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They’ve been at it for years, but Teamsters Local 14 in Nevada will get another opportunity to wrest representation of some 10,000 education support employees from their current NEA-affiliated union.
The Nevada Supreme Court ordered a new election, after the previous one in May 2006 resulted in a substantial Teamsters victory, only to be awarded to the incumbent NEA local because the Teamsters won a majority of those who voted, but not of the full bargaining unit. Only about half of those eligible cast a ballot.
Certainly some of the momentum has gone out of the Teamsters’ drive in the intervening years, but should they succeed, it would be a severe blow to NEA in Nevada.
...and everywhere else that educator members service them, the NEA. This couldn't happen if the state NEA chapters would act like they were part of a union. In California, at best they are an over-paid self promoting PR firm and they are piss poor at that. Heaven forbid you need real representation individually or as a local. You might get an excuse, you might not even get that. But they still take 70% of the dues we pay the local. With NO accountablity.
I know from personal experience. I would give my left... kidney, to have the teamsters represent the educators in my district. I have worked with them before education. They get the job done!
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