● Tar Heel heist: How the charter school industry is hijacking public education:
Charter schools take a sizeable cut from the funding pie for education in the Tar Heel state. According to the NC Law Project, local spending on charters exceeds traditional public schools by $215 per student. The study calculates, “If local funds were truly shared equally, charter schools would have sent $3 million to local school districts in FY 14-15.”
● Ikea is expanding paid parental leave for U.S. employees.
● Privatize, monetize, weaponize: How the DeVos family devoured Michigan's schools.
● Retail and fast food workers in New York City may get added protections from bills on scheduling:
One bill would ban retail stores with five or more employees from canceling a worker’s shift within 72 hours, or requiring them to come in to work with less than 72 hours’ notice.
The businesses would also be banned from keeping employees “on call” — a system where they’re required to be available, but the boss decides whether or not to call them in. And stores would be required to give part-time employees at least 20 hours of work every two weeks.
Four other bills in a package set to be introduced Tuesday would regulate schedules in the fast food industry, in line with a push announced by Mayor de Blasio earlier this year.
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● Workers Independent News: