The American Federation of Teachers is a union of professionals that champions fairness; democracy; economic opportunity; and high-quality public education, healthcare and public services for our students, their families and our communities. Tweets. 1 United Teachers of New Orleans represents teachers, paraprofessionals, and other public school employees. Newspaper articles, pamphlets, reprints. 2. June 1971 - October 1971, Folder 6: Invoices, correspondence, June 1972 - May 1972, OEA Treasurer's Journal - Uniserv - Special Funds, Correspondence, bank statements, cancelled checks. UTNO members, about to begin the school year, received their first and last two-week paycheck on September 1, 2005. Teachers Union Loses Its Force in Storm's Wake. United Teachers of New Orleans, Louisiana Federation of Teachers and American Federation of Teachers. Rules for admission, curriculum and even teacher pay are different at different schools, and systems can be less transparent than at conventional public schools. April 26, 2971. Constitution - Taylor Federation of Teachers, Local 1085. With so few schools under its control, OPSB fired all teachers and other city education personnel on January 31, 2006. The Louisiana House of Representatives has passed a budget that does not include any funding for teacher and school employee raises. Newsletter from the East Baton Rouge Classroom Teachers Federation. Week 5: The Senate Is Deciding Whether or Not to Give You a Raise, Week 4: The House Takes Your Raise Out of Their Budget. The union's membership stood at over 7,500 members in August 2005, making UTNO the largest union in the city and the state. Correspondence and personnel handbook. "The Charter School Flood.". "Report of the Committee on the Study of The Extended School Year," Division of Instruction, New Orleans Public Schools. 1952 - 1970. July 1, 1969 - Sept. 30, 1969. Nat LaCour, a black teacher, was elected to succeed Hill as president of the local. 1970 - 1971, Correspondence, election ballots. "Right of Public Employees to Organize or Join Labor Organizations; Bargaining in Municipal Employment." Black children went to segregated schools with 17 percent less funding than white schools. Correspondence and grant application. Teacher December 1967. 1968 - 1969, NEA Report of the NEA Task Force on School Desegregation: Louisiana and Mississippi. Wessell - Teachers Arrested on April 14, 1969. Milwaukee Federation of Teachers, Local 252. 1948, 1968 - 1969. LTA Delegates to 1969 Convention in Monroe, La. (In 2004, the legislature raised the minimum SPS score to 60.) n.d., 1970 - 1971. UTNO argued that New Orleans students suffered from severe poverty, malnutrition, poor health care and domestic violence, all of which significantly impaired their ability to learn. 1969 - 1970. In 2003, the Louisiana State Legislature created the Recovery School District (RSD). 1967. In 1954, after the AFT amended its constitution to require integrated locals, the affiliate integratedalthough most white teachers in New Orleans still belonged to the NEA. To be clear, there are $0 allocated to teacher and school employee pay raises in the budget that the House passed this week. Thus, Act 35 substantially raised the bar for low-performing schools. American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO. Bulletins issued by the Federation. Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. (4 folders) 1964 - 1972, Incomplete record, listing includes checks from February 2, 1971 through March 25, 1971, AFT 527 Check Register (3 folders) 1968 - 1972, AFT 527 Colonial Bank, Cancelled checks (5 folders) 1968 - 1970, Folder 1: January 7, 1968, September 3, 1968 - September 21, 1969, 204-2 Folder 2: March 19, 1968 - August 13, 1968, Folder 3: January 24, 1969 - September 15, 1969, Folder 4: October 1, 1969 - April 10, 1970, Folder 5: April 10, 1970 - September 10, 1970, AFT 527 Colonial Bank, Deposit Slips (3 folders) 1968 - 1970, Correspondence with Colonial Bank, financial statements, deposit slips, AFT 527 Colonial Bank, Loan Correspondence concerned with loan received by AFT 527 from Colonial Bank. Financial statements, correspondence and related material. Reacting to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, on November 22, 2005, the Louisiana legislature passed Act 35 and took over the New Orleans public school system. Reprint from A. Philip Randolph Institute. January 11, 1971. . Correspondence and reference information. Charter advocates have long argued that this gives them more freedom to experiment; but in the wrong hands, that freedom can harm students and educators alike. ca. n.d., ca. 1969. All Rights Reserved. 1969. 1969 - 1970, 1972, Folder 1: Correspondence, notations, membership forms n.d., 1969, Folder 2: Correspondence, listings of membership with school affiliation. International Union - Local No. Notes, correspondence, news clippings and material relating to the teachers' strike of 1966. ca. Folder 1: January 15, 1948 - January 19, 1968. Correspondence, forms, and bulletins from both the New Orleans Teachers' Federation and United Teachers of New Orleans. Correspondence, newsletters, handbill. In October 2007, the union issued a report, "Reading, Writing and Reality Check," which claimed that LEAP test scores (the state's yearly assessment of progress) in charter schools were no higher than in public schools. Teachers at schools without branches can join UTNO independently. August 1968, Correspondence and reports on OPSB's allotment of funds under Title II. Copyright: Physical rights are retained by the Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans. New Orleans Classroom Teachers Federation. n.d., 1971, Constitutional provisions, notations, agenda for Council meeting, n.d., September 6, 1972, United States Post Office, n.d. 1967 - 1968 (2 folders), Folder 1: Postal Zip Code Directory January 1967, November 1968, Memoranda and press release. Article by Lamar Smith, Chemistry and Physics Teacher, G. W. Carver Senior High School. UTNO was the first integrated teachers' union in Louisiana, and the first to win a collective bargaining agreement in the state without the protection of a state employees collective bargaining law. Orleans Parish School Board and New Orleans Public Schools Rules and Regulations. The school was founded in 2017. Folder 3: n.d., July 9, 1949 - September 11, 1972. [Council of Teacher Organizations]. This Membership application is for those who wish to join UTNO and do not work in a school with a collective bargaining agreement. November 13, 1967 - December 4, 1967. Im invested in the future of our union, says Grace Lomba, an UTNO member and leader since the mid-1960s. 1967; correspondence, 1967. 1970 - 1971. United Teachers of New Orleans is a teacher union for employees of the New Orleans public school system. She never returned to the . 1969 - 1970, OPSB Teacher Committee on School Desegregation, OPSB Teachers' Handbook, Junior - Senior High Schools 1966, OPSB "A Proposal to Extend Staff Desegregation in the New Orleans Public Schools." More than 80% of the school's teachers and staff signed on to join the Living School Educators United, a chapter of the United Teachers of New Orleans, AFT Local 527. On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the city of New Orleans. UTNO did not strike again until 1990. ca. Board Minutes, May 22, 1968, June 26, 1968, December 17, 1969; correspondence, 1970. In 2018 it received $145,757 from contributions, $180,689 from program service revenue, and revenue from other sources. Orleans Parish School Board and the United Teachers of New Orleans had a collective bargaining agreement. For any worker, for any contract, you get a sense of certainty or safety, says Cash. 14499, December 14, 1967. August 1970. New Orleans Public Schools Educational Secretaries Association. Louisiana (State) Federation of Teachers (Fontaine). Conyers, Bill - H.R. United Teachers of New Orleans (UTNO) UTNO is the AFT-affiliated teachers union that counted approximately 4700 dues-paying members before Katrina and fewer than 300 after the storm. Folder 2: January 7, 1969 - December 3, 1970. It solidifies pay increases for early childhood educators and raises for paraeducators, and prioritizes teacher certification. The raise, he said, shows teachers they're "valued in a meaningful way.. 1964, 204-20 OEA Retired Teachers from 7/1/69 to 8/1/70, OEA Rules for Nomination and Election of Candidates, Correspondence and criteria for election of OEA officers. June 1968 - May 25, 1972, Correspondence, programs concerned with workshops held in New Orleans during 1970 - 1971 and sponsored by OEA, A copy of OEA's Constitution as adopted May 15, 1968, as well as a copy of the revised constitution, 1968 - 1969, OEA Correspondence, n.d., 1965 - 1971. n.d., 1967 - 1970. Minutes of meetings, notes, financial reports. AFL - CIO. 49, No. The legislation established a School Performance Score (SPS). Correspondence and insurance proposal plans. 1968. Receipts and financial reports. Also included are invoices from Louisiana Flower Shoppe and Gifts, 1965, Folder 4: Miscellaneous material including correspondence with International City Bank and Trust Company, 1966-1967. Correspondence generated while Wessell served as AFT attorney. September 1971, Folder 39: Superintendent's report. n.d. Folder 2: Various clippings. Correspondence and bulletins. n.d., 1970. Correspondence and roster of contributors, 1971. n.d. 1971. New release from the Central City Housing Development Corporation. Collective Bargaining (Speech by Dr. Cowen). You can choose to have dues deduction on the 2nd or the 16th of each month as noted on each option. n.d., 1968 - 1971. ", Gibson, Giner and Reid, Molly. Correspondence and working agreement. January 20, 1966, Louisiana Education Association (LEA) First District, Correspondence, newsletters, membership lists. Photographs and illustrations, as well as text, cannot be used without permission from the AFT. New Orleans Public School 1967 salary schedule, questionnaire and notes. American Federation of Teachers. United Teachers Of New Orleans | 22 followers on LinkedIn. Correspondence and related material concerned with Hursey, AFT National Representative. 49 were here. Roster of teachers and their school affiliation listed under heading "Newspapers That Have Not Been Picked Up." n.d. New Orleans Teachers' Retirement Fund. n.d., 1970 - 1971, Correspondence and listings, 1967 - 1969 (2 folders), LEA Merger with Louisiana Teachers Association, Correspondence, handbills and membership lists. Minutes of AFT, Local #527 meeting, December 5, 1968; roster of music teachers connected with New Orleans Public School System. And today, six of the citys schoolsnow charter schoolshave UTNO chapters once more. In exchange, the union ended five lawsuits against the OPSB, and dropped three arbitrations involving the school district. American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO. Financial Records - Miscellaneous. 1971, Correspondence, membership records, restaurant menus, financial statements. 1968 - 1969. However, it is a difference of about 11 percent in the local's membership, which is not insignificant. n.d., 1968. Correspondence, guidelines, minutes of meetings, notes. OPSB granted the association permission to open 13 public schools in the city of Algiers in Orleans Parish and convert them to charter schools. Correspondence, notes, rosters, n.d., 1967 - 1968, minutes of Executive Board of Local 527, January 24, 1967. 1968 - 1973, AFT 527 - International City Bank Statements and Deposit Slips, AFT 527 - Invoices Paid 1965 - 1972 (11 folders), Folder 2: February 25, 1966, March 21, 1966, 204-5 Folder 7: 1968 - 1972, 204-6 Folder 11: Correspondence and notations, 204-7 AFT 527 Journal of Receipts and Expenditures 1967 - 1968, Also included are receipts, bank statements and an AFT Local 527 financial statement for 1971 - 1972, AFT 527 National Bank of Commerce 1970 - 1972 (3 folders), Folder 2: Correspondence and related material 1970 - 1972, Folder 3: Deposit slips and bank statements 1970 - 1972, 204-7 AFT 527 National Headquarters, American Federation of Teacher's Loan, Correspondence concerned with loan payments. 1968 - 1971, Folder 1: Agenda for meeting and reports presented by the Superintendent of Schools. The union's actions appeared to pay off. 1948 - 1967. Miscellaneous (Eugene Didier), President. 1968 - 1970, AFT 527 Colonial Bank, Statements and Deposit Slips, 204-3 AFT 527 Employee Payroll Records 1968 - 1969, AFT 527 Financial Secretary - Information and Material Furnished By, 1965 - 1968, AFT 527 Financial Statements (5 folders) n.d., 1967 - 1974, Yearly budgets, monthly statements, notations, bank statements, booklets, AFT 527 - Hibernia National Bank (4 folders) 1965 - 1967, Bank statements, cancelled checks, deposit slips, Folder 1: 1965. 1967 - 1968. Folder 1: May 14, 1968 - December 11, 1970. Despite outcry from our states educators, they chose to prioritize pet projects and a marginal increase in debt repayment instead of giving a raise to our teachers and school employees. On Thursday, the Senate Education Committee finally considered SCR 2, the legislative instrument for the Minimum Foundation Program (MFP), which is the K-12 funding formula. Despite outcry from our states educators, the Louisiana House of Representatives chose to prioritize pet projects over raises for teachers and school employees. Louisiana Federation of Teachers Convention, November 24, 1969. Randels joined UTNOs Executive Council in 1999, where he served as the United Teachers of New Orleans representative to the steering committee of Community Labor United. 7, The United Teachers of New Orleans has referred to the school system as a microcosm of broader society, and hence an organization subject to racism, inequality, and oppression. 1969. Executive Board Quarterly Attendance Reports. He is former president of Union of Teachers here in New Orleans. 1969. Groves, Defendents. Now it's up to the House. Correspondence, receipts and ballots. Copyright: Physical rights are retained by the Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans. After two years, only five New Orleans public schools had been transferred to the RSD. UTNO was founded in 1937, but for a quarter of a century it struggled. Now an official UTNO chapter, Bricolage Academy Educators United has already addressed concerns such as cuts to parental leave and retirement contributions, and had early plans to advocate for salary increases, job security, protection against retaliation or discrimination, and more generous paid time off and family leave policies. Only 14 of Louisiana's 64 school districts had more than 30 schools, and almost none of them had the requisite number of AU schools or percentage of students in AU school to meet the new definition of a "failing" school district. We are building a national movement to enact the three pillars that . H.R. However, a failing school could be transferred to the RSD only if a private organization agreed to assume management of the school and turn it into a charter school. An attorney for the United Teachers of New Orleans said faculty members at the two charter schools did not have their annual employment renewed, and the union said . n.d. Election, School Board [Orleans Parish] April 1970. n.d., August 9, 1967. Reference information from varied sources. We are committed to ensuring that teachers have a voice because we think that when teachers have a voice and teachers are treated with dignity and respect that schools work better and outcomes for students and families are better, Cash added. 1967 - 1968. Only 54 schools were open, with 20 of these operated by OPSB, charter schools approved by OPSB or charter schools approved by the state board of education. It is an affiliate of the Louisiana Federation of Teachers (LFT), American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the AFL-CIO. Confirmation of hotel accommodations for Hasket Derby. Statistical information from varied sources. Correspondence from Louisiana Attorney General Jack P.F. [13] The union's membership rose dramatically as the AFT devoted large amounts of organizing and other assistance to the local union. Folder 1: Correspondence and pamphlets. Unfortunately, the Louisiana House of Representatives doesn't feel the same way. The union became the first integrated education union in the South. Correspondence, notes, booklets, n.d., 1964 - 1970. 1969 - 1970. [Orleans Parish] School Board Election 1970. November 17, 1969, Folder 11: Superintendent's report. 135-1 Agreement - LFT [Louisiana Federation of Teachers] and Local 527. n.d., 1967 - 1968. n.d., 1966 - 1967. Original titles appearing on folders have been retained. n.d. 1968 - 1973. Tell the House to Support the MFP and Fund Raises in the Budget! They don't know our students, they don't know our schools, they dont go to our classrooms, but they have a lot of authority over the decisions that are made. Thats why Scofield helped organize her union. Constitution and correspondence. 17: 1201 Sub-Part B, "Sick Leave for teachers and employees. Most AFT educators work in public schools, but educators are educators, and they deserve the benefit of belonging to a union wherever they work. We can all talk about how great teachers are and we can have teacher appreciation weeks and that's all fine but at the end of the day the only thing that teachers can take home with them is that paycheck," United Teachers of Franklin president Jay Weisman said. Federal Aid - [Rep. Albert H.] Quie Bill. Membership in UTNO is open to eligible employees of public schools, private schools, parochial schools, or education-related private/non-profit organizations in Orleans Parish. Correspondence and lease agreements 1967 - 1969. Teachers and staff at The Rooted School in New Orleans form union. UTNO became the first teachers' union in the Deep South to win a contract without the protection of a state public employee collective bargaining law.[4]. February 12, 1970, Folder 14: Superintendent's report. News release, newspaper clippings n.d., 1962 - 1970. /*-->*/. House Bill 391, 1970. ", Ritea, Stephen. Payroll Members - 1971 (Alphabetical Listing -- Addresses and Phone Numbers). Now, the budget is in the Senate and they are debating what to do next. Expenses: $460,473 Correspondence and insurance policy. The union's political power was so great that it could often make or break political careers not only in New Orleans but in many parts of the state.[4]. ", "School Workers Fired After Katrina to Get $1,000 Each. 1969, Folder 1: News releases from OEA, n.d., 1969 - 1971, Folder 2: News releases from NEA, n.d., October 4, 1968 - October 24, 1971, Reports, pamphlets concerned with negotiation relationships and skills. Louisiana State Federation of Teachers - Auditing, Budgeting, Membership Committee (Co-Chairman: Eugene Didier, Nat Lacour). Black teachers with 10 years experience were paid just $1,440 a year, compared with $2,200 for white teachers. Folder 2: n.d., June 10, 1969 - December 10, 1971. Eleven of the 20 state representatives from Orleans Parish voted against the takeover plan. Constitution - Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO. Petitions signed by teachers from various schools in the New Orleans Public School system. Serial published by Committee on Political Education. 1965 - 1968, Correspondence and background information. News bulletin, The Minneapolis Teacher. (See also "New Orleans Public Schools" and "School Board"). Board to Pay Fired School Staff. United Teachers of New Orleans receives contributions through union dues. Once you have made the selection of your membership level the amount will appear before you enter in your automatic payment details. ca. Nearly 1,000 teachersalmost all of them black, and members of the AFTwalked out. We are so grateful to all the teachers and school employees who show up for their students each day. As of August 2007, the union had regained more than 1,000 members and in October 2007 began negotiating its first post-storm contract with the Orleans Parish school board (OPSB). Correspondence concerning building structural defects. UTNO is the union of teachers and school employees in New Orleans. n.d., 1966 - 1967, 1969. ca. Second, Act 35 expanded the state's takeover authority to entire school districts (rather than individual schools). La. http://utno.la.aft.org/legislation/ask-senate-education-committee-support-sb-31, http://utno.la.aft.org/committee-policial-education-cope/utno-endorses-highly-qualified-candidates-orleans-parish-school, http://utno.la.aft.org/press/appeals-court-okays-union-recognition-charter-schools, http://utno.la.aft.org/news/utno-statement-solidarity-blacklivesmatter-0, http://www.thecommunitybreakfast.org/2018/11/. There are issues as far as accountability for charter schools, because we are governed by unelected boards, Brittany Scofield, a music teacher at Bricolage Academy and a member of the UTNO chapter there, told Discourse Blog in 2021, just before her school unionized. "Question of Authority Plagues New Orleans Public Schools. Leases and pamphlets on local rental properties. An act relating to mediation and negotiation procedures for teachers. Source: Deposit, 1986, Access: No restrictions. Lease for Office - 740 Poydras Street. Description of program established at Urban Studies Center, Tulane University. Correspondence, forms, and bulletins from both the New Orleans Teachers' Federation and United Teachers of New Orleans. Having a union contract means a check on total charter autonomy, says Cashthe only check on charters in New Orleans. 135-6 Executive Board Minutes. Roll calls, announcements, correspondence, minutes, n.d., December 11, 1968 - June 21, 1972. Correspondence, membership lists and notes. 1969 - 1970, NEA "Fact Sheet: Progress in Unification of the Teaching Profession." AFT 527. [9] The union also began staging small, regular demonstrations throughout the city to protest the lack of a contract and publicize problems in the various public and private schools. n.d. Louisiana Department of Justice - Leave of Absence, Correspondence concerned with eligibility of teachers for leave of absence, for sickness, or other emergency, without loss of pay (LSA - RS17: 1201, 1202.) Inventory included with photographs. The AFT formed a state federation, the Louisiana Federation of Teachers, to help counter the strength of the Louisiana Education Association (which opposed collective bargaining and strikes). Union president Mitchell said the local had 900 members during the 2006-2007 school year. Treasurer - Material Sent to Office By Treasurer. "School Enrollment Provides Window on the Decline of Metro Population. 1970, Minutes of the following meetings: November 23, 1969; May 9, 1970; May 16, 1970; August 1, 1970; August 30, 1970, 204-11 LTA Membership Lists 1967 - 1971 (4 folders), Correspondence, listings and related material, Loyola [University] Institute of Human Relations, Information on program "Masters in the Art of Teaching for Social Science Teachers in Model Neighborhood Areas. OPSB - Bids, Walter L. Cohen Senior High School Addition. where 10 students received $50 per week with no strings attached. UNITED TEACHERS OF NEW ORLEANS, LOCAL 527 COLLECTION, Size: 13 linear feet, locations: Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi. n.d, Photocopy of background information. n.d., 1969 - 1971. In 1972, the AFT and NEA affiliates in New Orleans agreed to merge and form the United Teachers of New Orleans. Veteran teacher Billie Dolce was fired along with more than 7,000 other employees of the New Orleans' public school system in the months after Hurricane Katrina. 135-4 Correspondence - LFT (in-out). Louisiana is a right-to-work state which means a workplace cannot require union membership. 60 Contract. 1969. Also included is biographical information on Lacour, a copy of the questionnaire prepared for the interview and photographs of Lacour taken after the session.