Merrimack Valley Educators United - MVEU

Please help end MCAS. It is more possible now than it ever has been. Legislators need to hear from us.

I sent this today, yours can be literally three words: End MCAS now.

Email your legislators in support of the Thrive Act! Urge your state representative and senator to prioritize the passage of the Thrive Act this legislative session.

We have a contract!

https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/01/26/newton-teacher-strike-fines-reduced

Judge reduces fines on Newton’s striking teachers Newton’s is the longest educator strike thus far in a statewide wave that began in Malden and Haverhill in the fall of 2022. The sense of delay has bred acrimony on both sides of the contract dispute. But a judge is pushing for a resolution this weekend.

https://twitter.com/flyingwithsara/status/1749883340847489163?s=46&t=Dt5mMsaSVtoJyp9crJWvDw

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/end-this-crisis-settle-a-fair-contract-with-newton-educators-now?source=direct_link&

Teachers vote to strike in one of Massachusetts' largest cities "Ninety-eight percent of our membership tonight voted yes to begin a strike tomorrow morning," the union president said.

https://labornotes.org/2024/01/massachusetts-teachers-illegal-strike-wave-rolls

Massachusetts Teachers Illegal Strike Wave Rolls On | Labor Notes Andover educators struck illegally in November and made big gains. The Massachusetts Teachers Association is pushing to make such strikes legal. Photo: Andover Education Association.

‘The Holdovers’ Star Paul Giamatti Makes Sure To Give All The Teachers Their Proper Due In Speech After Winning Best Actor In Comedy Or Musical At Golden Globes After winning best actor in a musical or comedy at Sunday Night’s Golden Globes, Paul Giamatti wanted to make sure that the profession that he portrays in his film The Holdovers was not forgo…

Union-Friendly Gifts for the Pro-Labor Person in Your Life From educational books to rat plushies, here are 10 last-minute and union-friendly gift ideas for the pro-labor person in your life.

Merrimack Valley has your back Lynnfield. You deserve respect!

Go North Shore! ✊

Merrimack Valley Educators Bargaining Council meeting tonight to discuss the amazing settlements for the North Andover Teachers Association and Andover Education Association this month. Raising the standards for the entire region and the entire Massachusetts Teachers Association ✊❤️😁

The question that MUST be asked here is this: why can LIMITLESS sums of money be dispersed when it is a PRIORITY of the Andover School Committee, the Finance Committee, and the Select Board?

How much money has been poured into non-student-facing management positions under the last two school superintendents?

How much has the unfunded liability of Town Manager Andrew Flanagan cost the taxpayers of Andover? How much will he CONTINUE to cost the taxpayers of Andover?

How much taxpayer money was just GIFTED to the law firm of Valerio, Dominello, and Hillman in the last WEEK? How much to the public relations firm of Melwood Global?

How much money has been SQUANDERED due to the horrific decision making and incessant incompetence of school management?

When it comes to students, their families, living wages for instructional assistants, and humane family and parental leave policies for all educators, ALL are deemed irresponsible and hazardous to the public good.

These are the same exact falsehoods we were told for TWENTY-SEVEN negotiation sessions since January, and the residents of Andover all bore witness to how truthful their elected and appointed leaders are when it comes to investing in our schools. Now, they’re trying the same bullying with ALL of the Andover Public Schools community.

This gaslighting needs to stop!

Congrats to both North Andover Teachers Association and Andover Education Association on ratifying their agreements tonight!!!!

Thank you Congresswoman Trahan for standing with striking educators in the Merrimack Valley ❤️❤️✊👍

Thank you to Congresswoman Lori Trahan for supporting our fight for a fair contract!

An update on fines.

Thank you Rep. Erika Uyterhoeven !!

Appreciate our hometown elected leader State Auditor Diana DiZoglio always having our backs! ❤️😁✊

Thank you State Auditor Diana DiZoglio for your continued support! ❤️

Andover Education Association on Strike!!