For the first time in half a century, teachers in the nation’s third-largest school district have a chance to choose who will represent them in negotiations with the Miami Dade Public School District.
United Teachers of Dade has had a monopoly on labor representation ever since the Dade County Classroom Teachers Association merged with the local affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers in the mid-1970s.
But that could soon change. Nearly 27,000 educators have a chance to opt for a new alternative: The Miami-Dade Education Coalition, which promises to deliver more effective advocacy at a lower cost.
Teachers got the chance to vote on their choice of union representation after UTD failed to get 60% of eligible educators to sign on as dues-paying members.
Thanks to a 2023 law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, Miami-Dade teachers have a chance to ask: Is our…
