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A message from IEA Prez Swanson. I’m worried. « Fred Klonsky's blog

A message from IEA Prez Swanson. I’m worried. « Fred Klonsky's blog

A message from IEA Prez Swanson. I’m worried.

IEA President Ken Swanson sent out an email to all IEA Board of Directors this afternoon. A number of BOD members forwarded it to me.

On the issue of the right to strike, Swanson says:

The deadline to be finished with the process led by Senator Kimberly Lightford and the Senate Educational Reform Committee is now Tuesday afternoon. There are still some unresolved issues, many that will come to resolution before Tuesday – one big issue that may not be resolved – the right to strike.

The parties have fundamental differences about the right to strike. The union team, IEA, IFT, and CTU have committed to each other that if one group’s right to strike is threatened, we will all come together in unison to fight it. We have been working hand in glove together for three months, and we are not about to change that strategy now. We will need your help, and our members’ help as