Take action to fund higher education contracts

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Fund Our Contracts

Email Your Legislators and Demand Action

Higher ed members’ contracts continue to be held up by a state Legislature unwilling to do the regular work for funding the agreed-upon contract with 60,000 public workers. If your state representative or senator has not signed this letter demanding that the House and Senate leaders pass the budget, will you please write to them and remind them that this is the simplest of expressions to support labor

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Use these sample posts and graphics to call on the Senate President, House Speaker and Senate and House Ways and Means Committee chairs to immediately pass a supplemental budget with funding for already negotiated and ratified contracts for 60,000 state employees, including 15,000 MTA higher ed members.

Key Legislators on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram

Senate President Karen Spilka
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Facebook: @SenatorKarenSpilka
Instagram: @senspilka

House Speaker Ron Mariano
Twitter: @RonMariano
Facebook: @SpeakerRonMariano

Senate Ways and Means Chair Michael J. Rodrigues
Twitter: @SenRodrigues
Facebook: @SenRodrigues

House Ways and Means Chair Aaron Michlewitz
Twitter: @RepMichlewitz
Facebook: @RepMichlewitz
Instagram: @repmichlewitz

Hashtags: #mapoli #DoYourJob

Social Media Posts

I stand with my union siblings in calling on the Legislature to validate our contracts. Tens of thousands of our families can’t wait any longer. #mapoli @massteacher @SenatorKarenSpilka @RonMariano @RepMichlewitz @SenRodrigues
Public sector workers deserve respect, dignity and the wages they are owed! @SenatorKarenSpilka @RonMariano @RepMichlewitz @SenRodrigues authorize the contracts of tens of thousands of state workers! #mapoli
Post a photo of your Thanksgiving day celebration with this text, Our family is counting on you to come through—Fund Our Contracts! @SenatorKarenSpilka @RonMariano @RepMichlewitz @SenRodrigues

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