MTA Today: Progress on Many Fronts
MTA Today: Progress on Many Fronts
Even as a turbulent year for students and educators heads toward the finish line, MTA members have kept up their activism, demanding that educators receive COVID-19 vaccines on a reasonable timetable, speaking out at DESE headquarters about the need to reopen schools safely, calling for an end to layoffs and an austerity mindset among public higher education executives, and urging the cancellation of MCAS tests. In this edition you’ll also find the last installment of our five-part series on the history of the MTA, coverage of the virtual 2021 Education Support Professionals Conference, and a section about the upcoming 2021 MTA Annual Meeting of Delegates.
In this issue:
- Human and Civil Rights Awards celebration is set for June 18
- Reflections on the MTA’s 175 years of activism: Part 5
- Editorial: Reason for optimism — and time to take stock
- Virtual conference celebrates Education Support Professionals
- The time is now to reverse public higher education cuts
- Educators focus on supporting students as in-person learning expands
- Fight against MCAS testing gains traction across Massachusetts
- MTA Benefits: Affordable estate planning with Gentreo
- Disability enrollment ends May 7
- MTA to hold virtual Annual Meeting of Delegates
- Contests set for Board and Retired Members Committee seats
- Biographical statements of candidates for Board of Directors
- Amendments to bylaws are proposed
- Seven candidates seek seats on Retired Members Committee
- Amendments to standing rules are proposed
- Delegates to consider amendments to resolutions
- Obituaries
- Regional retirement consultations available
- Classifieds
- Coordinated action helps build union power