Worker freedoms and voice

Protect the freedom to negotiate

Educators care about more than their compensation. They want more control over the learning environments in their worksites and the future of their profession. It’s time for state law to reflect it. Education Minnesota supports expanding the list of mandatory subjects of bargaining to include the following:

Class sizes.
Frequency and use of standardized tests not mandated by state law.
Setting safe student-to-staff ratios for ESPs who work with students.

Learn more: Worker freedom and voice issue brief

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Politics and the classroom

What does politics have to do with my classroom? #EdMNVotes presents some of the reasons you should care about elections and pro-public education classes.

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Unions are responsible for earning many of the rights enjoyed by all workers, such as the 8-hour work day, healthcare, and minimum wage #edmnvotes

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Unions are responsible for earning many of the rights enjoyed by all workers, such as the 8-hour work day, healthcare, and minimum wage #edmnvotes

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If unions aren't needed anymore, why are corporations spending billions to destroy them? #edmnvotes

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If unions aren't needed anymore, why are corporations spending billions to destroy them? #edmnvotes

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2020 elections: Working people in a union are five times more likely to participate in an employer-provided pension plan than working people without a union #edmnvotes

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2020 elections: Working people in a union are five times more likely to participate in an employer-provided pension plan than working people without a union #edmnvotes

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2020 elections: On average, union workers' wages are 22 percent higher than their nonunion counterparts #edmnvotes

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2020 elections: On average, union workers' wages are 22 percent higher than their nonunion counterparts #edmnvotes