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UTNO Nominations and Elections Proceedures

Elections for seats on the Executive Council of United Teachers of New Orleans will take place in April 2025.  During the March 19, 2025 General Membership meeting, nominations for the Executive Council elections will be accepted.

Details on the nomination process are here.  

The Nomination Petition can be downloaded here.

“No member shall be eligible to hold office who has not been a regular member in continuous good standing for at least one (1) year immediately preceding the final date for nominations.” (March 19, 2025). Good standing is defined as being current in dues payments. (UTNO Const

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We Stand with Our Immigrant Students and Their Families

A wave of panic is spreading through immigrant communities, especially in families with children in our schools.

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Let's Put the Public Back into Public Education

In case you aren’t engaged with what’s been happening in New Orleans public education for the past 19 years, all but two of our public schools are now privatized, which means their operations are contracted (or “chartered”) to private, nonprofit organizations. These 72 schools are run by 37 private operators – some subsidiaries of national charter school groups, some homegrown. Each charter operator has a board of directors, but these boards are not publicly elected.

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New Louisiana Education Laws for 2024-2025

Gov. Landry's term started with multiple legislative sessions and more than a thousand bills filed between them. Though the volume was overwhelming, we were able to fight off some horrible bills—this year.

As an educator, it's important to keep yourself informed about our new laws, especially those related to education, Here's a rundown of many of this year's education-related laws, with links to more information about each, should you want to take a deeper dive into the language.

LFNO Educators Win Union Election

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Today, educators at Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans won their union election 52-12. The election was conducted by the National Labor Relations Board at two of the three campuses for LFNO. The educators, collectively known as Union des Educateurs du LFNO (UELFNO), voted to join the United Teachers of New Orleans (UTNO).

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Bricolage Academy Educators United Ratify their first contract

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The contract marks major improvements in pay, retention of important parental leave policies, clear methods for collaboration to problem solve and constantly improve education in the school


Bricolage Academy Educators United, a chapter of the United Teachers of New Orleans, ratified their first collective bargaining agreement April 12, 2024. The Contract was ratified by the Bricolage Board on April 8th, 2024.


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