Unions

Board considers raising starting teachers’ salaries to $47,500; others get 3.5% boost

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021Pineapple ReportLeave a Comment

Just over 5,000 Palm Beach County teachers will see their salaries move to Florida’s new starting salary of $47,500 and some 8,000 others who are making close to that or more will see a 3.5% raise under a proposed contract up for school board approval Wednesday.

Pinellas Classroom Teachers Association negotiations

Pinellas teachers want social distancing rules as virus conditions worsen

January 7, 2021January 7, 2021Pineapple ReportLeave a Comment

Second semester has many Pinellas County teachers worried.

Duval Teachers Union contract approved with reservations

January 5, 2021January 5, 2021Pineapple ReportLeave a Comment

Duval County Public Schools teachers voted to approve a new contract which will include pay raises for thousands of early-career teachers and School Board members but leaves many veteran teachers feeling neglected.

70 years after their deaths, slain civil rights leaders could get their jobs back

December 21, 2020December 21, 2020Pineapple ReportLeave a Comment

In 1946, their fight to better the lives of Black Americans in the Jim Crow South cost them their jobs. Six years later, it cost them their lives.