Bargaining moves at slowest pace in two decades as Minnesota educators get bold

Educators Lakeville, Burnsville and across Minnesota are being bold in their contract demands this bargaining cycle, sticking together for compensation gains that, union members say, are overdue after years of underfunding.

St. Paul educators vote to authorize strike: ‘It’s time for us to stop being disrespected’

The St. Paul Federation of Educators’ 3,689 members – teachers, education assistants and school professionals – could go on strike in March.

Walker’s anti-union Act 10 dealing major blow to WI public schools, report finds

A new analysis of Wisconsin’s public schools reveals several alarming trends since the state adopted legislation stripping teachers and other public service workers of most collective bargaining rights in 2011. “Gov. Scott Walker and Republican elected leaders in Wisconsin said that Act 10 would benefit schools and families alike,” said David Madlan, co-author of the […]