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DESCRIPTION:Public sector workers are under unprecedented political attack.
  Salaries and pensions have been cut in the name of fiscal austerity. Coll
 ective bargaining and organizing rights have been rolled back in Wisconsin
 \, Ohio and Indiana. The battle is spreading to other states. In the midst
  of this furor\, public school teachers are facing the twin challenges of 
 insistent demand for improved outcomes for their students and the fiscal r
 estraints of the ongoing recessionary environment. Our distinguished panel
 ists will present on the phenomenon of the political attacks on public sec
 tor workers and then focus on the case of teachers\, highlighting the best
  and worst strategies being employed by school systems\, politicians\, tea
 chers and the unions that represent them to address these challenges. Pane
 lists: DOUGLAS GERHARDT\, Esq.\, Partner with Harris Beach\, PLLC\,Preside
 nt of Management Advocates for School Labor Affairs (MASLA) REBECCA GIVAN\
 , Asst. Professor at ILR\, Cornell University PAULINE KINSELLA\, Executive
  Director\, NYS United Teachers\, former Chair\, NYS Public Employment Boa
 rd
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SUMMARY:The Case of Public School Teachers: A Labor Studies Symposium
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Public sector workers are under unprecedented 
 political attack. Salaries and pensions have been cut in the name of fisca
 l austerity. Collective bargaining and organizing rights have been rolled 
 back in Wisconsin\, Ohio and Indiana. The battle is spreading to other sta
 tes. In the midst of this furor\, public school teachers are facing the tw
 in challenges of insistent demand for improved outcomes for their students
  and the fiscal restraints of the ongoing recessionary environment. Our di
 stinguished panelists will present on the phenomenon of the political atta
 cks on public sector workers and then focus on the case of teachers\, high
 lighting the best and worst strategies being employed by school systems\, 
 politicians\, teachers and the unions that represent them to address these
  challenges. Panelists: DOUGLAS GERHARDT\, Esq.\, Partner with Harris Beac
 h\, PLLC\,President of Management Advocates for School Labor Affairs (MASL
 A) REBECCA GIVAN\, Asst. Professor at ILR\, Cornell University PAULINE KIN
 SELLA\, Executive Director\, NYS United Teachers\, former Chair\, NYS Publ
 ic Employment Board<br>
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