It’s Your Contract. It’s Your Vote.

Mar 03, 2010

After nearly two years of bargaining, organizing and working together to make our voices heard, the 8,000-plus members of the San Diego Education Association have reached a tentative agreement (TA) on a fair settlement with the San Diego Unified School District. This TA has been unanimously...

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SDEA Reaches Tentative Contract Agreement with District

Mar 01, 2010

Click here to download the signed tentative agreement. After nearly two years of bargaining, organizing and working together to make our voices heard, the 8,000-plus members of the San Diego Education Association have reached a tentative agreement on a fair contract with the San Diego Unified...

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Hundreds Light Up Normal Street for Fair Contract

Feb 23, 2010

The SDUSD Education Center was a little bit brighter tonight as nearly 1,000 educators and community members participated in a candlelight vigil to keep the pressure on the School Board to settle a fair contract with SDEA members. Teachers, parents and students rallied outside the Board meeting...

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Over 1,000 Rally in the Rain to Demand Fair Contract

Feb 09, 2010

More than 1,000  teachers, nurses, counselors, librarians, support professionals, parents and community leaders braved the rain and rallied together at the Education Center on Tuesday, Feb. 9 to urge the SDUSD School Board to settle a fair contract with San Diego’s educators. Even while SDUSD...

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SDEA Proposes Pay Cuts to Protect Students and Programs

Feb 04, 2010

SDEA Urges SDUSD to Accept its Fair Bargaining Proposal What’s at Stake for SDEA Members and our Schools On Thursday, Feb. 4 SDEA presented the SDUSD bargaining team with a counter proposal to the District’s Jan. 19 proposal. Backed by thousands of teachers, nurses, counselors,...

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SDEA Bargaining Input Meetings Update

Jan 28, 2010

The past two weeks have been tumultuous for SDEA members. On Jan. 14 the District handed us a bargaining proposal that was patently unacceptable. Five days later the District amended their proposal with an eight percent salary cut, fueling anxiety and dismay across the District, and receiving...

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Our Contract, Our Future, Our Decision!

Jan 19, 2010

SDEA leadership and our bargaining team remain committed to bringing major decisions about our contract to SDEA members. The District’s January 14 bargaining proposal marks a significant event in the bargaining process, and necessitates that SDEA members come back together in the next week to...

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SDEA Organizes Tubman Charter from Ground Up

Jan 15, 2010

After almost a year of fighting, teachers at Harriet Tubman Village Charter School, located in the San Diego College Area, won union recognition on Jan. 13. Tubman teachers began a union organizing drive with SDEA because they want a union contract that protects them from reprisal when they speak...

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SDEA Reaches Workload Agreement with District!

Nov 23, 2009

After months of negotiations, SDEA and SDUSD have reached an agreement on Maintenance of Workload! On Tuesday, Nov. 17, the SDUSD School Board met to consider SDEA’s proposal on member workload submitted on Monday, Nov. 9. SDEA’s proposal consisted of two interdependent Memoranda of...

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Congratulations to the SDEA Election Winners!

Nov 20, 2009

The SDEA election results are in! Congratulations to the following winners: SDEA Board of Directors Secretary — Ray Ruffin Treasurer — Bill Freeman Seat Four — Manuel Gomez CTA State Council Delegates Seat Ten — Bill Freeman Seat Thirteen — Eduardo Padilla Seat...

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