President’s message: When teachers are chanting, you know it’s time to act
The stories on the picket lines and sidewalk rallies have been the same whether I was in Anoka, Bemidji, Chisholm, or a dozen school districts in between the last few weeks.
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The stories on the picket lines and sidewalk rallies have been the same whether I was in Anoka, Bemidji, Chisholm, or a dozen school districts in between the last few weeks.
Educators across Minnesota are coming together to demand better contracts for the learning conditions of their students and working conditions for themselves.
Nearly all Minnesotans agree that our students should have the freedom to learn an honest history, to read age-appropriate books, and to feel safe and welcome as their authentic selves in their local public school.
Education Minnesota President, Denise Specht’s message: The plain black-and-white postcards started landing in the mailboxes of educators earlier this summer. It asked them to fill out a “satisfaction survey” of their union.
Education Minnesota President, Denise Specht’s message: The negotiations for our new contracts this spring are the chance to complete the work that started a year ago when so many of us campaigned to elect the first pro-education majorities to lead state government in a decade. Read more.
Education Minnesota President, Denise Specht’s message: The negotiations for our new contracts this spring are the chance to complete the work that started a year ago when so many of us campaigned to elect the first pro-education majorities to lead state government in a decade. Read more.
Education Minnesota President, Denise Specht’s message: Educators should be proud of all we accomplished in the 2022 elections because without the work of our union family there wouldn’t be pro-education majorities in the House and Senate and Minnesotans would not have re-elected Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, Secretary of State Steve Simon and State Auditor Julie Blaha, who all support working people.
Education Minnesota President, Denise Specht’s message: What a difference an election makes.After an unprecedented effort by Minnesota educators during a midterm election, supporters of public education will now control the state House and Senate. Our endorsed candidate for governor, Tim Walz, will return for a second term.
Education Minnesota President, Denise Specht’s message: Educators must vote to defend the right to bargain – A simple reminder from the 2022 campaign trail: Working Minnesotans have more in common with each other than we do with the billionaires and giant corporations who control so much of American politics.
Education Minnesota President, Denise Specht’s message: The anecdotes are starting to tell a story that should worry everyone who cares about public schools: There won’t be enough educators for many Minnesota schools to operate properly in the fall.