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Apr 14 2024
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North Carolina Open Thread: Robinson’s tax bills, NC business growth, Teacher pay = teacher exit
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Daily KosApr 09 2024
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Colorado teachers seek protections from student attacks
• A recent teachers union survey found about one-third of educators say they've experienced physical assaults from students in their schools in the last two years. Why it matters: Beyond the physical and emotional toll on teachers, the abuse from students is contributing to turnover in the classroom. • About 60% of teachers report they are considering leaving the profession in the near future
AxiosFeb 16 2024
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St. Paul teachers union votes to authorize strike. St. Paul's Gothard named superintendent of the year
The St. Paul teachers union has voted to authorize a strike. The vote gives union leadership the authority to decide to call a strike. And the American Association of School Administrators has named the superintendent of St. Paul Public Schools, Joe Gothard, as its superintendent of the year.
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MPR NewsOct 09 2023
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Teachers union files lawsuit asserting right to strike
The Clark County Education Association has filed a promised lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Nevada’s no-strike law for public employees, a group that includes teachers. The lawsuit, filed in Clark County District Court today, asserts the law barring strikes by local and state government employees runs afoul of the free speech and due process provisions guaranteed by the U.S. and
Las Vegas SunApr 16 2024
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Tennessee students and parents protest arming teachers
A mother and son embrace yesterday during a protest against a bill that would allow teachers to carry guns. Photo: Ray Di Pietro Covenant School parents and student protesters made a passionate appeal Monday to stop legislation that would allow some public school teachers to carry concealed guns on campus. Why it matters: The bill would continue a years-long trend of Tennessee Republicans
AxiosApr 19 2024
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VW Workers in Tennessee Vote for Union, a Labor Milestone
In a landmark victory for organized labor, workers at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee have voted overwhelmingly to join the United Automobile Workers union, becoming the first nonunion auto plant in a Southern state to do so. In a statement late Friday, the company said that the union had won 2,628 votes, with 985 opposed, in a three-day election. Two earlier bids by the U.A.W. to organize the
New York Times (News)Apr 16 2024
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2 CVS pharmacies in Rhode Island file to unionize
Guild officials say understaffing at these retail stores has reached a “crisis level” for pharmacies across the US, as the industry faces severe shortages. Workers at pharmacies located in Westerly and in the Wakefield section of South Kingstown filed their petitions to the National Labor Relations Board, according to Guild officials. The actions come three weeks after workers at CVS Omnicare
The Boston GlobeApr 16 2024
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Tennessee VW workers voting on unionization this week
Employees at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tennessee, plant will vote on whether to unionize this week in the first test of the United Auto Workers’ new organization drive. The more than 4,000 workers at the Chattanooga plant will begin voting Wednesday and continue until 8 p.m. Friday. The pro-union push needs a simple majority to succeed. The countdown to a vote began last month, when the UAW
Washington TimesApr 11 2024
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Bill allowing armed teachers advances
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AxiosApr 04 2024
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Number of teachers quitting jumps
Apr. 5—TRIAD — The teacher turnover rates for Guilford County Schools and North Carolina soared in 2023 from the previous year, and 1 in 9 educators left the profession statewide, according to the newest state report. But in both cases, that only matches the national average for teacher turnover, and the state's school districts have been finding more teachers. Meanwhile, the Pew Research
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