Union Report
The latest classroom, policy and politics news from America’s teachers unions, updated every Wednesday by Mike Antonucci
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Analysis: Teachers Unions Want a Seat at the Table When It Comes to Reopening Schools — But They Don’t Want It to Be the Hot Seat. That’s Why They Keep Moving the Goalposts
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Analysis: Teachers Unions Are Positioning to Negotiate How and When Schools Will Reopen. Money, Not Safety, Will Decide
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Analysis: In 2008, the NEA Demanded a Limited Federal Role in Education. Its Policy Wish List for 2021 Is Very Different
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Analysis: From School Cafeteria ‘Salad Girl’ to U.S. Secretary of Education? The Rise of Former NEA President Lily Eskelsen García
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Analysis: NEA Wants an End to Tax Breaks for the Rich. With its Hundreds of Millions in Tax-Free Revenue, Those Pleas Ring Hollow
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Analysis: From School Spending to a Possible Cabinet Post, What Does a Post-Trump World Look Like for Teachers Unions?
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Analysis: Money Is No Object as the California Teachers Association Tries to Eke Out a Property Tax Ballot Victory
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Analysis: How Much NEA and AFT Are Spending on the 2020 Campaign, and Where They Are Spending It
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Analysis: American Federation of Teachers Membership Rose in 2020 — or Fell, Depending on How You Look at It
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Analysis: To Preserve Their Exclusive Right to Representation, NEA, AFT and Other Major Unions Will Even Buy Into Janus Ruling
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Exclusive: Salary Cuts, Pension Debt and Charges of Racism — Teachers Unions Clash With Their Own Employees
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Analysis: From Virtual Picket Lines to Remote-Only Walkouts, What Would a COVID-19 Teacher Strike Look Like? Would It Make Any Difference?
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Analysis: Just Like School Reopening Policies, Education Staffing Is All Over the Place. Here’s What Some of the Job Numbers Show
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Analysis: Delegates to AFT’s Virtual Convention Have a Very Long Wish List. That Doesn’t Mean the Democrats, If They Win, Will Go Along
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Analysis: NEA Endorses Biden by Largest Margin in 24 Years — but With Fewer Delegates Voting — at Virtual Convention
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Analysis: California’s State Budget Has Big Benefits for Teachers Union, Stifles Charter Schools and Funds Phantom Students
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Analysis: Michigan Teachers Union & Its Health Insurance Trust Raked In at Least $11 Million in Small Business Bailout Money
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Analysis: NEA’s Membership May Drop, but Its Budget Continues to Grow. So Do Affiliates’ Dues