 Labor Radio Collective:"Together We Make A Difference" http://laborradiocollective.blogspot.com/Monday Nights at 6pm, On Monday, April 30, 2012... Join Lane and Tim on Fifth Monday Labor Radio! Elizabeth Joy Zarek, (below at left) an organizer for The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) will talk about Early Childhood Education Workers (Pre-Kindergarden) and how they are exploited and under-valued with low pay, few benefits, and little protection. And we will discover "The Quilt Project." ********************************************************* And Cameron Whitten, (below right) an Occupy Organizer, will give us an update on The 99% Spring and how Occupy PDX and Labor are working together for Justice! "We are on the verge of a new age, but we can only get there as a community." contact info for Cameron silvershadow4891@yah |
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On Monday, April 30, 2012... Join Lane and Tim on Fifth Monday Labor Radio! We have two guests! Elizabeth Joy Zarek & Cameron Whitten
PORTLAND, Ore. - Oregon is getting high marks compared with most other states for the quality of its preschool programs. A new report ranks Oregon third in the nation in terms of state spending. However, the National Institute for Early Education Research says, relatively few families are able to take advantage of the programs. (contd.) Podcast and entire story available: http://www.newsservice.org/index.php
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The Early Learning Alliance/AFT-Oregon
 The Early Learning Alliance/AFT-Oregon is a unique, statewide coalition of child care center directors, owners, teachers and staff as well as parents and community leaders who have joined in a mission to improve the quality of early childhood education in Oregon. ELA's mission Our mission is to ensure that child care centers have resources to provide living wage jobs; and give families access to high quality, affordable child care. To achieve this goal, we must advance the interests of the key component in a quality education — the workforce that provides it. A unified organizational voice We envision a unified organizational voice for the early childhood workforce based in child care centers. As a voice for the child care workforce, we advocate for livable wages, benefits and professional development — but not at the expense of struggling parents or under-funded child care centers. ELA/AFT-Oregon seeks to shape landmark legislation that would bring greater resources to child care centers and workers throughout the state. That’s why we are joining together — owners, directors, teachers and staff of child care centers in Oregon — to find funding and public support for early learning. Join our extraordinary organizing effort! Let’s work together to make sure child care centers, and the people who work in them, get the support they deserve. For more information: contact Elizabeth Joy Zarek, ELA/AFT-Oregon organizer and longtime early educator, to find out more about the benefits of membership. Elizabeth Joy Zarek, Organizer Early Learning Alliance/AFT-Oregon Office: (503) 906-3495 ejoy@aft-oregon.org 7035 SW Hampton Ave. / Tigard, OR 97223-8313 |
