Bob Peterson (bob.e.peterson@gmail.com), a 5th-grade teacher in the Milwaukee Public Schools, is currently president of the Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association. With Michael Charney, he co-edited Transforming Teacher Unions: Fighting for Better Schools and Social Justice (Rethinking Schools, 1999).
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If Teachers Can’t Make Their Unions More Democratic and Social Justice-Minded, Public Ed Is Doomed
Bob Peterson
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
Freelance contributors are essential to the quality and success of In These Times and independent media, and this agreement is one way to demonstrate their value to our publication and our commitment to transparency.
For more information about the National Writers Union, visit nwu.org.
Read the full agreement, which reaffirms a floor for the rates of our freelance editorial content, as well as our current rates (which are higher) and submissions guidelines below.