Issue link: http://educator.cta.org/i/1544915
TRUE educators and allies made their message clear. Top photo credit: @movementphotographer TWIN RIVERS UNITED EDUCATORS Membership: About 1,500 teachers, counselors, nurses and other certificated staff Strike dates: The first strike in Twin Rivers Unified's history ran March 5–22 after more than a year of stalled contract talks. What TRUE won: Fully employer paid health care, including for families; union members had been paying about $1,600 a month for family coverage — equivalent to a housing payment. Other highlights of the two-year agreement include: • 7% raises and a $4,000 bonus • 100% employer-paid health care for families retroactive to July 1, 2025–26 • Speech language pathologists will receive additional pay increases; strengthened language for SLP and pre-school educators, and support for IEPs, SSTs and 504 meetings. "Our union is forever changed for the better. We held the line for 12 days and the relationships and the bonding that happened within the sites, with the community, across sites was amazing. This is generational change, not only for our union, but for our whole district." —TRUE President Brittoni Ward 18 cta.org Feature