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Oakland Schools, Teachers Union Reach Deal, Avert Strike
March 1, 2026 // Last summer, it just regained local control after 20 years in state receivership. Without factoring in the price of the new deal, OUSD is eyeing $102 million in cuts by June. Interim Superintendent Denise Saddler told the school board this week that without those reductions, “we won’t be able to pay all the people on our payroll in the fall. We don’t have the money in the budget for next year.” On Wednesday, OUSD approved cutting nearly 400 staff positions, including 180 filled by OEA members, through early retirement buyouts, elimination of vacant positions, and layoffs. Altogether, that is estimated to save about $11 million annually
Twin Rivers United labor union plans to go on strike, the first time in school district’s history
February 25, 2026 // The union represents about 1,500 teachers, psychologists, speech therapists, counselors, nurses, librarians, student learning coaches, student support teachers, visual and performing arts educators, teachers on special assignment, social workers and program specialists.
SFUSD to issue layoff notices a week after $183 million deal to end teachers strike
February 23, 2026 // Prior to the teacher contract negotiations, the district faced an ongoing deficit even after cutting $114 million from the $1.4 billion budget last year.
Teachers strike ends after union, district reach tentative deal
February 16, 2026 // • An 8.5% raise over two years for classified employees such as paraeducators, and a 5% raise over two years for teachers and certificated employees. • Local property-tax revenue will fund health care at Kaiser Permanente rates for union members’ families starting July 1, and health care for unionized employees starting Jan. 1, 2027. • Relief for special educators that include raising overage pay and reduced caseloads for certain programs.
Va. leaders sound alarm on collective bargaining bill: ‘It will bankrupt local government’
February 13, 2026 // “This new bill wants to mandate collective bargaining and mandate what's called binding arbitration, which forces districts to pay a salary based on some unelected person who's an arbitrator who tells us what we have to do,” said School Board Chairman Babur Lateef. “And we don't agree with that. We don't believe that should be done for any school division in the state or any locality. We believe local governments should have the right to choose whether they want to collectively bargain or not, and it shouldn't be mandated. The current bill, as it stands, doesn't fund the mandate, so the state wants to mandate it, but they don't want to pay for it. If this bill passes, it will be the single largest tax increase in Virginia history, because all of the responsibility for these payments and salaries will be on the localities, local taxpayers, property taxes, and everyone in communities, and it will bankrupt local governments and bankrupt school divisions.”
Opinion: As strike looms, LA schools need reform — not more spending
February 8, 2026 // Rather, only three reforms have any hope of improving performance in LA Unified: breaking up the district; parental choice; and Mississippi-style rigor. Remember that this is the teachers union that delayed school reopenings after the Covid lockdown and attached extraneous political demands to the reopening process. What the union is now demanding will leave the district unable to pay its bills within three years.
As Arizona faces education retention crisis, Tucson charter school teachers fight to unionize
January 25, 2026 // Teachers at the CITY schools, which include three campuses in downtown Tucson, filed a petition to unionize in December. Their school board rejected it and hired a high-profile law firm to challenge the effort. Fourteen percent of Arizona teachers left their jobs last year, with higher numbers for charter schools, according to state data. Research shows unions generally raise salaries and make teachers more likely to stay in the classroom.
Alameda teachers rally for better pay
January 22, 2026 // Representatives from the Alameda Education Association say teachers plan to rally at every school campus in the district on Wednesday and Thursday. The demonstrations are scheduled to take place before and after school and are not a strike, meaning the school day is not expected to be affected.
PODCAST: The Chicago Teachers Union and Their Path to Dictatorship | The New Frontline with Siena Rose
January 14, 2026 // This episode exposes the inherent corruption and political overreach of government unions as Siena dives into the latest controversy surrounding the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and their support for a Venezuela protest organized by socialist groups. Along with former NJEA President Sean Spiller's controversial campaign for NEA President and a new California tax proposal targeting billionaires, backed by the SEIU.
Texas cracked down on teachers for posts about Charlie Kirk, union lawsuit says
January 8, 2026 // The lawsuit says a Texas agency has received more than 350 complaints about individual educators.