DC teachers hold the line on school safety

In response to complaints by the Washington Teachers Union, a Public Employee Relations Board (PERB) Hearing Examiner on Monday ruled that DCPS violated the law by refusing to bargain with WTU regarding reopening planning, finding that there is reasonable cause to believe that DCPS violated the law by not bargaining with WTU. It ordered that DCPS bargain with WTU over health and safety matters related to reopening. The union plans to continue organizing for collective action, as well as working to engage allies in the community and ensure teacher’s voices are heard by policy-makers. At today’s City Council hearing on DCPS’s plans to reopen schools, only representatives from the Deputy Mayor for Education and DC Public Schools will be invited to speak, so the union will be holding their own “Hearing” starting at 3p outside the John A. Wilson Building (see Calendar).

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