Posts tagged Ohio Federation of Teachers

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    COLUMBUS: Several suburban libraries began unionizing after COVID. Are they better off 4 years later?

    September 17, 2025 // According to the State Employment Relations Board’s 2025 Annual Report, there have been 203 unfair labor practice charges filed statewide. "Out of those 203 charges, the board found probable cause in eight matters," said Mona Reed, the board's executive director.

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    Ohio labor unions fight back against bill to ban strikes

    May 30, 2023 // Bill sponsor state Sen. Jerry Cirino (R-Kirtland) wants to put a stop to this. "To hold the students hostage to getting the instruction that they have paid for in advance of the semester just seems to me [as] not putting the students first," Cirino said. Strikes paying families at the whim of educators and disadvantaged students just trying to learn, he added. "We have opportunities to negotiate on other bases without having to put the students' right to get the instruction they paid for any way at risk," the Republican said.

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    From Coast to Coast, What’s Going On with State & Local Teacher Union Affiliates

    January 24, 2023 //

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