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The first pension rally of the 2024 legislative session is planned for Thursday, Feb. 29 from 3:45-4:45 p.m. at the Minnesota State Capitol Rotunda.
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The first pension rally of the 2024 legislative session is planned for Thursday, Feb. 29 from 3:45-4:45 p.m. at the Minnesota State Capitol Rotunda.
Education Minnesota’s 2023-24 Pension Advocacy Group is made up of 26 members. There are two TRA Tier 2 teachers from each of Education Minnesota’s election districts, as well as three Education Minnesota Governing Board members, two Education Minnesota Retired members, Education Minnesota Vice President Monica Byron and Secretary-Treasurer Rodney Rowe.
Educators from Education Minnesota are in multiple pension systems: Teachers’ Retirement Association (TRA), St. Paul Teachers’ Retirement Fund Association (STPRFA), Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) and MSRS (Minnesota State Retirement System).
Local unions who got involved in recommending school board candidates and helping to pass levy referendums saw a majority of success across the state this fall—a major win, especially in many districts who faced well-funded, anti-union candidates.
This year, Minnesota became the first state in the country to make school hourly workers eligible for unemployment insurance in the summer months.
Besides Brown, four other education support professionals s from across the state were honored as Education Minnesota 2023-24 ESP of the Year finalists. For the first time, Education Minnesota also recognized four ESPs as semifinalists.
When the bus doors open on a sunny St. Francis morning, Darci Brown’s smile is really what can brighten a students’ day.
Educators across Minnesota are coming together to demand better contracts for the learning conditions of their students and working conditions for themselves.
Education Minnesota’s first-ever Uplifting Voices: A Racial and Social Justice Event brought members from across the state together Aug. 4 at the Wellstone Center in St. Paul.
The Education Minnesota Foundation for Excellence in Teaching and Learning has multiple grants available this year. For details about the grants and how to apply, go to www.edmnfoundation.org. There’s a grant waiting for you!