Teachers Union

Lack of money and respect as well as an increasing workload has teachers thinking about leaving the profession, the Illinois Education Association survey finds.

A wide-ranging bill in the Missouri legislature includes provisions to address the state's struggle to recruit and retain teachers, but also includes controversial school choice measures.

Updated 9:30 p.m., June 19, with results of recall vote — The president of the union representing St. Louis’ traditional public school teachers survived a…

The union representing St. Louis Public Schools educators says half its members are being underpaid in violation of its contract.American Federation of…

Members of public employee unions would have to provide written consent each year to have union fees deducted from paychecks, according to legislation…

Updated at 11:10 a.m. Nov. 11 with details of the upcoming election: Teachers at Grand Center Arts Academy will vote Dec. 4 on whether to become the first…

A teachers strike in the Alton School District has likely been averted, and a new two-year contract for teachers is one step closer to being approved.At a…

The Highland, Illinois teachers’ union reached a settlement with the district’s board of education late Thursday afternoon, ending a week-long teacher…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 1, 2012 - When General Motors shut the doors of its assembly plant in Janesville, Wisc., in…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 19, 2012 - The kind of change that only came through a teachers’ strike in Chicago has been…