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…
CEA Votes to Authorize 10-day Strike Notice
COLUMBUS, Ohio – August 5, 2022 – Members of the Columbus Education Association (CEA) met last evening for an update from their bargaining team. The meeting culminated with CEA voting overwhelmingly to issue a 10-day strike notice. “The vote tonight is a vote of confidence in our bargaining team and our fight for the safe,…
BREAKING: #ColumbusStudentsDeserve
With nearly a month before the expiration of our Master Agreement, Columbus City Schools has walked away from Bargaining and the schools #ColumbusStudentsDeserve.