We suggest you set aside a few minutes to read Hakan Topol’s recent article in Hyperallergic, “The Death of the Art School.” It is a great reminder of the systemic issues we’re facing, and just what is at stake!

Dear Pratt Faculty, This week labor organizer and theorist Jane McAlevey passed away. Author of countless books and articles, McAlevey was a fierce voice in the contemporary labor reform movement. In the quiet of summer, I am afforded time to contemplate her history in labor reform, and consider her strategies as they relate to our struggles at Pratt. McAlevey wrote extensively about the nuts and bolts of building strong coalitions through a focus on organizing disparate indi

For the first time, in 2010 student loan debt exceeded 100 billion dollars. Student loan debt now exceeds credit card debt. Students are...

A revealing story about the fate of most of the money derived from a nearly 10% tuition hike at the University of Colorado: most goes to...

Dear Union Members: I am pleased to announce that on Friday, December 9th, from 5:15-7:30, at Pratt Institute (location TBA), the UFCT...

Here is an excellent report on the situation at UC Davis, and in the California public university system in general, in the wake of...

Please join the Pratt Faculty Union (UFCT 1460) for a special presentation: ‘Hydraulic Fracturing’ [the new Halliburton technique used...

A call from a fellow Pratt Faculty Union member to join the historic Occupy Wall Street movement: Sisters & Brothers: I’m on sabbatical...

Please join the Pratt Faculty Union (UFCT 1460) for a special presentation: ‘Hydraulic Fracturing’ [the new Halliburton technique used to...

Christian Parenti on Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence Special Event sponsored by the Pratt Faculty Union...

Dear UFCT Member: As you’ve probably heard, our fellow Brooklyn faculty colleagues at LIU are on strike. Calling a strike is never a...

Christian Parenti on Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence Special Event sponsored by the Pratt Faculty Union...

Here are the details. #WisconsinNYCRally #WisconsinRallyFebruary22

UPDATE, February 17: Massive Protest of Wisconsin Workers, Government Grinds to a Halt What used to be the land of Russ Feingold is now...

He says he will get tougher on unions, giving lower wage increases and asking for changes in health benefits and pensions. June 3, 2010...

Criminal probe opened to find whether mine inspectors received bribes in West Virginia. Criminal probe opened to find whether Goldman...

Here’s the link, for a rally sponsored by the NYC Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO.

I thought this was a useful article from the WSJ about Hr departments and their inherent non-neutrality within companies….Here is the...

Employers are asking for a 4-5 year “recession” contract while doormen are claiming we are moving out of the recession and want to look...

These interviews about the recent tragic disaster at the Massey coal mine in West Virginia point out the importance of the right of the...