WTU Welcomes New DCPS Teachers

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)With students across the nation’s capital getting ready to head back to school, the Washington Teachers Union (WTU) released a new video highlighting the work local educators do and the importance of the local union. Teachers and WTU staff offer advice to the hundreds of new teachers entering DC Public Schools (DCPS), and WTU, this fall, encouraging them to “work hard,“ “always be willing to learn,” and “join the union.” “Learn what your rights are and make sure that you don’t settle for less” adds WTU President Nathan Saunders. - photo still of teacher Jessica Krystopowicz in her DCPS classroom from WTU video