Labor Day is a reminder that progress has never happened by accident. Throughout our nation's history, working people have come together to improve workplaces, strengthen communities, and create opportunities for future generations.
“My focus is ensuring we can be the best leaders for our teachers and our students. Our school board supports us in this. I’ve always been motivated to help others out in the world, in school and through the union.”
MCAAP Board of Director's very own Mr. James Allrich is recently featured in an MCPS News article highlighting his already remarkable 25 year long carrer as an Educational leader and the paths taken to get him to where he is today.
During the month of February, MCPS honors and recognizes Black History Month. For Allrich, this month is a time of reflection, not only on the past, but on the present.
MCAAP Board of Director's very own Mr. James Allrich is currently featured in an MCPS News article highlighting his remarkable 25 years as an Educational Leader and the paths that lead him to where he is today. During the month of February, MCPS honors and recognizes Black History Month.
Black History Month offers school leaders an opportunity to reflect on history while reinforcing the values that guide our schools today. For principals, assistant principals, directors of student activities and student services, transportation, food service, curriculum, and central office administrators, this month underscores the responsibility to lead school systems that honor contributions, strengthen opportunity, and serve every student with purpose.
Some 77% of workers aged 18–25 say they want to belong to a union. Yet only about 7% actually do.
That staggering gap is not a mystery of apathy, Ephrin Jenkins of Steelworkers Local 1014 told a packed seminar at the AFL-CIO’s Martin Luther King Jr. conference here. It is a failure of connection—between activism and involvement, between generations, and between unions and the very workers who want them.
