Tag: teachers union
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EDITORIAL: Teachers, schools do better without a union contract
Last week, the teachers union in the Douglas County School District — Colorado’s third-largest — asked the district’s board to restore collective bargaining. A previous board ended it in 2012. The union pointed to Douglas County’s starting educator salary, calling it the lowest in the Denver metro area despite a hefty, 61,000-student enrollment. Perhaps the…
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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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EDITORIAL: D-11 teachers union plays hooky
On Wednesday — just two days before ballots are mailed to voters for the District 11 school board election — the Colorado Springs Education Association plans a walkout at district schools. The union’s strike is not about wages, benefits or working conditions — its usual beefs. This time, it’s about power and control. It’s a…
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Next step after D-11’s decision to end longstanding master agreement: Revising its handbook
Intentions of creating a committee to help with revising the Colorado Springs School District 11 employee handbook were discussed Wednesday at the Board of Education meeting. Changes in the handbook are coming after the D-11 board’s 6-1 vote in December against renewing the nearly 60-year-old master agreement between it and the district’s teachers’ union, the Colorado Springs…
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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…
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Q&A with Colorado Education Association President Kevin Vick
Kevin Vick’s history in education naturally led him to being a leader. Starting with a successful tenure at Doherty High School in Colorado Springs more than 20 years ago, he has spent the better part of his career advocating for his fellow educators. Starting first as a member of the Colorado Springs Education Association, Vick…
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Q&A with new Colorado Education Association President Kevin Vick
Kevin Vick’s history in education naturally led him to being a leader. Starting with a successful tenure at Doherty High School in Colorado Springs more than 20 years ago, he has spent the better part of his career advocating for his fellow educators. Starting first as a member of the Colorado Springs Education Association, Vick…