Union Report
The latest classroom, policy and politics news from America’s teachers unions, updated every Wednesday by Mike Antonucci
Analysis
Analysis: Powers-That-Be Triumph in Union Elections in NYC, Chicago and MA
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Analysis: Salaries, School Spending & Inflation — When the Numbers Don’t Add Up
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Analysis: Student Enrollment Drops, But School Labor Costs Continue to Rise. Is ‘Per-Pupil Spending’ Really an Accurate Description?
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Analysis: Which Is More Important in New York City — the Teachers Contract or Real Vaccination Cards?
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Analysis: A Coalition of Opposition Factions Is Looking to End a 60-Year Line of Leadership at NYC’s Teachers Union. Will It Succeed?
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Analysis: Amid Push for Collective Bargaining, Virginia Education Association Takes Control of Second Large Local in 5 Months
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Analysis: Unions Are Somehow Both For and Against Teacher Candidate Assessment — at the Same Time
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Exclusive: As Sacramento Educators Strike, Post-COVID Numbers Show Accelerated Membership Losses in California Teachers Association
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Analysis: Minneapolis’s Teachers Union Endorsed Josh Pauly for School Board in 2018. He Just Quit After Strikers Protested Outside His Home
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Analysis: Minneapolis Will Eventually End Its Teachers Strike, But Its Troubles Will Have Just Begun
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Analysis: Twins Split — Minneapolis Teachers Strike, St. Paul Reaches Tentative Agreement
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Analysis: The Chicago Teachers Union Election Isn’t Until May. But Already, It’s Hip-Deep in Drama
Opinion
Analysis: Where Has Public-Sector Union Membership Dropped, and Where Has It Actually Increased? New Database Has Some Answers
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Analysis: Will 2022 Be the Year When Teachers Union Dissidents Upend the Power Structure and Change Direction from Within?
Opinion
Analysis: Union Membership Declined in 2021 — and Has Been Dropping Since the 1980s. No Amount of Spin Can Change That
Opinion
Exclusive: NEA Plans to Hold In-Person Convention in Chicago After Texas Boycott Canceled Dallas Event
Analysis
Antonucci: Chicago Teachers Walkout Calls the Questions — What Does ‘Safe’ Mean, and Who Gets to Decide?
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Analysis: National Education Association Post Blames ‘Dark Money’ for School Culture Wars — But Is Silent About the Funds It Pays Its Own Experts