Teacher: What Americans keep getting wrong about our unions during the pandemic washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
D.C. filed a motion Monday for a temporary restraining order against the Washington Teachers’ Union (WTU) to prevent it “from engaging in a strike or work.
D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) and the union have sparred for months over plans to reopen schools and reached an agreement in December.
The union asked an arbitrator to review possible violations of the agreement by DCPS that were found to be largely unproven over the weekend.
The arbitrator did find that two schools should not reopen until coronavirus safety issues are resolved and building walkthroughs are conducted.
“The WTU, however, believes there are other safety violations of its memorandum of agreement with DCPS and unhealthy conditions at multiple schools. The WTU is asking for additional school-by-school walkthroughs … conducted with WTU, mayoral and DCPS staff,” the statement says.
School districts in Greater Washington are taking different approaches to reopening amid calls for returning children to classrooms during the coronavirus pandemic.
There s a call Tuesday night for a consistent regional in-person school reopening plan, and it s coming from a number of regional teacher and employee unions.|| Coronavirus updates | Maryland s latest numbers | Where to get tested ||They re calling it a National Day of Resistance, and Baltimore City has been added to that list.A passionate plea from education and labor union leaders in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. They re calling for regional political leaders to work from the same script.“It is long overdue for a regional plan to address these data points in a comprehensive way that protects school employees throughout this region,” said Kimberly Adams, president of the Fairfax County Education Association.The unions represent close to 50,000 teachers, school bus drivers, cafeteria workers and school support staff.“And for our governors and mayors not working together on a plan is absolutely outrageous. We have teachers with school-aged living in juris