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New Haven teachers press board for contract protections and clearer health-insurance data
Summary
Union leaders and teachers urged the New Haven Board of Education to codify protections for LGBTQ+ and immigrant students, reduce class sizes, and address health-insurance affordability after delays in the city providing comparative insurance numbers; speakers warned staffing shortages hinge on negotiation outcomes.
Teachers and union leaders at the New Haven Board of Education’s public-comment period on Nov. 5 urged the board to move quickly in contract talks, pressing for protections and clearer information about health-insurance options.
Leslie Plateau, president of the New Haven Federation of Teachers and a member of the union’s negotiating team, said NHFT came to the table with several “no-cost” proposals to protect academic freedom, LGBTQ+ staff and immigrant students. She told the board the district’s lawyer advised against accepting some proposals, saying they would ‘‘make us an immediate target of the…
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