Tess Van Schepen
Meet Tess Van Schepen Bridging the distance between the White House and NEA members’ classrooms to elevate educator voices and get results Title: Senior Advocacy SpecialistYears at NEA: 4, including a 1-year temp…
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Thank you for your solidarity . . .
From NEA members to labor allies, thousands of people around the country stood in support of NEASO’s fight to uphold union values and win a fair contract. We want to thank the unions, supporters, and allies who stood strong and held the line.
- Legal Staff Association (LSA)
- Association of Field Service Employees (AFSE)
- Washington-Baltimore News Guild (WBNG)
- National Staff Organization (NSO)
- Delaware State Education Association (DSEA) Executive Board
- Delaware Staff Organization (DSO)
- Teachers Association of Anne Arundel County (TAAAC)
- Franklin Pierce Education Association (FPEA)
- Saint Paul Federation of Educators (SPFE)
- NEA Foundations Facilitator Team
- Virginia Professional Staff Association (VPSA)
- Professional Staff Association (PSA) of Maryland
- Utah Staff Organization (USO)
- Professional Staff Association (PSA) of NYSUT
- Tumwater Education Association (TEA)
- Maine Higher Education Faculty, Staff, and ESPs (AFUM, UMPSA and ACSUM)
- Coalition Of Retired Employees of the Ohio Education Association (CORE of OEA)
- Colorado Education Association Staff Organization (CEASO)
- Kansas Staff Organization (KSO)
- Utah Education Association Staff Organization (UEASO)
- Kentucky Education Association Staff Organization (KEASO)
- AAUP Local 6741
- Florida Staff Organization (FSO)
- Iowa Staff Union
- United Staff Association of New Jersey (USA of NJ)
- Ohio Professional Staff Union (PSU)
- Vermont Staff Organization (VSO)
- Malden Education Association (MEA)
- Pueblo Education Association (PEA)
- Izetta Thomas, Education Justice Organizer
- California Staff Organization (CSO)
- National Association of Legislative and Political Specialists for Education (NALPSE)
- Illinois Education Association Staff Organization (IEASO)
- School Rescue Fund (SRF) Coordinators
- Jon Hamilton, Vice President, Port Angeles Education Association (PAEA)
- Portland Association of Teachers (PAT) NEA RA Delegation
- Missouri Professional Staff Organization (MPSO)
- CWA Staff Guild
- PSEA Staff Organization (SO)
- Bruce Nissen, Executive Committee Member of the United Faculty of Florida
- Tennessee Staff Organization (TSO)
- Bill Lyne, President of the United Faculty of Washington State, WEA Board Member, Former NEA Board Member
- Wyoming Education Association Staff Organization (WEASO)
- Washington Education Association Staff Organization (WEASO)
- Field Services Organization (FSO) of Massachusetts
- Rhode Island United Staff Organization (RI-USO)
- Indiana Professional Staff Organization (IPSO)
Our Stories, Our Voice
During our fight to uphold union values, NEASO members, the media, and supporters told the stories of how NEASO workers make NEA work.
NEASO Member Profiles
Kari Lundstad-Vogt Coppersmith
Meet Kari Lundstad-Vogt Coppersmith “I feel this is an important place for me to be working. We’re protecting public education.” Title: Political FundraiserYears at NEA: 12 years Last year, NEA members contributed nearly…
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Brandy Bixler
Meet Brandy Bixler Leading the work to create the professional growth opportunities that NEA members need and want. Title: Digital Learning SpecialistYears at NEA: 7 years After a very successful 25-year career as…
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NEASO in the News
- 8/5/2024, The NEA Is the Big Business Boss (The Wall Street Journal)
- 8/2/0204, The largest labor union in the U.S. locked out its staff (Axios)
- 8/1/2024, Nation’s biggest labor union has locked out its employees for 4 weeks now (WTOP News)
- 7/26/2024, Op-Ed: I Work for the US’s Largest Union. Why Would It Hold My Health Care Hostage? (Truthout)
- 7/26/2024, Union With Labor Dispute of Its Own Threatens to Cut Off Workers’ Health Benefits (KFF Health News)
- 7/25/2024, Teachers’ Union Dispute a Lesson on Workplace Authenticity (Society for Human Resource Management)
- 7/15/2024, NEA Staffers Locked Out After 3-Day Strike Disrupts Convention, Biden Speech (The74)
- 7/10/2024, NEA Staff STRIKE Convention, Biden Respects Picket Line (The Labor Valley Report)
- 7/9/2024, Why Did the National Education Association Just Lock Out Its Own Staffers? (Truthout)
- 7/8/2024, Teachers Union Locks Out Its Staffers Following 3-Day Strike (Huffington Post)
- 7/6/2024, Biden Cancels Speech to Teachers After Union’s Staff Strikes (New York Times)
- 7/5/2024, NEA’s Staff Union Is on Strike—Halting NEA’s Biggest Annual Gathering (Ed Week)
- 7/5/2024, Biden cancels speech at teachers union convention in Philadelphia after union staff goes on strike (AP)
- 6/20/2024, The NEA Faces an Unexpected Labor Adversary—Its Own Staff Union (EdWeek)