Union Report
The latest classroom, policy and politics news from America’s teachers unions, updated every Wednesday by Mike Antonucci
Opinion
Exclusive: New Hampshire Delegates Will Not Attend National NEA Convention, Citing Anti-Immigrant and LGBTQ Policies in Texas
Analysis
Exclusive: National Education Association May Lose Thousands of Las Vegas Members If City’s Bus Drivers, Food Service Workers & Custodians Shift to Teamsters
Analysis
Union Report: National Education Association to Seek Direct Trusteeship Over Rebellious Local Affiliates in Bylaw Proposed for July Delegate Vote
Analysis
Union Report: Weingarten’s Speech Teaches National Press Club to Beware of Statistics — and to Check Her Sources
Analysis
Antonucci: From Academics to Approvals to Appeals, How 4 New Bills Being Considered by California’s Legislature Could Reshape the Golden State’s Charter School Sector
Analysis
Union Report: When It Comes to Double-Dipping Pensions, Union Officials Are Happy to Take — but Not So Happy to Give
Analysis
Analysis: As Teacher Strikes and Grassroots Uprisings Give Way to a New Wave of Organized Rallies, Unions Look to Channel Educators’ Energy
Analysis
Union Report: Kentucky Unions Join Up to Try to Subdue ‘Rogue Groups’ Staging Teacher Sickouts
Analysis
Union Report: Paranoia? Conspiracy Theories? Apocalyptic Pronouncements? All Alive and Well at the NEA’s Annual Leadership Summit
Opinion
Antonucci: As Strike Fever Sweeps California, Something New in Sacramento: Teachers Union Has a Contract But May Walk Out Anyway
Opinion
Union Report: Job Cuts, a Strike Threat and a Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit — Union Updates From California, Colorado, Kentucky, Oregon and D.C.
Opinion
Analysis: A Proposed Parcel Tax in Los Angeles May Give to the City’s Teachers With One Hand — While Taking From Them With the Other
Opinion
Union Report: How Much Control Do Unions Have Over Teacher Protests? In Some States, a Lot. In Others, None at All
Analysis
Union Report: In the Past 3 Years, NEA Has Lost 2 Major Locals. Now It Is Creating Roadblocks to Keep More From Seceding
Analysis
Union Report: L.A. and Oakland Teachers Ended Their Strikes With Very Different Settlements — but Long Term, the Results Are the Same
Opinion
Union Report: When Will Teacher Strikes End? When the Unions’ Cost-Benefit Analysis Finds Them to No Longer Be Profitable
Opinion
Union Report: Oakland Teachers Are Set to Strike. Just Like in L.A., a ‘Leap of Faith’ Will Be Needed to End It
Opinion
Union Report: On the Heels of L.A. Strike, Expect Some Similar Tactics If Oakland Teachers Walk Out — but on a Smaller Scale