Duncan and unions to highlight union-management collaboration

10-14-2010

By Alyson Klein/Education Week

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and the presidents of the national teachers' unions today announced that they will hold a summit to show the world that unions and managers can indeed get along to help kids—really, for real, pay no attention to that "Superman" movie. The event, to take place early next year, will be called the National Education Reform Conference on Labor Management Collaboration. It will showcase examples of collective bargaining agreements that show that unions and districts can collaborate on education redesign. Duncan traveled with Dennis Van Roekel, the president of the National Education Association, and Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, to Tampa, Fla., to announce the effort. (more…)

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