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…
Veteran Columbus Teacher Regina Fuentes to Represent Columbus Education Association, Ohio Education Association at White House Forum
COLUMBUS, Ohio – September 6, 2022 – The Columbus Education Association announced today that member Regina Fuentes has been selected to represent CEA, as well as the Union’s state affiliate the Ohio Education Association, at the Communities in Action: Building a Better Ohio forum to be held at the White House in Washington, D.C. on…
Columbus Education Association Files Notice of Intent to Strike and Picket
COLUMBUS, Ohio – August 11, 2022 – The Columbus Education Association (CEA) filed its Notice of Intent to Strike and Picket with the State Employment Relations Board today, indicating a strike could commence at 12:01 AM on August 22 if the parties don’t reach agreement on their contract. At issue is disagreement over learning conditions…