Unions.

Clarion, the Newspaper of the Professional Staff Congress/City University of New York (May/June 2003), has a "Contract Special" issue on the new bargaining agenda for 2003. In addition to a list of contract demands, Clarion also gives background on the CUNY budget and various organizational tactics prior to these contract demands.

The New School faculty of New York City held a rally on 21 May 2003 for faculty union rights. A majority of New School University faculty wants a union, but the administration has mounted a legal challenge to disenfranchise hundreds of New School faculty members.

The 130 music, dance and art teachers at the Kaufman Center, a community arts school on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, currently receive no health or pension benefits and no job security. While the administration received raises of 20-30% between 1998 and 2001, the teachers averaged yearly raises of 50 cents per class. After an intense eight-month union-busting campaign by their employer, the teachers finally won union representation with Local 802 in a National Labor Relations Board election in November 2002.

The Romeo Corbeil Summer Camp has offered 15 to 18 happy campers each summer for the last six years important lessons on unions and workplace issues in our society. Through play and outside activities, these campers ponder the meaning of collective bargaining, shop stewards and human rights in exercises and discussions. They also learn about the history of the labor movement and participate in role-playing games to gain a broader understanding of the world of work. The Office and Professional Employees International Union sponsors the camp along with the Missouri AFL-CIO, the International Association of Machinists, and the labor education program of the University of Missouri-Columbia (The Kansas City Star, 27 July 2003, http://www. kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/6371619.htm).