School board, union differ on whether concessions might have spared some teachers their job
When the Goodrich school board voted late last month to lay off 14 teachers, board members blamed the layoffs and subsequent increase in class sizes, in part, on the Goodrich Education Association’s refusal to make any wage concessions.
The GEA has [...]
Move comes 7 months after the school board foolishly inked 4-year deal with teachers union
What were they thinking?
Last November, the Milwaukee school board signed a historic four-year contract with the Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association, even though it was clear to onlookers that newly-elected Gov. Scott Walker and state lawmakers were going to enact [...]
Unions can keep teachers employed through labor concessions
Officials at Pennsylvania’s North Penn School District have given their teachers union an ultimatum: agree to a wage freeze or prepare for layoffs of support staff and cuts to teaching positions.
San Diego school officials recently announced it will cancel hundreds of teacher layoffs if its union [...]
District leaders ask state Supreme Court to protect teachers at its struggling schools
The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers is a public disgrace.
We suspect that will be the conclusion many Philadelphians come to as the union continues its fight to preserve its employment contract with Philadelphia schools at the expense of the district’s most vulnerable [...]
