2001-2002 Headlines
July 2002
Burmaster
calls for repeal of QEO law and school district revenue caps [7/18/02]
May 2002
Elkhorn
teachers picket board meeting [5/31/02]
2nd-year
teacher questions her future [5/31/02]
ESP battling
for support, too [5/31/02]
The QEO:
How it affects teachers' salaries and the bargaining process [5/22/02]
Waupaca
teachers overflow school board meeting [5/21/02]
1,200
protest outside Manitowoc School Board meeting [5/15/02]
A
contract worse than the QEO [5/13/02]
State,
not school board, blamed for QEO [5/13/02]
Baumgart sees impact
of revenue caps in New Holstein and Plymouth [5/10/02]
Educators and community must unite
for kids, forum told [5/8/02]
Eau Claire teachers, school board call
for end to QEO, revenue caps [5/7/02]
April 2002
Manitowoc Education Association gains
community support [4/17/02]
Low pay, lack of respect causing some
to leave profession [4/12/02]
Member asks: How can the QEO law be
legal? [4/12/02]
Kohler teachers protest as board authorizes
QEO [4/9/02]
State teacher salaries fall dramatically
[4/8/02]
March 2002
Hundreds of teachers face layoffs [3/28/02]
Teacher makes agonizing decision to
quit volunteer job she loves [3/14/02]
Budget crisis worsens revenue cap woes
[3/11/02]
Kenosha teachers, board reach tentative
contract agreement [3/9/02]
Thorp, Central-Westosha achieve bargaining
standards [3/5/02]
Meyer asks Whitewater board to show
staff respect and dignity [3/5/02]
Staff at Kenosha's Tremper High School call in absent [3/4/02]
Court ruling makes QEO law 'even worse'
[3/1/02]
February 2002
Media and the public are hearing our QEO message,
Johnson and McNett tell conference participants [2/24/02]
People now recognizing the QEO as a
failure, Johnson says [2/21/02]
Kenosha teachers pursue procedure to
authorize a legal strike [2/20/02]
Elmbrook teachers ask for a 'decent
contract offer' [2/14/02]
QEO and revenue controls are 'bringing
school districts to their knees,' Johnson tells Kettle Moraine School
Board [2/13/02]
January 2002
Johnson congratulates negotiators,
members for their resolve [2/6/02]
Southern Door teachers unite at board
meeting [1/31/02]
Mequon-Thiensville teachers pack school
board meeting [1/21/02]
Hundreds rally in support of Neenah
teachers [1/11/02]
2001
Teacher job actions become more common
[12/21/01]
Nekoosa custodian wins job back [12/21/01]
Many districts face salary freeze or
rollbacks if QEO is imposed [12/4/01]
Filling the communications gap [12/4/01]
School bus driver's take-home pay is
$0.00 [11/30/01]
D.C. Everest teachers say 'No way!"
to board's final offer [11/30/01]
Kenosha says: 'The QEO is killing us'
[10/10/01]
Greenwood teachers take on
added duties [10/9/01]
Local negotiators at Fall Conference
unite in rejecting QEO [10/8/01]
Hudson voters approve staff pay-raise
referendum [10/5/01]
'Extraorindary number' of contracts
remain unsettled for 2001-03 [10/4/01]