As teachers maneuver through the many challenges and burdens that come with the teaching profession, it’s important they feel supported. This support must include respect for their personal choices regarding union membership.
Just as educators encourage their students to be independent thinkers and hold true to themselves, so too should…
Teachers in Minnesota’s K-12 schools are exclusively represented by a union and collective bargaining framework that has not been evaluated by teachers or lawmakers since its formal enactment in 1971. Teachers have not had the opportunity to vote for, or against, union representation in…
Given that most of the teachers’ local unions were recognized in the 1970s, the percentage of teachers in the classroom today who voted for (or against) the current union representation is zero, or nearly so. When you accept a teaching job in Minnesota, you accept the exclusive representation of the union whether you are a member or not. If you do not, you do not get the job.