📣 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...

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.”

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.

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/...

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-...

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.

We were in the news today @massteacher.bsky.social - Springfield educators and MGM staff rally for better wages and union rights www.wwlp.com/news/lo...

The School Committee last week formally approved a three-year contract with the United Educators of Pittsfield after more than a year of negotiations. www.iberkshires.com/story/78936/...

2) I got replies to my messages to the local superintendent and school committee about the Trump administration's anti-DEI actions. They thanked me for advocating, and the school committee voted NOT to sign the anti-DEI pledge. ✌️ #DEI 🧵4

"Pedro Martinez will arrive with lots of baggage from his previous positions." MTA leadership responds to selection of the next commissioner of the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. massteacher.org/news/2025/04...

New journal alert! My union @massteacher.bsky.social just established "Revolutionizing Education," a journal of education policy and practice that challenges entrenched inequities and amplifies voices often marginalized in mainstream discourse. 🔥 Consider submitting! www.rev-ed.org

Join AFT Massachusetts, @fedworkersunited.bsky.social, @massteacher.bsky.social, @seiu509.bsky.social, and more labor allies for tomorrow’s #KillTheCuts Boston rally in defense of our higher ed members! RSVP & more info here: airtable.com/appO4W5f48C2...

I'm joining @seiu.org to make clear that Donald Trump’s efforts to silence dissent and spread fear won’t stop our collective power. He must free Rumeysa, and we will not be silent as this administration fights to take our rights and our freedom. #4the1st

📢 Senator Warren is right: dismantling the Department of Education is an attack on students, educators, and the future of public schools. We’re proud to stand with her to Save Our Schools and defend every child’s right to a high-quality public education.

This Saturday, April 5th, America’s union members are coming together to at events across the country to send President Trump, Elon Musk, and their billionaire friends a message: #HandsOff our unions and our contracts! ✊ Find an event near you: www.mobilize.us/handsoff

Come for the protest and stay for the #DropkickMurphys! Protest rally begins Saturday at 11am. #HandsOffAmerica #HandsOffMassachusetts #HandsOffBoston

We can't let billionaires take a wrecking ball to public ed! Join MTA at Hands Off! actions on 4/5 Boston: 10:30 & 10:45 a.m., MTA, 20 Ashburton Pl. Pittsfield: 12:45 p.m., Otto's Kitchen Worcester: 11:45 a.m. outside the public library Or find an event near you: mobilize.us/handsoff.

@warren.senate.gov is holding a town hall at UMass Lowell on Tuesday evening 3/18. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/lowell-tow....

Mass. AG Campbell sues Trump, Sec. Linda McMahon over dismantling Dept. of Education

Join us for an urgent town hall to discuss the Trump administration's dismantling of the Dept. of Education and attacks on public schools. 👉 RSVP at buff.ly/Ijk5QF9. All are welcome to join, but space is limited.

MTA Pres. Max Page & VP Deb McCarthy say the Trump administration's mass firing of Dept. of ED staff is part of an "ongoing, lawless and cruel attack on students, families and communities." Read the full statement: massteacher.org/news/2025/03/dismantlingdoe.

When we fight for public schools, we are fighting for our children.

Thank you, @massago.bsky.social.

Photo drop thread! We held standouts at each school as part of a national day of action to stand up for public education. GMS is up first #ProtectOurKids #1u

A woman's place is in her union. Happy International Women’s Day! 👩🏻‍⚖️🧗🏿‍♀️🙋‍♀️