Note our MCPS Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) teachers' union - you know, the apple ballot folks - here in Montgomery County, is a member of the National Education Association (NEA). Story in Education Week by Brooke Schultz. Full story NEA's Staff Union Is on Strike—Halting NEA's Biggest Annual Gathering (edweek.org).
Corrected: This story has been corrected to reflect that the strike began July 5, and that NEA President Becky Pringle asked delegates to suspend the rules on July 4.
Tensions between the nation’s largest teachers’ union and its staff reached a boiling point July 5, as staff members went on strike—halting the four-day representative assembly where thousands of delegates from across the country vote on the union’s budget and priorities.
Union delegates were sent back to their hotels. NEA said it would not cross its staffers’ own picket line.
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Staff members allege their access to work cell phones and accounts were cut, and that their return travel and hotel rooms were also canceled.
The staff organization’s contract expired at the end of May, which has upped tensions among union management and staff. NEA union staff walked off the job for the first time in 50 years in June over what they said were unfair labor practices.
Let them eat pretzels!
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