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Commentary: Ability to Read, Write, or Do Math Is No Longer Required to Teach in New Jersey
January 7, 2025 // Teachers’ unions prevail in New Jersey. Kids will suffer.
COLORADO: District 11 Board of Education votes to dissolve teachers’ master agreement
January 6, 2025 // District 11 Board of Education voted to dissolve the teachers’ master agreement. The decades-old master agreement was a contract that outlined working conditions, salaries and benefits for certified staff.
American Federation of Teachers spends little on teachers, lots on staff
December 4, 2024 // The American Federation of Teachers’ recent federal filing showed just 36% of the national union’s spending was on representing teachers. More than two-thirds of its own employees made six-figure salaries.
Florida teachers union loses 20,000 members after government stops collecting dues
December 4, 2024 // In its annual Form LM-2 filed in November with the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), the FEA disclosed having 111,133 employed, dues-paying members as of August 31, 2024, down from the 131,510 “active members” the union reported a year earlier. The precipitous decline far exceeds typical annual fluctuations in the union’s membership numbers and comes in the wake of Florida policymakers’ adoption of a package of government union reforms in 2023 championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis with the support of the Freedom Foundation and other conservative groups.
MASSACHUSETTS: Tensions are rising as North Shore teachers remain on strike
November 22, 2024 // New court orders came down Thursday from an Essex County Superior Judge on the fines the teachers’ unions have faced over the last week, which increase by $10,000 a day. The judge suspended the fines for Friday to allow negotiations to continue without that burden, but the judge says if no deal is reached by the end of the weekend, the fines are back in place Monday. Plus, an expedited fact-finding mediation through the state will begin.
Teachers Union Staff Faced An Unexpected Labor Adversary—The Union That Employs Them
November 21, 2024 // A lockout is a tactic that bosses and corporations use to suppress their employees, it’s not something a union should be doing to another union. As the largest union in the country, we need to be modeling the practices of joint labor management collaboration. This culture that we create in our organization is so important. Every single district is watching what’s happening because these are some of the tactics that they will use. That is one of my biggest fears. NEA has normalized this practice of locking out staff, and it has gone on for four weeks.
OREGON: Elected officials join Albany teachers on strike, demand resolution
November 19, 2024 // The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Julie Fahey, was among the officials to join the rally Monday afternoon in hopes of putting more pressure on the district to settle the contract. Earlier Monday morning, teachers hit the picket lines as the GAPS teacher's strike enters its second week following the stalemate between the union and the district to resolve the ongoing sticking points.
News Fines pile up as school is canceled again due to teacher strike in 3 Massachusetts communities
November 15, 2024 // "Everyone's getting dysregulated by the lack of routine, you have working parents," said Marceau. But she said even before the strike, Julian was having trouble getting in-classroom support because of understaffing. "Our in-classroom IEP requirements are not being met because we do not have paras in the classroom."
Chicago Teachers Union spent $1.74M trying to take over Chicago school board
November 14, 2024 // The Chicago Teachers Union took over City Hall when it bankrolled former union operative Brandon Johnson’s way into the mayor’s office in 2023. Then the union went after the first elected members of the Chicago Public Schools Board of Education. It endorsed 10 candidates and funneled $1.74 million into their races, according to records with the Illinois State Board of Elections. CTU only got four of them elected, and one of those faced no opposition.
Teachers in Beverly and Gloucester vote to go on strike
November 11, 2024 // "Teachers are essential employees who our children depend on for learning and safety during the school day. An illegal labor action will cause direct harm to students by forcing many to stay home without a parent or guardian able to care for them, removing access to mental health service options, and limiting students' abilities to secure warm meals," said Kathleen Clancy, on behalf of the Gloucester School Committee. The teachers union in Beverly said it has been without a contract for 67 days, and educators are taking a stand as the schools continue to be underfunded.