Educating during COVID: Virtual convention focuses on equity work of union

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Education Minnesota held its second virtual Representative Convention April 24, which included passage of changes to the constitution and bylaws and action items which will drive the union’s work in the next year. More than 350 delegates from across the state attended the union’s annual business meeting. “The state of our union is strong,” Education…

Osseo ESPs embrace ambitious bargaining campaign

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After working on the front lines and going above and beyond during this pandemic, the Osseo Education Support Professionals are engaged in a bargaining campaign, fighting for respect, training, and livable wages and benefits. “We’ve come off and are still in a very, very stressful year,” said Becky Hespen, Osseo ESP paraprofessionals local president. “ESPs…

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Member highlights: Prior Lake-Savage Coalition for Teachers of Color brings equity work to forefront of local union

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The Prior Lake-Savage Education Association’s Coalition for Teachers of Color have begun creating real action steps for the local’s members of color, and creating opportunities for white colleagues to become equity co-conspirators.