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Melville, L.I.: It’s great to have an administration that is not hostile to workers and unions (“Biden and his panel are laboring to increase union membership,” April 27). However, the problem of decreasing union membership will only be solved when the labor movement admits that the failure to organize American workers is theirs. Maybe then they will be willing to make the changes that are necessary. ....
Board of Regents elect Lester Young, longtime New York City educator, as state chancellor | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Shares39 The Board of Regents on Monday elected Lester Young as chancellor, the presiding officer of the board and a key position in state education policy. Young, who becomes the first African American to hold the position, worked for decades as an educator and administrator in New York City schools before joining the Board of Regents in 2008. During his time on the board, he has served as a vocal supporter of focusing on marginalized students, particularly students of color and those living in poverty. Young has chaired the board’s P12 education committee, which develops the most significant policies governing the state’s public schools, and led a work group focused on early education. ....