ALL IN: Building Union Power
United, We All Benefit
Unions are needed to stand up to the wealthy special interests whose policies undermine public education and the common good.
Unions are needed to stand up to the wealthy special interests whose policies undermine public education and the common good.
Guess who wants you to drop your union membership?
MTA members are speaking out for the schools and colleges our communities deserve.
Get the facts and the tools you need to organize, unionize and build power to support the public good.
We are more powerful advocates for ourselves, our students and our communities when we work together through our unions. Through the MTA’s All In initiative, we are building our power with intentional one-to-one member conversations at the local and chapter levels.
We’ve always known that face-to-face conversations are the best way to engage members. There is a renewed urgency since Janus v. AFSCME, an anti-union case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 27, 2018. That case had nothing to do with what is good for students and everything to do with billionaires wanting to weaken our power.
The corporate interests behind the Janus case may think they won big with the court's ruling, but history teaches us that working people will not be denied and will continue to organize, unionize and build power to support the public good.
All In is a way of thinking and acting, rather than a campaign with a specific end date. The forces arrayed against unions have no plan to stop attacking the rights of working people, and we do not intend to stop fighting for our rights. We need our members to share their ideas and values and experience the power of collective action. We need members to be All In.
Take photos of yourself, either individually or in groups, holding handmade signs with the word "union" — or a similar message of your choosing. — and share them widely.
Across the Commonwealth, MTA members are using their collective voices to speak out for the schools and colleges our communities deserve. Check out our Educators in Action page and share your latest #All_In pictures with us so we don't miss a thing.
Workers took to the streets in cities across Massachusetts — and thousands more wore pro-union stickers at their worksites — to show solidarity as the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Janus v. AFSCME, a case backed by wealthy special interests intent on weakening the power of public employee unions.
massteacher.org, June 29, 2018
massteacher.org, June 27, 2018
The Boston Globe, April 13, 2018
SCOTUSblog, December 22, 2017
MTA Today, Fall 2017
MTA Today, Spring 2017
In These Times, January 4, 2017
Slate, October 9, 2017
massteacher.org, September 28, 2017
MTA Today, Summer 2017
NEA Today, September 28, 2017