ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) – Dozens of Roanoke City Public Schools employees gathered outside the school system’s headquarters Tuesday to urge school board members to hear their concerns and consider collective bargaining.
The Roanoke Education Association is pushing to form a union and negotiate a collective bargaining agreement with the school board. Among its priorities are duty-free time for employees to eat lunch and plan.
“We’re burnt out, we’re grading, we’re dealing with behaviors, you know, we’re not robots. We’re human beings,” said Marcus Donner, an instructional assistant…