After cutting nearly $150 million from its budget, Prince George’s County Public Schools is requesting an additional $50 million from the county to address a structural deficit and protect classroom instruction. The funding would support special education, stabilize reading and math programs, and help the district manage rising costs from teacher vacancies and negotiated contracts.
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Strike Season: Kaiser Permanente and United Auto Workers unions picket for better pay and job security
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com Two major labor unions in the automobile and health care industry have gone on strike. Kaiser Permanente, the largest nonprofit health care provider in the U.S., had more than 75,000 employees leave their posts on Oct. 4 after contract negotiations between the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions and […]