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		<title>Education Week: Unions</title>
		<description>Education Week: News and Information About Issues in Education for Educators</description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Teachers' Unions]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/05/08/teachers-unions.html</guid>
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				<description><![CDATA[Efforts to unionize teachers in charter schools are picking up in a handful of states, and counter efforts by school administrators to tamp them down often backfire, according to a study by the University of Washington's Center on Reinventing Public Education.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[National Principals' Union Chases More Members]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/09/11/national-principals-union-chases-more-members.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/09/11/national-principals-union-chases-more-members.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Unions]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[A national union for principals is campaigning to increase its membership, drafting in part off the momentum created by the surge in educator activism over the past two years.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Justices Decline Challenge to Exclusive Public-Employee Union Representation]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/school_law/2019/04/justices_decline_to_take_up_ch.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/school_law/2019/04/justices_decline_to_take_up_ch.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Unions]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a case that held the potential to deal a further blow to public-employee unions after last year's "Janus" decision.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Teachers' Unions]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/06/13/teachers-unions.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/06/13/teachers-unions.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Unions]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Teachers who do not belong to their unions see value in the organizations but still say they would opt out of paying mandatory fees if given the choice, finds a new survey.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Presidential Hopeful Kamala Harris Promises Teachers a Raise]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2019/03/harris-kamala-teacher-pay-rally-houston.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2019/03/harris-kamala-teacher-pay-rally-houston.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Unions]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Presidential hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., made her first policy pitch on the campaign trail Saturday: A new federal program to boost teacher pay.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Conservative Group Expands Push to Get Teachers to Leave Their Unions]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2018/10/mackinac_center_union_membership.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2018/10/mackinac_center_union_membership.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Unions]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is partnering with think tanks and advocacy groups across the country in a campaign encouraging public employees to consider dropping their union memberships.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Teachers Are Still Striking, But Their Demands Have Changed. Here's How]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2019/02/heres_what_to_know_about_the_wave_teacher_strikes.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2019/02/heres_what_to_know_about_the_wave_teacher_strikes.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Unions]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[The current batch of teacher strikes, including in West Virginia and Oakland, Calif., are not just about pay.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[For Teachers' Unions to Survive, It's Time to Go Positive for Students]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/07/26/for-teachers-unions-to-survive-its-time.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/07/26/for-teachers-unions-to-survive-its-time.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Unions]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Whether Janus will be a death blow or a turning point for unions depends on what they do now, writes Paul Reville.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Unions Must Go Beyond Advocacy]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/09/05/unions-must-go-beyond-advocacy.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/09/05/unions-must-go-beyond-advocacy.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Unions]]></link>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[The Teachers' Unions Have a Charter School Dilemma]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/12/14/the-teachers-unions-have-a-charter-school.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/12/14/the-teachers-unions-have-a-charter-school.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Unions]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[With the first charter school strike in the books—and teachers coming out victorious—experts say both unions and charter schools may need to rethink how they’ve long operated.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[After Janus Ruling, Teachers Are Suing for Return of Fees They've Paid Their Unions]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2018/07/after_janus_ruling_teachers_suing_repayment_union_fees.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2018/07/after_janus_ruling_teachers_suing_repayment_union_fees.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Unions]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA["This lawsuit will enable teachers like me to recover the agency fees that we were wrongly forced to pay against our will," said one of the plaintiffs.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Are Teachers' Unions on the Brink of Demise?]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/02/14/are-teachers-unions-on-the-brink-of.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/02/14/are-teachers-unions-on-the-brink-of.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Unions]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[With the Janus case looming before the Supreme Court, teachers' unions are knocking on doors to try to boost membership and mitigate financial loss.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA['This Road Just Got a Lot Harder': Teachers' Unions Hit With New Round of Lawsuits]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/10/15/this-road-just-got-a-lot-harder.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/10/15/this-road-just-got-a-lot-harder.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Unions]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[In the wake of the 'Janus' Supreme Court case, teachers' unions are facing more than a dozen legal challenges backed by right-leaning groups that could further dampen their membership numbers and finances.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Unions Are Barrier to Better Teachers]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/08/30/unions-are-barrier-to-better-teachers.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/08/30/unions-are-barrier-to-better-teachers.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Unions]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[To the Editor: Education Week Teacher blogger Nancy Flanagan recently wrote about how some states require a higher score on state certification tests for teacher-licensing exams—which makes it "unreasonably difficult" to get into teaching—while others eliminate licensing requirements to fill classr.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Blaming Unions for Bad Schools]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/walt_gardners_reality_check/2017/07/blaming_unions_for_bad_schools.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/walt_gardners_reality_check/2017/07/blaming_unions_for_bad_schools.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Unions]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Blaming teachers unions for all the ills afflicting public schools does not stand up to scrutiny.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Randi Weingarten on Janus: 'It Will Be a Bumpy Ride' for Unions]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2018/05/randi_weingarten_qa.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2018/05/randi_weingarten_qa.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Unions]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Education Week sat down with American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten for a conversation about the recent wave of teacher activism and how the unions are preparing for the Janus decision.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Teachers Are Organizing. But What About Teachers' Unions?]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/05/21/teachers-are-organizing-but-what-about-teachers.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/05/21/teachers-are-organizing-but-what-about-teachers.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Unions]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[As teacher take the lead in protests over pay, unions face an uncertain future, writes Berkeley sociologist Bruce Fuller.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Could the Next Strike in Education Be Against the Teachers' Union?]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2018/06/nea_staff_strike_vote.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2018/06/nea_staff_strike_vote.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Unions]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[The staff union for the National Education Association is threatening to strike over contract negotiations.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Is This the End of Teachers' Unions?]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/on_california/2016/01/is_this_the_end_of_teacher_unionism.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/on_california/2016/01/is_this_the_end_of_teacher_unionism.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Unions]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Today, the United States Supreme Court will hear a challenge to mandatory union fees that originates in California.  Is this a fundamental challenge to teacher unionism?]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Are Teachers' Unions Finished?]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/walt_gardners_reality_check/2016/01/are_teachers_unions_finished.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/walt_gardners_reality_check/2016/01/are_teachers_unions_finished.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Unions]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[It's the potential beginning of the end of teachers' unions in this country.]]></description>
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