PITTSBURGH - Educators at Environmental Charter School here have in December for union representation in an official ballot conducted by the National Labor Relations Board.

A clear majority of ECS teachers and other professionals elected to unionize after signing a petition last month stating their desire to join the American Federation of Teachers. Voter turnout was 100 percent.

ECS teachers, nurses, counselors, social workers, academic coaches and educational assistants will now move to collectively bargain a first contract with their administration that bolsters voice in decision making and

Please see the following press release by Attorney General Josh Shapiro relative to the recent Janus Supreme Court decision:

Attorney General Shapiro Clarifies the Rights and Responsibilities of Public Sector Employees and Employers Following the Supreme Court’s Janus Decision

U.S. Supreme Court Recently Overturned Precedent Sparking Questions from Employees and Employers in PA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — August 6, 2018 
CONTACT: Joe Grace: 717-574-9095, jgrace@attorneygeneral.gov

HARRISBURG — Responding to numerous questions from public sector employees and employers, Attorney General Josh Shapiro

<p>The concern over parking for employees of the Department of Education has been bothersome, however, no formal communications between the union and PDE has ever occurred. On March 3, 2017 the first meeting took place between John Kashatus and Director of HR Diana Hershey to discuss parking concerns at the Department of Education. The union sited Chapter 71 Commonwealth Parking Facilities particularly section 71.4 (1) and (3). The efforts of the union were unsuccessful and it appeared that PDE would continue to implement parking on a quasi-seniority basis.Fast forward to March 10, 2018 where</p>