Minnesota Educator: February-March 2022
President’s message: The American union movement has marched forward to music.
Education Minnesota President, Denise Specht’s message: The American union movement has marched forward to music for as long as…
Burnham to lead statewide AFL-CIO labor federation, Fiereck takes on interim leadership position
Education Minnesota Vice President Bernie Burnham was elected president of the Minnesota AFL-CIO this December, leaving her post at Education Minnesota Feb. 1. Ryan Fiereck appointed interim vice president.
Loan forgiveness training available, federal pause continues
The federal government has extended its pause on student loan payments, interest accrual and student debt collection until May 1. This means borrowers now have until the end of April to make plans on how they will restart their payments.
Legislative priorities focus on funding and supporting welcoming, racially just schools, pandemic recovery
Fully funding public education. Improving the living and working conditions for education support professionals. Addressing the issues in our schools the pandemic has put an even brighter spotlight on.
How to stay informed, get involved this legislative session
This legislative session is poised to look like no other. While final details on exactly how the session will run are being worked out, Education Minnesota still wants as many members as possible engaged in the process.
Applications open for local union GOTV positions
This legislative session is poised to look like no other. While final details on exactly how the session will run are being worked out, Education Minnesota still wants as many members as possible engaged in the process.
‘At a Breaking Point’ media tour continues to highlight more of the issues facing educators this year
The “At a Breaking Point” media tour and Education Minnesota officer tour of locals continued this fall, as part of the union’s efforts to tell the real story of what is happening in our schools this year.
Recent contract negotiations bring big wins for ESP locals
Numerous education support professionals are seeing improvements to their salaries, benefits and working conditions thanks to contract negotiations.
Member Honor Roll
Congratulations to the Education Minnesota members who have been honored for their work in the last year.
New ad campaign celebrates work of educators during pandemic
The latest phase in Education Minnesota’s “Believe in ‘We’” paid media campaign is a series of new ads that began airing online and on statewide television.
MEA conference courses now on MEA Online
Nearly one dozen courses from our 2021 MEA conference are now available on MEA Online!
