Whether you are a classroom teacher, a special educator, a counselor, a speech language pathologist, a psychologist, or any of our other Unit 1 employees, this is YOUR union. We have opportunities every week for you to speak up and advocate for better working conditions at the bargaining table, in your schools, and throughout your community.

This year, through our campaign to make education a sustainable profession for incoming AND veteran educators, we are specifically advocating for caps on the number of meetings, protection of our planning time, and improvements to our leave policy. When it comes to budget priorities, our salaries need to be competitive and reflect the realities we are seeing at the grocery store and gas station. We cannot continue to lag behind surrounding districts. These improvements to pay should not only benefit Unit 1 employees, but all school system employees because we know that our teachers’ assistants, custodians, cafeteria workers, and all support staff should be paid a fair, livable wage. Increasing educator pay across the board is not only a matter of economic justice for all workers but it will help improve our own working conditions as Unit 1 employees.

If you are asked to work outside your contract hours, cover classes, or miss planning time to support your students. Make sure you are tracking your hours, filing blue sheets, and receiving pay for your additional work.