"The state's powerful, 2.5-million-member AFL-CIO is using its muscle in a bid to thwart Gov. Paterson's plan to lift the cap on charter schools and undermine cash-starved New York's effort to qualify for $700 million in federal education aid, sources said.
The drive is targeting all of Paterson's proposals, which include granting charter schools access to public funds for building construction -- and striking a law that bars school districts from weighing student performance in teacher-tenure decisions.
'We're opposed to it,' an AFL-CIO insider said, referring to the governor's legislation.
The AFL-CIO is a massive umbrella labor organization whose membership includes the teachers unions, District Council 37 and the building trades."
The drive is targeting all of Paterson's proposals, which include granting charter schools access to public funds for building construction -- and striking a law that bars school districts from weighing student performance in teacher-tenure decisions.
'We're opposed to it,' an AFL-CIO insider said, referring to the governor's legislation.
The AFL-CIO is a massive umbrella labor organization whose membership includes the teachers unions, District Council 37 and the building trades."
