Quotable:
"To maintain the union and the trade, we need young men and women. So we thought maybe we should start our own charter school."
- Armand E. Sabitoni, General Secretary-Treasurer of the Laborers' International Union of North America
"Julia Steiny: Charter School is 'Labor of Love' for Union," The Providence Journal
Notable:
$4.2 million:
Amount it would cost to restore each Hawaii furlough day, under Governor Lingle's new proposal. The union proposal would cost $7 million per recovered furlough day.
"Lingle Proposes New Plan to End Teacher Furloughs," Education Week (subscription required)