Teacher unions

Teacher union president: Goal is to get kids back to school

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYANAugust 5, 2021 GMT

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — The head of a national teachers union visited New Mexico on Thursday as part of a nationwide campaign to convince parents that it's safe to send their kids back to public school.

Indiana unions sue over yearly hurdle on teacher union dues

June 17, 2021 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Three Indiana teachers unions have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block a new state law that would require educators to renew requests every year for automatic paycheck deductions of union dues.

Rift between Gov. Baker, teacher unions deepens on vaccines

March 11, 2021 GMT

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The rift between Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and the state’s teachers unions deepened Thursday as the Republican bristled at calls to take additional steps to vaccinate educators before ending virtual education in favor of in-classroom learning...

Wisconsin school chief candidates clash on unions, vouchers

By SCOTT BAUERMarch 4, 2021 GMT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The candidates for Wisconsin superintendent of schools clashed Thursday over reopening schools for in-person teaching, Act 10 and teacher unions and the private school voucher program...

California governor and unions clash over school openings

By JOCELYN GECKERFebruary 1, 2021 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An effort to reopen California schools is foundering, stoking frustrations across America’s most populous state from parents eager to get their children back in classrooms and a governor who wants them there...

National teacher union supports strikes over reopening plans

By COLLIN BINKLEYJuly 28, 2020 GMT

One of the nation's largest teachers unions is authorizing its members to strike if their schools plan to reopen without proper safety measures in the middle of the global pandemic...

Teacher unions: Children terrified by active shooter drills

By PAT EATON-ROBBFebruary 13, 2020 GMT

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The nation's two largest teachers unions want schools to revise or eliminate active shooter drills, asserting Tuesday that they can harm students' mental health and that there are better ways to prepare for the possibility of a school shooting...

Teacher unions see momentum build with West Virginia strike

By CAROLYN THOMPSONMarch 7, 2018 GMT

As teachers in West Virginia noisily celebrated a 5 percent raise that ended their nine-day walkout, momentum was building elsewhere for similar protests over pay and benefits for the nation's public school teachers...