Special News: BREAKING NEWS! Strike date Postponed!
We were notified by the Fact-Finding Neutral that due to the complexity of the issues, he will not have a report ready until the end of March or first week in April. We had anticipated having a fact-finding report by this week. But with this news, it is clear that we will not be "strike legal" on March 24, and must postpone our one-day strike. The Executive Board met tonight, March 8, and set a date of April 22 for our strike. Let’s use this time to keep organizing, hold house meetings, keep the pressure on, build on the momentum from March 4!; Where Were You On March 4?
What an amazing day! Keep sending your stories and pictures — and also post them to www.standupforschools.org, too, as some of you have already done. It was truly inspiring to see and to hear about all the creative activities you did with your students!

Manny Lopez, Betty Olson-Jones, Julie Palacios

Get Involved

We need you! There are many ways you can be involved in OEA; these are just a few:

Download materials and hold a School Site Budget Crisis meeting (click on Budget Crisis above)
Join a committee: we need new members on the Contract Action Team (CAT) to organize our membership and make sure everyone is informed and involved.
Serve as your Site Representative; run for an elected office (Executive Board, Officer, State Council, Representative Assembly); Stop by the OEA Center and help answer phones, stuff envelopes, etc.
Share informational fliers you receive with parents and discuss OEA’s vision to "Create Success!
Post comments to the Web site

What are you willing to do to fight for a fair contract?