Tag: Master Agreement
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Judge rules in favor of Colorado Springs District 11 in union lawsuit
A judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against Colorado Springs District 11 by its teachers union, Colorado Springs Education Association (CSEA), because its claims are now moot. The suit, filed in September 2024, stems from D-11’s decision to implement a block schedule for the 2023-24 school year. The union alleged that the district made adjustments to…
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D-11 and teachers union prepping for one-day strike
Years of building tension between Colorado Springs School District 11’s leadership and its teachers’ union may reach its climax this week through a one-day strike set to take place throughout the district and its schools. On Oct. 8, teachers, families and community supporters will gather outside of D-11 schools in the morning before speaking with…
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How does the future of D-11 look without collective bargaining?
Following the Colorado Springs D-11 Board of Education’s decision to end their 56-year-old collective bargaining agreement with its teachers’ union, the question on many people’s minds is: What exactly is going to change? “Unfortunately, we don’t know ultimately what that all is going to look like,” Colorado Springs Education Association President Kevin Coughlin said. The…
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D-11 board votes to end master agreement with teachers’ union
A collective bargaining agreement nearly 60 years old in Colorado Springs is coming to an end. The school District 11 Board of Education voted not to renew the master agreement that has been in place since 1968 between them and the district’s teachers’ union, the Colorado Springs Education Association, during a heavily attended special meeting…
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D-11 teachers rally outside board meeting to voice concerns over future of collective bargaining agreement
A sea of red-shirt clad union members flooded in and out of Colorado Springs School District 11’s administration building for its regular Board of Education meeting Wednesday night. About 300 members of the Colorado Springs Education Association, accompanied by parents, fellow union representatives and community members, attended the meeting to express concerns over the future…