Arizona Education Association Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. _______ wage; Arizona’s is currently $14.70
  2. 5. Lower chamber of the state or federal legislature
  3. 7. Cesar _______; folk hero who organized a union of farm workers
  4. 8. _____ Perkins; labor secretary under FDR and first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet
  5. 12. Home to the largest school district in Arizona by student population
  6. 14. Upper chamber of the state or federal legislature
  7. 15. ____ 123; 2016 Arizona ballot measure that increased land trust distributions to fund public education
  8. 20. Spanish term for “safety” or “security”
  9. 21. Federal agency responsible for protecting health and safety at work (acronym)
  10. 23. Rallying cry; “One job should be ______!”
  11. 26. Federal program with student-loan forgiveness for public service workers (acronym)
  12. 27. Short online course you can complete on your own time and at your own pace. Offered for free as part of your union membership
  13. 30. Spanish term for “strike”
  14. 31. Organized effort to withhold labor to change working conditions
  15. 32. Federal program that helps low-income families purchase food (acronym)
  16. 33. Federal funding for schools that serve many low-income students
Down
  1. 1. ____ insurance; member benefit offered at no cost to AEA/NEA members
  2. 3. Law protecting the rights of students with disabilities to a free and appropriate public education (acronym)
  3. 4. “Get Out The Vote” (Acronym)
  4. 6. The largest high school on the Navajo Nation
  5. 9. Classified school employee (acronym)
  6. 10. AEA’s professional development program
  7. 11. Our national union (Acronym)
  8. 13. 2023 was the first year that all members of AEA's leadership team were this
  9. 16. A. Philip _____; landmark Black union organizer who led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
  10. 17. Court order that prohibits a party from taking an action
  11. 18. Arizona Department of Education (Acronym)
  12. 19. The city with the oldest free public school district in Arizona
  13. 20. Sense of unity between people with a common cause
  14. 22. ______ educators; NEA term for future educators/ those preparing for an education career.
  15. 24. Funding measures that allow school districts to borrow from investors
  16. 25. Percent of Arizona children who attend public school
  17. 28. 2018 movement; 75,000 educators mobilized for public schools
  18. 29. Federal agency responsible for protecting the rights of workers to form a union (acronym)