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The IEA is just not that into collective bargaining training. � Fred Klonsky's blog

The IEA is just not that into collective bargaining training. � Fred Klonsky's blog


The IEA is just not that into collective bargaining training.

With membership down, attacks on seniority and evaluation procedures increasing and charter school teachers looking for union protection, you would think that the IEA would see the present moment as a prime opportunity for collective bargaining training.
But a number of people who attended this weekend’s IEA Board of Director’s meeting tell me that IEA President Ken Swanson moved to do away with the Collective Bargaining Committee.
Some remember when former IEA President Anne Davis did away with the Winter Bargaining Conference and