Category: teacher union

California Labor Board to Decide If LA Unified Strike Was Illegal

Was the three-day strike earlier this month by Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LAUSD) two unions illegal? An administrative judge for California’s Public Employee Relations Board may soon decide. Last week, SEIU Local 99—the union representing LAUSD’s 30,000 cafeteria workers, bus drivers, custodians, and special education assistants—went on strike from March 21 through March 23….


Wage Increase for Teachers a Short Term ‘Band-Aid’ Solution for Education Sector: Expert

One Australian expert says wage increases for teachers are not a silver bullet for resolving the myriad problems facing the New South Wales’ education sector. His comment comes after tens of thousands of teachers on June 30 walked off the job in the biggest teacher strike in the state in over 20 years demanding better…


Rita Fan: Embarrasses the Communists over the Textbook Issue

Hong Kong has never been a colony, as claimed by all the four Citizenship and Social Development (CSD) textbooks submitted for approval, is a blatant distortion of history, on which I have been interviewed by five media up to now. Since there are no alternative voices left under the National Security Law, we no longer…


Largest Teachers Union Endorses COVID-19 Vaccine, Testing Mandates

The National Education Association (NEA), the largest teachers’ union in the United States, on Thursday said it supports mandatory vaccination or regular COVID-19 testing for educators as students return to classrooms for the new school year. NEA President Becky Pringle said her organization, which represents 3 million public school employees, needs to “follow the science”…