night Speaks Out Editor’s Note: Earlier today, Ruby Jane Anderson sent us the following about why she and other members of the Philadelphia Student Union disrupted the Philadelphia School Reform Commission’s showing of the anti-union movie, Won’t Back Down. Yesterday, the School Reform Commission held a movie…
Video: SRC Member Yelling at Student Demonstrators The controversial video of SRC member Sylvia Simms yelling in the faces of protesting school students has been posted by the Philadelphia Student Union.
#PhlEd: Mother of Student Protester, “I am appalled and ashamed at the behavior of Sylvia Simms”
#PhlEd: Mother of Student Protester, “I am appalled and ashamed at the behavior of Sylvia Simms” Yesterday evening, SCR Chairwoman Sylvia Simms hosted a screening of the controversial movie Won’t Back Down, an anti-union file that promotes the right wing stereotypes of public school teachers. At the screening, students from the Philadelphia Student Union staged a protest…
#PhlEd: SRC Member to Students: “You Must Go to Failing Schools”
#PhlEd: SRC Member to Students: “You Must Go to Failing Schools” Last week, the School Reform Commission casted a 5-0 vote to dismantle the Philadelphia School District’s contract with 12,000 public school teachers. School teachers who make less than their suburban counterparts will lose more of their pay to healthcare costs and retired teachers lost their…
#PHLEd: Student Strikes, Civil Disobedience and Social Media Solidarity For Philadelphia Public School Teachers
#PHLEd: Student Strikes, Civil Disobedience and Social Media Solidarity For Philadelphia Public School Teachers In the days following the Philadelphia School Reform Commission’s decision to obliterate the collective bargaining agreements with the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers – the public sector union the represents 15,000 Philadelphia public school teachers – there has been a wave of grassroots activism that…
#PhlEd: Professional Liberals and Kingmakers Believe Tom Wolf Will Fix School District
#PhlEd: Professional Liberals and Kingmakers Believe Tom Wolf Will Fix School District In the #PhlEd hashtag, Professional Liberals are throwing this myth around that voting for one politician in three weeks will save the Philadelphia School District. This myth is being echoed by professional liberals and by Democratic Kingmakers and they’re flat out wrong. Will I…
#ShawShooting: Police Use Dog-Whistle Language in Shooting of Vonderrit Myers
#ShawShooting: Police Use Dog-Whistle Language in Shooting of Vonderrit Myers Last night, there was another police shooting in the Ferguson, Missouri area. Family members of Vonderrit Myers claim that he was unarmed, while the police office who shot Vonderrit Myers claimed that he had a gun. This shooting does not look good for the St. Louis Police Department…
#PhlEd: Instead of Taxing the Frackers, We are Fracking the Teachers
#PhlEd: Instead of Taxing the Frackers, We are Fracking the Teachers Hours after the state ran School Reform Commission’s horrific decision to obliterate the collective bargaining rights of Philadelphia’s public school teachers, Pennsylvania Working Families Party other organizations in the PCAPS coalition organized an emergency rally outside of Governor Tom Corbett’s office. Pennsylvania Working Families Party organizer Kati Sipp…
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