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Mar 9, 2012
The Looming Student Loan Bubble
For the first time, in 2010 student loan debt exceeded 100 billion dollars. Student loan debt now exceeds credit card debt. Students are...
Mar 3, 2012
Renewing the New Voice: Meeting Tuesday, 3/6, at 5:15
It’s been a couple of years, but the Pratt Faculty Union newsletter, “The New Voice” is about to get renewed. We’d like to invite you to...
Feb 24, 2012
Woody Guthrie Entertains Commuters
Here’s an amazing 1940 photo of Woody Guthrie entertaining New Yorkers with a rendition of “This Land is Your Land.”
Feb 19, 2012
At U. of Colorado, most revenue from tuition hike goes to top administrators
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...
Feb 3, 2012
PT Faculty Union Member Emily Beall and UFCT Secretary Holly Wilson Attend Contingent Labor Meeting
Dear Colleagues, I recently attended, with UFCT local 1460 Secretary Holly Wilson, a Summit on the role of contingent labor in the...
Dec 4, 2011
The State of Academic Unionism, Dec. 9, 5:15-7:30
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...
Nov 23, 2011
Report on Situation at UC Davis
Here is an excellent report on the situation at UC Davis, and in the California public university system in general, in the wake of...
Oct 11, 2011
Union Event on Fracking, Thurs. Oct 13
Please join the Pratt Faculty Union (UFCT 1460) for a special presentation: ‘Hydraulic Fracturing’ [the new Halliburton technique used...
Oct 4, 2011
Pratt Faculty Union to Join Wednesday Wall Street Demonstrations
A call from a fellow Pratt Faculty Union member to join the historic Occupy Wall Street movement: Sisters & Brothers: I’m on sabbatical...
Sep 27, 2011
Special Event on Hydraulic Fracking, October 13
Please join the Pratt Faculty Union (UFCT 1460) for a special presentation: ‘Hydraulic Fracturing’ [the new Halliburton technique used to...