Member Spotlight
This will be a place for us to meet other PVFT members – if you know of anyone who you think should be featured, please contact the VP of Communications!
It Takes a Village
PVFT Early Childhood Educators attended Wednesday’s board meeting to share their work and ask for board support in ongoing negotiations. “The ECE workload is a challenge, but we love it and hope you’ll support us”, said Mary Jo Silva. “It takes a village to raise a child, and childcare is often part of that village. We’re having…
6 Reasons Why Unions Are Essential to Creating Broadly Based Prosperity
(Reposted from AFL-CIO, www.aflcio.org/Blog/Economy/6-Reasons-Why-Unions-Are-Essential-to-Creating-Broadly-Based-Prosperity, and from the Roosevelt Institute, rooseveltinstitute.org/policy-and-ideas/big-ideas/report-future-work-america-policies-empower-american-workers-and-secure-p) At the end of March, the Roosevelt Institute launched a new project, the Future of Work, which takes a look at the changing landscape in the area of workers’ rights and representation in the political and economic system that affects their lives. Author Richard Kirsch does…