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• Ensure fair wages and benefits, including healthcare and pensions.

• Provide job security and protection from unfair dismissal.

• Give teachers a collective voice in decisions about curriculum, workload, and school policy.

• Offer professional development, mentoring, and training opportunities.

• Promote respect and dignity in the workplace.

When educators feel respected and heard, they can focus their full energy on students. 

• Help retain experienced, stable teachers, improving learning outcomes.

• Advocate for smaller class sizes and safe, well-resourced classrooms.

• Support equitable access to quality education for all students.

• Push for funding and programs that meet students’ academic and social-emotional needs.

• Encourage positive, consistent relationships between teachers and students.

Everything we advocate for - funding, staffing, support services - is ultimately about student learning conditions. 

• Strengthen public schools, which are central to healthy communities.

• Advocate for adequate school funding and resources that benefit families.

• Support economic stability by ensuring fair pay and middle-class jobs.

• Promote civic engagement and participation in democratic processes.

• Partner with local organizations to improve equity and opportunity.

When families see their schools thriving, the entire community feels it. 

• Establish clear communication channels through collective bargaining.

• Reduce turnover costs by retaining satisfied, committed teachers.

• Create collaborative partnerships for problem-solving and innovation.

• Ensure compliance with labor laws and fair employment standards.

• Build a more stable, motivated, and professional workforce.

A stable, motivated, professional workforce ultimately leads to stronger schools and more consistent student outcomes.