Union leader calls MSCS teacher contracts ‘enslavement’

By , Daily Memphian Updated: September 19, 2022 8:18 PM CT | Published: September 19, 2022 3:24 PM CT
<strong>Keith Williams, right, executive director of the Memphis-Shelby County Education Association and new Board of Education member, alleges the board issued invalid contracts to teachers.</strong>&nbsp;<strong>Williams is shown July 16 with Timothy Green Jr. at a &ldquo;Power to the Polls&rdquo; panel discussion at Riverside Missionary Baptist Church.</strong> (Ziggy Mack/Special to the Daily Memphian)

Keith Williams, right, executive director of the Memphis-Shelby County Education Association and new Board of Education member, alleges the board issued invalid contracts to teachers. Williams is shown July 16 with Timothy Green Jr. at a “Power to the Polls” panel discussion at Riverside Missionary Baptist Church. (Ziggy Mack/Special to the Daily Memphian)

In a lawsuit filed last month, the Memphis-Shelby County Education Association said teachers were asked, even “threatened,” to sign contracts without job descriptions or salary amounts.

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Aarron Fleming

Aarron Fleming

Aarron Fleming covers Memphis and Shelby County’s court system and is a member of The Daily Memphian’s public safety reporting team. He formerly covered education and earned his B.A. in journalism from the University of Memphis.


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