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May 24, 2022 Now that the Legislative Session has ended, DTU is beginning the Teacher Collective Bargaining process for 2022-2023 salaries. Bargaining for salaries will be complicated this year as the Legislature currently has created about 20 policies and laws that school districts must follow when bargaining teacher salaries with the union. Remember, the State […]

Duval Teachers United has been servicing its members for 40+ years. DTU Units include Teachers, Paraprofessionals and United Office Personnel of Duval (UOPD). DTU continues to grow. In the past three years, we have added new groups of DCSB personnel who petitioned PERC (Public Employees Relations Commission) to be represented by DTU. The newest Teacher

ATTENTION ALL DTU MEMBERS March 28, 2022 The Duval County School Board on March 1, 2022, passed a resolution to ask voters on August 23, 2022,  to approve a 1-mill increase in property taxes, mostly to give teachers and staff competitive pay increases and to improve arts and athletics programs for students.  The resolution has

We’re in this Together! Legislative Need to Know March 21, 2022 Before and throughout the Legislative Session, DTU and FEA spent enormous time and energy fighting Legislation that negatively impacted education and the union. One such piece of Legislation was HB 1197, which was aimed at taking away the freedoms of our members to use

2022 Legislative Session Week 9                                                                                                        March 13, 2022 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What a week! It is incredible what our members are capable of. With just a few days’ notice, more than 100 members joined us in Tallahassee to fight HB 1197, the anti-freedom bill. We are so grateful for them and our members who sent emails

March 11, 2022 Spring Break is almost here, and we want you to enjoy the time to relax and rejuvenate.  During this time, please make sure you still remember as an education professional you are held to a higher standard.  Please remember that you should not be using social media to communicate with students, and

Contact Your State Senator! March 6, 2022 As we draw close to reaching the end of the Legislative session, bills that have not been discussed before this point, have a tendency to just pop up. HB 1197 is such a bill. It has unexpectedly been taken up in the final hours of the session. This

2022 Legislative Session Week 8                                                                                                          March 4, 2022 This week the House and Senate started their budget conference process, which quickly came to a close. The budgets have now been bumped up to the Appropriations chairs, Senator Kelli Stargel (R-Lakeland), and Representative Jay Trumbull (R-Panama City). For the session to end on time, the

2022 Legislative Session Week 7                                                                                                          February 25, 2022 We are nearing the finish line of the 2022 legislative session! Things will undoubtedly start to heat up with only two weeks left to go. A few important dates to mark on your session calendar: Starting Saturday, Feb. 24, due to the 45th Day Rule, the

2022 Legislative Session Week 6                                                                                                      February 18, 2022 We have officially moved into the second half of the legislative session, and this week was a LONG one. The full House met for two marathon discussions of their preliminary budget, and the Senate followed suit. As we near the end of the legislative session, committees will