Honored to speak with the Massachusetts Teachers Association this afternoon. Educators are lifelines for our communities, and we must ensure that they receive fair, quality working conditions. Thank you, @massteacher.bsky.social. .
Massachusetts Teachers Association
@massteacher.bsky.social
The MTA represents 117,000 teachers, faculty, professional staff and Education Support Professionals.
A new survey shows that educators continue to overwhelmingly oppose standardized exams as a graduation requirement with half ranking them as their last choice for grad standards. Read: https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/09/08/massachusetts-teachers-umass-survey-graduation-requirement-morale-challenges.
Make sure you’re ready to vote! The deadline to register to vote in Massachusetts is Saturday, August 22. Not registered yet? You can register online in just a few minutes. 🗳️ Find links to register online, find your polling place and vote early at massteacher.org/your-voice-your-vote#key.
Educators are demanding that ICE stay away from schools! My union, the Massachusetts Teachers Association, and others in solidarity with Minnesota teachers, asks educators to wear blue, gather w/ colleagues, use social media, sign the petition, and attend the rally on 1/23/26. More info below...
📣 SPEAK OUT! Share how the current fiscal crisis is impacting your students and your school at a virtual session from 4-7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 18, as part of a study of the state's school funding formula. Sign up & learn more: mobilize.us/massteacher/event/858766.
⭐ 🎉 It's American Education Week! Join us in celebrating our public schools and our incredible educators who work every day for our students, our schools and our communities. #AEW2025 Learn more about the history of American Education Week at nea.org/aew.
Great testimony today at the State House in support of the Thrive Act and community schools from @jessjtang.bsky.social from @aftmass.bsky.social and Max Page and Deb McCarthy of @massteacher.bsky.social. #mapoli
📚📖Banned Books Week, which begins today, is a great opportunity to celebrate the freedom to read. What's your favorite banned book?
🍃 🩷 💙 💛 Happy World Teachers’ Day! Thank you, MTA educators, for all you do for our students!
MTA leadership is calling on school districts, public colleges and universities to partner with unions to defend educators from bullying and harassment. Read: massteacher.org/defendeducators.
🎉 ✊ 🥁 Get ready, MTA! We are celebrating our wins, claiming our power & championing workers over billionaires at Boston's first-ever Labor Day parade on Monday, 9/1. 🚶♂️👟 Meet up at the memorial across from the State House) beginning at 8:30 a.m. RSVP: massteacher.org/laborday.
🎺🚶🏽♂️ 🥁🚶♀🎷 March with the MTA! On Monday, Sept. 1, the MTA is teaming up with unions from across Massachusetts to march in Boston's first-ever Labor Day parade. Join the call to reclaim Labor Day, a day to celebrate our collective power! Link is in the bio or sign up at massteacher.org/laborday.
🚨As educators, we teach our students to stand up for truth, fairness, and democracy. On the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, we’ll stand alongside Texas Senate Democrats in solidarity against partisan gerrymandering. 🗓 Wed. Aug. 6 at 10:30 AM 📍 Outside the steps of the State House
The MTA Board of Directors is unanimous in its support for striking @aramark.bsky.social workers at @fenwaypark.bsky.social. massteacher.org/news/2025/07...
We stand with 🎳 striking Aramark concession workers at Fenway Park. The workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 26, are asking supporters to continue attending Red Sox games but to refrain from buying any food or drinks inside the park. #livingwagenow #solidarity www.boston.com/news/local-n...
Fenway concession workers begin strike over wages
Concession workers walked off the job at noon Friday, striking for the 3-day Fenway-Dodgers series.
boston.com
We urge Republic Services to settle a fair contract so that these essential workers can return to the work they provide in service to our communities. #solidarity
“This university is carried on the backs of union workers,” said Camila Hwang-Carlos, a University Staff Association member at UMass Amherst, into a bullhorn. “We want dignity and respect, like any other co-workers.”
University Staff Association employees demand fair contracts from UMass
For almost a year, the University Staff Association has been in negotiations with the university’s administration to ensure staff contracts are adjusted to meet the cost-of-living, which is only incre...
masslive.com
In this moment, @massteacher.bsky.social says it all: Our students are more than an immigration status—they are teammates going to practice, artists creating beauty, scholars striving for excellence, engineers building the future. When even one student is targeted, the whole community feels it.
‘Stop kidnapping now': Protest in Milford after high school student detained by ICE agents
A wave of devastation and anger has swept through Milford, Massachusetts, after an 18-year-old high school junior, identified by family as Marcelo, was taken into custody by ICE agents on Saturday.
nbcboston.com
Americans favor labor unions over big business now more than ever, analysis of new data @epi.org from me & Adam Reich of Columbia Labor Lab. In data back 60 years, Americans' sentiments are both warmer toward unions & cooler towards big business than ever before. www.epi.org/blog/america...
Here's the sign up for the @massteacher.bsky.social event, “Graduation Council Public Hearing - Holyoke” - sign up to join! www.mobilize.us/massteacher/...
Graduation Council Public Hearing - Holyoke · Massachusetts Teachers Association
The MA Graduation Commission needs to hear from educators, parents, students, and community members. The commission is seeking input to the below questions. 1) What do we want students to know and be...
mobilize.us
Good piece by @massteacher.bsky.social prez on how Mass should deal with draconian cuts we should fight but also anticipate from Trump. The Commonwealth has the money to protect the common wealth commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/the-...
The Commonwealth has the money to protect the common wealth
While Gov. Healey is right that Massachusetts can't make up the $16 billion in federal funds the state receives annually from the federal government, we have to be prepared to protect our people from ...
commonwealthbeacon.org
This World ESP Day, we’re celebrating the everyday heroes –our Education Support Professionals – who are the backbone of our schools, keeping students safe, healthy and ready to learn. Learn more about the MTA ESP Bill of Rights: massteacher.org/espbillofrights. Video by @neatoday.bsky.social.
MTA vice president Deb McCarthy: “MA faces a perfect storm of factors that make it difficult to meet budgetary demands.”
MTA president Max Page notes that he hears from members all the time about the impact of the fiscal crisis facing schools: “It’s a crisis within our collective power to solve.”
Keith Michon, Fall River teachers union president, talks about what the Student Opportunity Act has been able to do for schools and how the inflation glitch puts that at risk.
Barry Davis, Haverhill teachers union president, underscores how the lack of inflation adjustment to education funding is harming gateway cities.
Kara Blatt, co-President of the Methuen teachers union, explains how the lack of inflation adjustment in Ch 70 harms the ability to provide a fully staffed, safe learning environment.
Steven McCaughey, Leominster teachers union president, talks about the profound impacts of fixing the way the Chapter 70 education funding formula handles inflation.
