Wake NCAE president Christina Spears tells Wake County school board that if it values the recruitment & retention of its non-classified staff it will set an $18.20 an hour minimum living wage. #wcpss
Michelle Craig tells Wake County school board it needs to raise salaries for non-certified staff to a min of $18.20 an hour & to raise all pay grades for non-certified staff by $2.20 an hour. #wcpss
Erica Drapeau tells Wake County school board about how learning was disrupted for her kindergarten students for an extended perior due to a broken faucet. She says budget needs to pay more to maintenance workers so there are enough staff to fix problems at schools. #wcpss
Lindsay Lewis tells Wake County school board they need to provide child nutrition services workers with a living wage of $18.20 an hour. She says she can't do her job as a teacher properly if her students aren't properly fed. #wcpss
Amy Bryan tells Wake County school board that budget needs to provide district employees a living wage of at least $18.20 an hour. That would require an additional $12 million in funding to the budget request. #wcpss
Cafeteria workers and safety assistants uniting in their union @ncae at today’s board of Ed meeting to demand better pay and working conditions to curb the staffing crisis they experience in their departments. Each are delivering petitions that represent a majority of coworkers.
Today is day 3 of the Columbus Teacher strike. Today is the first day kids are supposed to be back. District went virtual to make it easier to try to get subs to scab. Last we heard they had less than 200 subs on the roster to replace the 4.5k teachers out 🤷🏼♂️.
#WorkerPower
Today there are thousands of educators across the city picketing outside of schools.
It’s amazing to witness workers struggle together to improve their lives. It’s especially amazing to witness this level of militancy over demands that are primarily about student learning.
Last night a meeting of over 3,000 public school educators in Columbus, OH authorized a strike. The last time CEA struck was in 1975. Primary issues are heat and A/C in the school and class sized.
If we want to retain good teachers, I don't understand why we wouldn't just listen to the teachers we're trying to retain. They've been pretty clear on what they need: so let's give them better raises, restore Masters pay, and fund teacher assistants.
https://t.co/RMje7bO40s
If we want to retain good teachers, I don't understand why we wouldn't just listen to the teachers we're trying to retain. They've been pretty clear on what they need: so let's give them better raises, restore Masters pay, and fund teacher assistants.
https://t.co/RMje7bO40s
"We're on the move. And we're going to keep moving. We're going to get respect so we can do our jobs to support our students."
Yes! Such powerful words from Demetria Harvey, leader of the Safety Assistant Organizing Committee here in Wake County.
United Democracy Project (AIPAC) & DMFI have spent $2.9+ mil in #NC01 to defeat Erica Smith, $2.4+ mil in #NC04 to defeat Nida Allam and $3+ mil in #PA12 to defeat Summer Lee. It makes them them BIGGEST player in each race, spending more than the leading candidates COMBINED. 2/5