Representing Teachers and School Employees in Northwest Louisiana
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Phone: 318-424-4579
Fax: 318-424-4503
Email: redriverunited@redriverunited.org
Address: 1726 Line Ave., Shreveport, LA 71101
Affiliated with the AFL-CIO, CLC, AFT, and LFT
We pride ourselves on being local and vocal. This means that there is always someone to answer the phone if you have a question or concern. We are focused on solutions. If you have a problem we are happy to discuss it with you at the school site or at our office in Shreveport. More than anything we consider ourselves family. Our members are at the heart and soul of everything we do, from policy/law proposals, to professional development. You are RRU!
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Nominations are now closed. Elections are this April. Yes, that’s now.
It’s OUR Responsibility.
In Louisiana, and across the United States, public education is under attack. It’s up to us to
The enemies of public education want to dismantle our public schools. They hide behind the name of “education reform” when what they really want to do is destroy our neighborhood schools.
They will succeed unless you take action. Are you ready to stand up for the kids you teach and take care of every day? Are you ready to stand up for your rights?
Worksite leaders are vital to our union. They are responsible for informing, listening to, and mobilizing Red River United members. Worksite leaders will help to plan and implement the strategies to protect and improve public education in Caddo and Bossier Parishes.
IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW AT YOUR WORKSITE ARE:
• a good listener.
• passionate about public education.
• willing to engage with the other education professionals in your workplace.
• a member of Red River United.
… WE STRONGLY URGE YOU TO NOMINATE THEM TO BECOME A WORKSITE LEADER.
NOTE: NOMINATIONS FOR 2013 – 2014 ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED. WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE MEMBERS TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED. CLICK HERE TO BE MORE INVOLVED.
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We invite you to join our ACE/LEGs Committee (Activists for Congressional Education/Legislative Education Groups) to visit with local state legislators to let them know how the recent legislation has impacted teachers and school employees.
“Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the world.” Margaret Mead
ACE/LEGs along with COPE (Committee on Political Education) will work diligently and proactively to educate the members of the state legislature in advance of the issues coming to a vote; educate them on the issues that impact our members; and let them know we hold them accountable.
In the past, “AFT president Randi Weingarten called on elected and school officials to do school reform ‘with us, not to us,’ and urged teachers, [school employees], and their unions to ‘be the engines of real change in education, providing the ideas and the people that can get the job done.’” This is still relevant today.
Contact us immediately if you want to be included in this proactive approach to legislation.
ACE – our Activists for Congressional Education – is a nationwide grassroots campaign to enlist AFT members in each congressional district to build relationships with their representatives in congress and have influence on the issues that matter to us.
LEGs – our Legislative Education Groups – is a member-to-member education and mobilization project. The goal of LEGs is to develop a rapid response to policy-making decisions affecting our members at the state and federal levels.
COPE – our Committee on Political Education — is the political action committee. COPE enables our organization to engage the membership in both creating our political agenda and in supporting candidates who will champion our legislative agenda. COPE also informs members about the performance of elected officials and information on how our legislators voted on issues of importance to public school employees.
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Join the PSRP (Paraprofessional and School Related Personnel) Committee
Reclaiming the promise of public education will take the helping hand of ALL school employees. PSRPs are our office employees, custodians, maintenance workers, bus drivers, paraprofessionals, food service workers, school nurses and health aides, technicians, groundskeepers, security coordinators, secretaries, bookkeepers, mechanics, special education assistants, and hundreds of other job titles.
PSRPs are “leaders in our unions, foundations of our schools.” This union cannot succeed without the support and leadership of the PSRPs. PSRPs are educators, working every day to ensure that our children are receiving a quality public education. Whether you are a paraprofessional assisting in a lesson, maintenance making sure our schools are running, food service providing a good and nutritious meal, or an office worker helping students, teachers, and parents, PSRPs are essential to the education of our children.
Join the fight! Let your voice be heard!
Still not a Red River United member?
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