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Classified staff ask Thompson School District to recognize TESPA as exclusive bargaining representative
Summary
Representatives of the Thompson Education Support Professionals Association (TESPA) presented a petition and asked the board to recognize TESPA as the exclusive representative for classified employees, citing turnover, wages and access concerns; they requested visitation, orientation access and data to support organizing and bargaining.
Representatives of the Thompson Education Support Professionals Association (TESPA) asked the Thompson School District Board of Education May 7 to recognize TESPA as the exclusive bargaining representative for classified employees.
Why it matters: TESPA leaders told the board that classified staff — including paraprofessionals, bus drivers, building secretaries, custodians, nutrition workers and other roles — play essential roles in student support and classroom operations. TESPA said turnover among classified staff is high and that wage pressures and…
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