See also
- List of education trade unions – includes NEA state affiliates
| Founded | 1970 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Location |
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Members | nearly 60,000 |
Key people | Tamika Walker Kelly, president. |
| Affiliations | NEA |
| Website | www |
The North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) is a professional association for public school employees formed in 1970 by the merger of the North Carolina Education Association with the North Carolina Teachers Association. Since North Carolina prohibits collective bargaining by public employees, [1] the NCAE works as a professional development and advocacy organization. It is affiliated with the National Education Association. [2] The organization has nearly 60,000 members. [3]
The history of the NCAE began in 1857 with the formation of the North Carolina Education Association. The North Carolina Teachers Association began in 1880. [4]
The North Carolina Teachers Association was the first African American teachers' association to affiliate with the NEA-Department of Classroom Teachers. [5]
Just like the schools systems were separated along racial lines, so were the two education associations divided. The NC Education Association represented white teachers while the NC Teachers Association represented black teachers. When integration began in the school systems, the two organizations looked to merge as well. The merger of the two groups that created the North Carolina Association of Educators was approved in 1970. [4]
Officers of the NCAE are elected to four-year terms. The current President is Tamika Walker Kelly. The Vice President is Bryan Proffitt. [6]
The NCAE is a 501(c)6 tax-exempt organization. [7]
After the Republicans gained control of the North Carolina General Assembly for the first time since 1870, [8] one of the laws passed included Senate Bill 727 which takes away the ability for school employees to have automatic deductions taken out for dues payments to the North Carolina Association of Educators. [9] The NCAE claims that the Republicans specifically targeted their group for retribution with this legislation by using a late-night override of Governor Bev Perdue's veto. [10] In December, 2012, a Wake County Superior Court judge struck down this law stating that it violated the state constitution. [11]
Vernon Malone was a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's fourteenth Senate district from 2003 until his death in 2009. His district included constituents in Wake County. A retired teacher and educational administrator from Raleigh, Malone was a graduate of Shaw University and held public offices in Wake County for over three decades.
Walter H. Dalton is an American attorney and politician who served as the 33rd Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, he served six terms in the state senate before his election to the office of lieutenant governor in 2008.
The National Education Association (NEA) is the largest labor union and the largest white-collar representative in the United States. It represents public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers at colleges and universities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become teachers. The NEA has just under 3 million members and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. The NEA had a budget of more than $341 million for the 2012–2013 fiscal year. Becky Pringle is the NEA's current president.
Patsy Rouzer Keever is a North Carolina educator and Democratic politician.
Education Minnesota is an American trade union representing pre-K to 12 education teachers, school support staff and higher education faculty in Minnesota. It is affiliated with both the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and is affiliated with the AFL-CIO.
New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) is a 600,000-member New York state teachers union, affiliated since 2006 with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the AFL-CIO, and the National Education Association (NEA). NYSUT is an umbrella group which provides services to local affiliates in New York state; lobbies on the local, state and federal level; conducts research; and organizes new members.
The California Teachers Association(CTA), initially established in 1863, is one of the largest and most powerful teachers' unions in the state with over 300,000 members and a high political profile in California politics. The teachers' union is based in Burlingame, and its current president is E. Toby Boyd.
The Montana Federation of Public Employees(MFPE) is a Montana labor union. Its 23,000 members make it the largest union in the state.
The Florida Education Association (FEA) is a statewide federation of teacher and education workers' labor unions in the state of Florida in the United States. Its 145,000 members make it the largest union in the state. It is a merged affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA), and is a member of the AFL-CIO.
The Florida statewide teachers' strike of 1968 was a strike action in the state of Florida in February and March 1968 by teachers and other education workers belonging to the Florida Education Association (FEA). The cause of the strike was under-funding of the state's educational system at a time when attendance was rising sharply, and low pay and benefits for teachers. The strike lasted from a few days in some school districts to three months in others. Although a special session of the Florida Legislature approved higher taxes to pay for more school funding, FEA members felt the funding hikes were not enough and voted to continue striking. No additional funding was forthcoming, however, and most local affiliates of the FEA settled their contracts and went back to work by March.
Association of American Educators (AAE) is a national, non-union, non-partisan professional educators association in the United States and is the fastest-growing association of its kind. Its stated mission is to “advance the profession through personal growth, professional development, teacher advocacy and protection.” AAE also seeks to “promote excellence in education so that [teachers] receive the respect, recognition and reward they deserve.” AAE is officially nonpartisan. AAE is not a union or a lobbying organization, but licensed as a 501(c)(6) professional trade association. AAE is funded by dues from thousands of members located in all fifty states and the District of Columbia and by contributions to the AAE Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. AAE claims to “help lead a coalition of nearly 300,000 teachers across the country who have joined a non-union teacher association.”
A public-sector trade union is a trade union which primarily represents the interests of employees within public sector or governmental organizations.
Elizabeth Duncan Koontz was a national figure in education, civil rights and the women's movement. She was the first African-American president of the National Education Association and director of the United States Department of Labor Women's Bureau.
Jonathan C. Jordan is a North Carolina politician and attorney who served as the legislator for the 93rd district of the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019. During his first term, Jordan served as the Deputy Majority Whip of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He was elected to office in the 2010 election defeating Cullie Tarleton by fewer than 800 votes. He defeated Tarleton again in 2012 and was reelected in 2014 and 2016, before losing in the 2018 midterm election to Watauga County Democrat Ray Russell, a professor who won with the help of students on the campus of Appalachian State University. Jordan resides in Ashe County, North Carolina and has two children in the public schools. He is an attorney by profession.
John Chadwick "Chad" Barefoot is a former Republican member of the North Carolina Senate, representing North Carolina's 18th Senate district from 2013 to 2018. Senate District 18 covers Franklin County and parts of eastern and southern Wake County.
Robert Theodore Davis Jr. is an American politician. He was elected to represent the 19th district in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2012. Davis is a lawyer by profession.
The West Virginia teachers' and school personnel strike began on February 22, 2018 with a call from the West Virginia branches of the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, and the West Virginia School Service Personnel for school employees across West Virginia to strike. The strike, called in response to anger among teachers and other school employees over low pay and high health care costs, involved roughly 20,000 teachers and public school employees and shut down schools in all 55 West Virginia counties, affecting some 250,000 students. It lasted until March 7, 2018.
The 2018 North Carolina teachers' rally was a rally and protest on May 16, 2018, with teachers in North Carolina walking out in protest of deflating wages and decreased employee benefits.
Mujtaba Aziz Mohammed is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly. On November 6, 2018 he was elected to represent the Mecklenburg County's 38th district in the North Carolina State Senate. He received 81.74% of the votes to secure his victory over the Republican opponent Richard Rivette. He defeated incumbent Joel D. M. Ford in the Democratic primary election on May 8, 2018 by double digits and earned every major endorsement in the race.