As the year is quickly coming to a close, and we take the next few days to reflect and give thanks to a higher power for our Blessings, let's take a minute over this break to reflect upon the source that provides us the protections we still enjoy.
This needless War on Teachers, which we did not start, has taken its toll nationally and in every school building. The criminal diversion of millions of dollars meant for the school house has enriched many nameless consultants and shameless politicians.
Teachers, Aides, Clerks, and other titles, friends and family, victims of this unavoidable & dreadful war, now must face a holiday season on unemployment and W.I.C. I will think of them and pray for them every silent second of the season and I will do so until there is again Union.
John M Abeigon
President & Director of Organization
Newark Teachers Union, Local 481, AFT, AFL-CIO