IEANEA

About this original series

IEA is an association of more than 133,000 members composed of Illinois elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty and staff, educational support professionals, retired educators and college students preparing to become teachers.

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    How To

  • # Episodes

    266 episodes

  • Rating

    TV-G

Episodes of IEANEA

    • Play Greg LeRoy addresses delegates at the 2012 IEA Representative Assembly - IEANEA on Blip IEANEA episodes on Blip

      Greg LeRoy addresses delegates at the 2012 IEA R...

      Dubbed “the leading national watchdog of state and local economic development subsidies” and “God's witness to corporate welfare,” Greg founded Good Jobs First in 1998 upon winning the Public Interest Pioneer Award. He has been writing, training, and consulting for state and local governments, associations of public officials, labor-management committees, unions, community groups, tax and budget watchdogs, environmentalists, and smart growth advocates more than 25 years.

      • Release date
        Mar 22, 2012
      • Runtime
        14:45
    • Play Dennis Friel addresses delegates at the 2012 IEA Representative Assembly - IEANEA on Blip IEANEA episodes on Blip

      Dennis Friel addresses delegates at the 2012 IEA...

      NEA Midwest Regional Director

      • Release date
        Mar 22, 2012
      • Runtime
        06:13
    • Play Voices of WEAC - IEANEA on Blip IEANEA episodes on Blip

      Voices of WEAC

      In 2011, the lives of Wisconsin teachers changed overnight. Wisconsin is not alone. Attacks on collective bargaining rights have taken place in Indiana and Ohio, too, as have attacks on tenure, retirement and other important issues. In Wisconsin, contracts were replaced with highly restrictive policy handbooks. You can make sure it doesn’t happen here by being politically active, building community relations and developing a plan. We can learn from Wisconsin.

      • Release date
        Mar 19, 2012
      • Runtime
        03:32
    • Play We are IEA - IEANEA on Blip IEANEA episodes on Blip

      We are IEA

      IEA members do it for the students. Students drive us to do our best. We’ve passed meaningful reform and successfully fought off a variety of attacks, including several on our pensions. We are leaders. We are at the forefront and we need to keep up this good work. We are agents of change and are improving the lives of our students and our members.

      • Release date
        Mar 19, 2012
      • Runtime
        03:03
    • Play Living Wage: How is Illinois Stacking Up? - IEANEA on Blip IEANEA episodes on Blip

      Living Wage: How is Illinois Stacking Up?

      Educational Support Professionals testify in support of a living wage for all workers at the 2012 IEA Representative Assembly in Chicago. Many support professionals endure day-to-day hardships due to low wages, poor working conditions and long hours. The testimony took place at the Living Wage Task Force Open Hearing on Thursday, March 15, 2012.

      • Release date
        Mar 19, 2012
      • Runtime
        08:04
    • Play President's message on pensions, insurance funding cuts 3-2-12 - IEANEA on Blip IEANEA episodes on Blip

      President's message on pensions, insurance fundi...

      IEA President Cinda Klickna updates members on the pension negotiations underway between the Illinois Labor Coalition and Gov. Quinn's Pension Workgroup. President Klickna reports that the labor group is proposing that any changes in pension policy include language that will prioritize pension funding by the state, to ensure there will be no future "pension holidays." The state's failure to pay its share of the pension cost caused the pension crisis -- On the move by the state to stop contribu...

      • Release date
        Mar 2, 2012
      • Runtime
        01:43
    • Play Problem: Statehouse construction. Solution: Back Home Lobbying - IEANEA on Blip IEANEA episodes on Blip

      Problem: Statehouse construction. Solution: Back...

      IEA Director of Government Relations Jim Reed shows one of the reasons that in-district lobbying is the best option for IEA members in 2012.

      • Release date
        Feb 12, 2012
      • Runtime
        02:12
    • Play IEA Capitol Report for February 3, 2012 - IEANEA on Blip IEANEA episodes on Blip

      IEA Capitol Report for February 3, 2012

      IEA's Director of Government Relations reports on the first 2012 meeting of the Illinois General Assembly. Jim Reed is urging IEA members to lobby lawmakers in their home districts via the IEA's Back Home Lobby Days. The key dates lawmakers should be available in their home districts include: February 13-17, March 12-16, April 2-6 and 9-13. More information is available on the IEA website: www.ieanea.org.

      • Release date
        Feb 3, 2012
      • Runtime
        02:31
    • Play An organization that reflects Illinois - IEANEA on Blip IEANEA episodes on Blip

      An organization that reflects Illinois

      IEA and NEA are committed to achieving ethnic-minority delegate representation at the NEA Representative Assembly (NEA RA) that is at least equal to the proportion of identified ethnic-minority populations within the state.

      • Release date
        Dec 20, 2011
      • Runtime
        01:55
    • Play Josh Stumpenhorst, 2012 Teacher of the Year - IEANEA on Blip IEANEA episodes on Blip

      Josh Stumpenhorst, 2012 Teacher of the Year

      Josh Stumpenhorst is recognized by students and colleagues for his innovation inside and outside the classroom. And, now he's been recognized by the state, as well, as the Illinois State Board of Education has announced he's the 2012 Teacher of the Year.

      • Release date
        Dec 16, 2011
      • Runtime
        05:27
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