Prior
to assuming the presidency of the National Labor College in October 1,
2007, Dr. William E. Scheuerman served since 1993 as president of the
United University Professions (UUP), the largest public higher
education union in the nation, representing 33,000 academic and
professional faculty, and an affiliate of the American Federation of
Teachers (AFT). In July 2006, Dr. Scheuerman became the first AFT
officer from higher education to serve on AFT's Executive Committee.
Dr. Scheuerman is the author of numerous scholarly works including two
books--The Steel Crisis, in 1986, and Private Interests, Public Spending with
Sid Plotkin, in 1994, which examined the political origins of the
fiscal crisis and organized labor's response. He serves on the boards
of several public interest organization boards and is a member of the
editorial boards for AFT's American Academic journal and the journal Working USA.
President Scheuerman earned his B.A. in public administration from the
City College of New York, an M.A. in political science from Queens
College and his Ph.D. in political science from the Graduate School of
the City University of New York.
Stephanie Phillips will introduce her new song, "Yes We Can" which can be seen here.
