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The Durham Association of Educators (DAE) is a local affiliate of NCAE and NEA.

The Durham Association of Educators (DAE) is a local affiliate of the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) and the National Education Association (NEA), the largest teachers’ union in the country. We are a member-led organization of educators and our allies that is committed to leading the fight to defend and transform public schools so that each and every young person can achieve their full potential and live happy and healthy lives. We believe that educators, in alliance with parents, students, and community allies, have the knowledge, skills, and power to build the schools and communities that ALL Durham residents deserve.

10/09/2026

Mark your calendars for the FIRST Meet & Confer negotiation session of the year‼️ We’ll be bringing Respect Our Time: Protected planning time at the beginning of the academic year (and the rest of the year!) and educator input into distribution of workdays. See y’all on Tuesday at the SDC, 5:45-8!

10/02/2026

Last night, after much debate and discussion at our all-member DAE meeting, we landed the ‘26-‘27 Meet & Confer priorities. The ratification process allowed us to be strategic and prioritize the most deeply-felt and widely-felt issues. However! This slate of priorities will only be as strong as our willingness to fight for them! Mark your calendars for October 13th, when our first public M&C negotiation of the year will take place at the Staff Development Center, from 6-8pm!

09/29/2026

DAE MEMBERS‼️ Show up for Ghosh and the rest of the Meet & Confer team, show up for yourselves‼️ This Thursday, October 1st, we’ll get together at the Jordan High auditorium to ratify the ‘26-‘27 Meet & Confer priorities. See you there!

09/23/2026

Thursday, October 1st from 5:30-7:30pm, in the Jordan HS auditorium, we’re having an all-member DAE meeting to debate and vote on our 26-27 Meet & Confer priorities. It’s really important that we pack the auditorium with members- both to make sure that we pick the right issues to fight for this year AND to show our Meet & Confer team that WE’VE GOT THIER BACKS as a powerful, united force 💪

09/21/2026

Bring your union littles to a Saturday morning storytime! Kids and their parenting adults are invited to a free storytime with reading, songs, and snacks. We’ll read stories aloud in our storytime circle and also provide a space for older kids to bring their own book and read independently. This event is Saturday, Sept 26th from 10-10:30 at 1805 Chapel Hill Rd (People’s Solidarity Hub, the teal building). Looking forward to reading with y’all this weekend!

09/14/2026

DPS workers, if you haven’t yet had a chance to share your top priorities — what YOU’RE willing to fight for — Thursday evening’s Zoom is your chance! From 6-7, come together with with DPS workers across the district to prepare for our second year of Meet & Confer. Register at bit.ly/PrioritiesZoom

09/05/2026

Our union has a strong history of democratically developing priorities to bring to the negotiation table. Over the next two and a half weeks, Building Action Teams (BATs) across the district will be hosting Meet & Confer Year 2 priorities meetings at their worksites. We are also hosting a classified workers’ meeting a week from today, on Saturday, 9/12 from 11am-1pm, in order to hear classified staff’s priorities in particular.

This process enables us to choose the issues that unite the largest number of workers to effect the change we’re fighting for! We hope to see transportation workers, IAs, custodians, OTs, PTs, front office staff, and all other classified workers next Saturday!

Nuestro sindicato tiene una sólida tradición de desarrollar democráticamente las prioridades que llevamos a la mesa de negociación. Durante las próximas dos semanas y media, los Building Action Teams (BATs) de todo el distrito organizarán reuniones sobre las prioridades del segundo año de Reunirse y Consultar en sus lugares de trabajo.

También organizaremos una reunión para trabajadores clasificados dentro de una semana, el sábado 12 de septiembre, de 11 a.m. a 1 p.m., para escuchar específicamente las prioridades del personal clasificado.

Este proceso nos permite elegir los temas que unen al mayor número de trabajadores para lograr el cambio por el que estamos luchando. ¡Esperamos ver a trabajadores de transporte, asistentes de instrucción, custodians, personal de recepción y a todos los demás trabajadores clasificados el próximo sábado!

08/28/2026

From your public school workers union, the Durham Association of Educators, WELCOME BACK ❤️❤️❤️

As we’re starting off the school year, we wanted to share some DAE 101 with y’all. Swipe through these graphics to learn about our wins from last year, what we’re working on this year, and FAQ’s about union dues. Can’t wait to fight for the schools our students (and we) deserve this year - JOIN US (ncae.org/join)!

06/19/2026

We’re one week out from this book talk! Join DAE and our union siblings from around the triangle for a discussion with longtime labor organizer, Ellen David Friedman, on her new book, “Keep Going: A Guide to Organizing When It’s Hard.” DAE is featured as a case study in the book along with a range of inspiring campaigns and critical tools for rebuilding a fighting labor movement. See you there!!

06/12/2026

Two weeks from today, join DAE and our union siblings from around the triangle for a discussion with longtime labor organizer, Ellen David Friedman, on her new book, “Keep Going: A Guide to Organizing When It’s Hard.” DAE is featured as a case study in the book along with a range of inspiring campaigns and critical tools for rebuilding a fighting labor movement. See you there!!

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Durham, NC

Telephone

(919) 210-9256

Website

https://daenc.com/

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