Collective bargaining means Florida teachers get to negotiate their contracts and working conditions.
Their interests are usually represented by teachers unions.
But in Florida you do not need to belong to a teachers union in order to work as a teacher. That’s because Florida is a right-to-work state.
Teachers across the state are showing their support for Chicago teachers on strike — by wearing red. Florida teachers are not allowed to go on strike because of collective bargaining and because Florida is a right-to-work state. Teachers get to negotiate their contracts and working conditions, and in turn they cannot strike — it’s against the Florida Constitution. […]
Based on November’s voter turnout in Ohio, it’s no surprise readers were ready to respond to our story this week that Florida leaders likely won’t initiate a collective bargaining fight in Florida this year (despite past statements to the contrary). On Facebook, Angela Howard said there’s little advantage to collective bargaining anyway: I don’t understand […]
Ohio voters have rejected a law that significantly weakened the collective bargaining power of more than 350-thousand public employees, including teachers. The bill was signed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich last spring. Opponents immediately launched a campaign to overturn the law through a ballot referendum that became known as Issue 2. They were successful, with […]
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