Nova Scotia Teachers Union - Media Advisory

HALIFAX, March 5 /CNW/ - Alexis Allen has been re-elected NSTU president by acclamation for the 2010 - 2012 term.

"I'm looking forward to continuing to serve public school teachers and community college members in Nova Scotia," says Allen.

Her new two-year term will commence August 1, 2010 and run to July 31, 2012.

She was elected as the 42nd president to her first term June 2008 becoming the fourth president of the 10,900-member organization to be elected by universal suffrage. A career teacher in Halifax County for 30 years, she holds BA, BEd and MEd degrees from St. Mary's University.

Donnie MacIntyre was the last NSTU president to be acclaimed to a second two-year term of office in 1998.

For further information: Angela Murray, NSTU PR Coordinator, [phone] (cell), [phone] (office), [email protected]