Traditionally, CEA presents its Member of the Year award at the annual CEA Awards and Retirement Banquet held each May. This year, our Union has bestowed this honor on every one of the CEA members who had the courage to walk the picket line for three days in August fighting for the schools #ColumbusStudentsDeserve. Congratulations…
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Columbus Teachers: Safe Schools and Safe Communities Start with Policy Choices, We Need Leaders Willing to Take Charge
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Columbus Education Association, the Union representing over 4,500 educators in Columbus City Schools, issued the following statement today in response to recent violence in Columbus neighborhoods spilling into schools: As the 2022-2023 school year draws to a close, educators and students in Columbus City Schools have a lot to celebrate. The…
Columbus City Schools Board of Education and Columbus Education Association Statement Regarding Joint Petition for Amendment of Certification for Building Substitutes
Today, representatives of the Columbus City Schools Board of Education and the Columbus Education Association (CEA) filed a Joint Petition for Amendment of Certification with the State Employment Relations Board (SERB) to add Building Substitutes to the CEA bargaining unit. “Together with the Columbus Education Association, the Board of Education has voluntarily agreed to add…
Columbus City Schools Building Substitutes Unionize with CEA, Become Latest to Join Organizing Wave
COLUMBUS, Ohio – April 4, 2023 –Columbus City Schools Building Substitutes announced today that they have formed a Union with the Columbus Education Association. This afternoon, Building Substitutes filed authorization cards with the State Employment Relations Board (SERB) signed by a supermajority of the nearly 300 eligible educators, seeking formal recognition of their new union….
Arbitrator Orders Columbus City Schools to Restore Union Status of Project Connect Positions In Major Win for Students and CEA
COLUMBUS, Ohio – January 4, 2023 – In a major victory for Columbus students and educators, Arbitrator Cynthia Stanley has sustained CEA’s grievance regarding nine positions in the District’s Project Connect program. Project Connect employees work primarily to support vulnerable and unhoused youth within the District. In July 2022, Columbus City Schools unilaterally removed these…