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The Collective Bargaining and Organizing Conference will be held on Jan. 24-25, 2025, in Bloomington. Every two years, this conference brings together organizers, negotiators and advocates to learn best practices for bargaining and contract negotiations, including how to build unity across locals and incorporate more open and inclusive practices in bargaining.
We encouraged locals to get involved in school board elections through recruiting, screening and endorsing candidates. We also encouraged locals to use PAC donations to communicate with voters about their endorsed candidates through targeted mail pieces, phone banks, canvassing and other voter outreach.
This Legal Briefs column, written by Education Minnesota attorneys, is one of an occasional series on legal developments that affect educators.
The MEA conference includes an exhibit hall with vendors who are interested in sharing information, freebies and discounts with attendees. The exhibit hall will be open from 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on the same ballroom level as the workshops at the St. Paul RiverCentre during the conference.
Education Minnesota’s annual MEA conference will be held Thursday, Oct. 17 at the St. Paul RiverCentre. This event, which is the union’s largest professional development conference, will feature dozens of workshops and exhibitors.
On Nov. 5, Education Minnesota members will head to the polls and vote for the elected officials that will represent us at all levels of government. These elected officials make decisions that impact every part of our jobs, from the amount of funding our districts receive, to the policies that govern our bargaining practice, to our pensions and health care options and more.
The Supreme Court has long been viewed as a non-partisan branch of the government, separate from the division of the legislative and executive branches. That traditional reputation of fairmindedness has begun to fade in the face of increasing partisan gamesmanship on and about the Court.
Thousands of Education Minnesota members contribute $25, separately from regular dues, to the union’s political action committee. If they choose, members are eligible to request that contribution back, but the PAC is one of the union’s main tools to bring educator voice into local and state politics.
Despite a tight non-budget year, lawmakers still prioritized support in the 2024 legislative session to current and future educators, who received a large amount of the one-time supplemental funding.
Do you know an ESP who deserves to be recognized for their exemplary work? Nominate them for Education Minnesota’s 2024-25 Education Support Professional of the Year Award.
