Features, Maine Educator Online, News, Winter 23
Inflation isn’t the only reason you all need to ask for salary increases at the bargaining table. The teacher pay penalty is at an all-time high, with Maine teachers paid 24% LESS than other comparable college-educated workers. The data, from the Economic Policy...
Features, Maine Educator Online, News, Winter 23
You’ve likely been there—it’s pick-up time and Sam’s mom corners you about why their child continues to get in trouble at school when they behave so well at home. Or your administrator or supervisor tells you to meet them in their office to discuss a recent...
Maine Educator Online, News, Winter 23
Across the state, local associations are using collective bargaining to make their lives and their students’ lives better. From pay gains to better health insurance to dealing with inflation, here are some of the more recent contract successes. Gorham Contract...
Maine Educator Online, Member's Only, News, Winter 23
By Rachelle Bristol It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year I LOVE the holidays. They are full of tradition, kindness, and good cheer. Some of my best family memories revolve around an evergreen tree with lights and shiny ornaments. We had a family tradition that we...
Maine Educator Online, News, Winter 23
At a GOTV rally just before Election Day (now in the rearview mirror–thankfully!), the candidate for State House District 95, Mana Abdi, spoke. She has now been elected as a representative from Lewiston—the first Somali-American to hold a seat in our...
Fall 22, Maine Educator Online, Member's Only, News
When I reflect on this past summer, I can only think of one word. Baseball. For our family, it was the summer of baseball. Our youngest son’s team won the Maine State Championship, which was a huge accomplishment, and the first time the city of Portland won in the...
