Issue link: http://educator.cta.org/i/1545867
SAN DIEGO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION SDEA ended the 2025–26 school year with an overwhelming 93% of members voting to ratify a new contract, with 4,957 participating in the vote. This was the culmination of a bargaining campaign that launched in the fall of 2024, including rolling city-wide pickets in spring 2025, and held the line through a credible strike threat to address the district's special education staffing crisis. Members achieved big wins, including concrete fixes for SPED, a 5% pay raise, protecting fully employer-paid family benefits, a no-layoffs agreement, and protections for immigrant and LGBTQ+ students and educators. TEMECULA VALLEY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION Utilizing their site-based structures, 86% of T VEA members signed the Prop. 55 extension petition. Building on this momentum, T VEA formed a special education organizing team that launched a campaign to address long-standing safety and program issues. The campaign brought members and parents together to apply direct pressure on school board members and SPED program directors. T VEA's growing union power was visible at school board meetings, where attendance dramatically increased. T VEA then turned this engagement toward the ballot box and door-knocked 3,000 homes to elect pro-union, pro-public education candidates. TVEA members canvass and door-knock in support of pro-union, pro- education candidates. EINSTEIN CHARTER EDUCATORS COLLECTIVE For EEC members at Albert Einstein Academies, 2025–26 was a year of solidarity and progress, anchored by two big victories. Members defeated a decertification campaign with an overwhelming 85% vote of support. Building on that momentum, EEC secured its first contract following 18 months of relentless organizing, mobilizing and advocacy. This first contract delivers meaningful progress for both educators and students, featuring an average 8% salary increase, Just Cause protection with binding arbitration, a two-year probationary period, and shared decision-making. 17 S U M M E R 2 0 26