Newport News Education Association

Support the better collective bargaining bill that is making its way through the Virginia General Assembly with just a few clicks! HB 1263 / SB 378 would give teachers & school staff, firefighters, police officers, and other city workers the right to negotiate for fair contracts WITHOUT having to get permission from our bosses on School Board and City Council, as is required under the current law. Please click this link to send emails in support of the bills to your state delegate and state senator — it takes less than a minute!

Private sector workers in Virginia and most American public employees outside the South already have the right to negotiate for fair contracts. The United Nations considers collective bargaining a human right. Bans on public sector collective bargaining in the South are a relic of Jim Crow. Many African-Americans became teachers and municipal workers after Reconstruction and segregationists in the South responded by banning collective bargaining rights.