Evergreen Schools Classified Staff Go on Strike for First Time in Union’s History

Evergreen school employees strike as districts across the Northwest start heading back to class

Hundreds of union staff from Evergreen Public Schools rallied at three campuses around Vancouver on Tuesday. The strike is a first for the district’s classified school staff and it marks stalled contract negotiations between the union and administrators that have been going on since March. The Evergreen Chapter of the Public School Employees of Washington SEIU Local 1948 represents around 1,400 classified staff across the district’s 38 elementar…

Evergreen schools classified staff go on strike for first time in union’s history

Evergreen Public Schools’ classified staff went on strike this morning for the first time in the union’s 57 years.

Evergreen Public Schools union workers hold pre-strike rally, district delays first day of school

The first day of school for Evergreen Public Schools in Vancouver is delayed until next week because of a strike. On Monday, union members held a pre-strike rally at the district office.

'Living in squalor': Evergreen support staff on strike

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KOIN) – As most students head back to class, educators with Evergreen Public Schools (EPS) are trading in their pencils for the picket line as workers are poised to strike Tuesday. Hundreds of teachers, staff, and parents held a rally outside EPS District headquarters in Vancouver Monday ahead of what would have been the start of the 2025-26 school year. However, on Friday Aug. 22 EPS administrators voted to push back the start…

Union strike delays Evergreen Public Schools opening by one week

Evergreen Public Schools’ start to the school year will be delayed one week after the Public School Employees of Washington SEIU Local 1948 voted to strike.

Evergreen strike | Brother Kilmar detained | Ntl Nordic Museum workers

Monday, August 25, 2025   STRIKES ► From KOIN — Evergreen Public Schools delay first day of school amid ongoing union negotiations — “Evergreen Public Schools may have pushed the first day of school to September 2nd, but make no mistake — it’s the strike that delayed the start, not the calendar. We are officially […] The post Evergreen strike | Brother Kilmar detained | Ntl Nordic Museum workers appeared first on The STAND.