Principles for Reopening
The MTA has issued its principles for school reopening: Reopening and Reimagining Our Public Schools: Directives for the State and Guidelines for Educators and Their Unions.
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Member activism ‘is really paying off’
As the new school year approaches, members across the state continue to conduct actions to make their voices heard concerning imperative health and safety issues.
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Coronavirus Information
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Stand Up! Fight Back!
At the State House, educators held six-foot lengths of paper chain to signify the distancing that would be needed for a safe return to school.
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"We are 100 percent behind any of our locals that choose to reject this recommendation." – MTA President Merrie Najimy on DESE guidance directing educators to teach from school buildings #OnlyWhenItsSafe #maedu twitter.com/massteacher
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“When we amp up to something like this, where you suddenly throw a million students in Massachusetts back into this crazy experiment, of course I'm worried for my family and my community." — Hopkinton elementary school teacher David Bernstein facebook.com/massteacher
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Union members from community colleges, state universities & UMass joined together at Bristol Community College to demand funding to #StopTheCuts instagram.com/massteacher
News & Events
MTA applauds UMass unions' efforts to save jobs
Unions representing thousands of UMass Amherst workers successfully negotiated job-saving measures and the formation of joint labor-management committees to study alternatives to layoffs.
read moreVoters favor raising taxes on wealthy to aid recovery
Mass. voters are strongly in favor of increasing taxes on corporate profits and wealthy shareholders to make much-needed investments in our economic recovery.
read moreA Message from ALANA Educators
MTA ALANA Educators are deeply committed to fighting for racial, social and economic justice and to making our schools and our society places where Black Lives Matter.
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