Courtesy-Cols. Educators Assoc. FB page
COLUMBUS, Ind. – Teachers Unions from Columbus, Jennings County, Edinburgh, Seymour, North Lawrence, and Flat Rock-Hawcreek wrote a letter to local lawmakers urging them to take action this year to restore educator bargaining rights for workload, working conditions, and hours, while also allowing other topics to be bargained.
Educators feel that restoring these rights would improve the quality of education for students, promote teacher retention, ensure money is going to the classroom, and improve educator pay.
The teachers’ unions believe that this action would be cost-effective for the state, and strengthen Indiana schools and classrooms. );
For weeks, congressional Republicans have lashed out at teachers and Democrats for prioritizing safety in determining how and when to fully return to in-person education.
If federal relief funding is not provided to cities and states facing coronavirus budget shortfalls, nearly 1 million jobs in public K-12 education could be lost, according to a report released on Monday by the American Federation of Teachers, the second-largest U.S. teachers union.The report, title.