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The MTA represents 117,000 teachers, faculty, professional staff and Education Support Professionals.

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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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. .
Senator Ed Markey speaks at a Massachusetts Teachers Association Event.Senator Ed Markey with a supporter at a Massachusetts Teachers Association Event.Senator Ed Markey with supporters at a Massachusetts Teachers Association Event.A participant listens at a Massachusetts Teachers Association Event.
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Massachusetts Teachers Association @massteacher.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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: www.wbur.org/news/2026/09/08/massac….
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Massachusetts Teachers Association @massteacher.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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.
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ThereIsNoSpoon @judybenski.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Wearing Blue today. 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 #ICEout #EduSky @massteacher.bsky.social
An injury to one is an injury to all. This Friday, January 23, union members wear BLUE to oppose ICE raids in Minneapolis and to stand with immigrant workers and families.
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Christopher Martell @chrismartell.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
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...
A National Day of Truth, Resistance, & Freedom. Solidarity Rally with the Minnesota Walk Out. Friday January 23rd at 3 pm. South Bay Mall-Dorchester. Meet Near Home Depot.
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Massachusetts Teachers Association @massteacher.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
📣 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.
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Massachusetts Teachers Association @massteacher.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
⭐ 🎉 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.
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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
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
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Massachusetts Teachers Association @massteacher.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
📚📖Banned Books Week, which begins today, is a great opportunity to celebrate the freedom to read. What's your favorite banned book?
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Massachusetts Teachers Association @massteacher.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
🍃 🩷 💙 💛 Happy World Teachers’ Day! Thank you, MTA educators, for all you do for our students!
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Massachusetts Teachers Association @massteacher.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
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.
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Massachusetts Teachers Association @massteacher.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
🎉 ✊ 🥁 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.
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Massachusetts Teachers Association @massteacher.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
🎺🚶🏽‍♂️ 🥁🚶‍♀🎷 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.
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Massachusetts Teachers Association @massteacher.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
🚨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
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Massachusetts Teachers Association @massteacher.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
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...
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Massachusetts Teachers Association @massteacher.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
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...
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Fenway concession workers begin strike over wages
Concession workers walked off the job at noon Friday, striking for the 3-day Fenway-Dodgers series.
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Massachusetts Teachers Association @massteacher.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
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
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Massachusetts Teachers Association @massteacher.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
“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.”
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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...
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Princess Moss @neapresident.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
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.
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‘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.
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 20/05/2025
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...
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ThereIsNoSpoon @judybenski.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Here's the sign up for the @massteacher.bsky.social event, “Graduation Council Public Hearing - Holyoke” - sign up to join! www.mobilize.us/massteacher/...
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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...
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Lois Weiner @drloisweiner.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
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-...
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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 ...
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Massachusetts Teachers Association @massteacher.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
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.
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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
MTA vice president Deb McCarthy: “MA faces a perfect storm of factors that make it difficult to meet budgetary demands.”
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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
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.”
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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
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.
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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Barry Davis, Haverhill teachers union president, underscores how the lack of inflation adjustment to education funding is harming gateway cities.
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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
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.
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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Steven McCaughey, Leominster teachers union president, talks about the profound impacts of fixing the way the Chapter 70 education funding formula handles inflation.
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Apostolos K. @koutropoulos.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
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...
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Massachusetts Teachers Association @massteacher.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
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/...
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Pittsfield School Committee Approves Long-Anticipated Teacher Contract
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The School Committee last week formally approved a three-year contract with the United Educators of Pittsfield after more than a year of negotiations. Under the...
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Barbara Bitgood @bgoodb.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
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
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Massachusetts Teachers Association @massteacher.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
"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...
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MTA statement on appointment of DESE commissioner
Pedro Martinez "will arrive with lots of baggage from his previous positions."
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Christopher Martell @chrismartell.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
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
Revolutionizing Education. A journal of education policy and practice.
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AFT Massachusetts @aftmass.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
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...
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 01/04/2025
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
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National Education Association @neatoday.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
📢 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.
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 03/04/2025
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
Hands off! Unions
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Mass50501 @mass50501.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Come for the protest and stay for the #DropkickMurphys! Protest rally begins Saturday at 11am. #HandsOffAmerica #HandsOffMassachusetts #HandsOffBoston
Flyer advertising the Hands Off protest rally featuring the Dropkick Murphys. Rally starts at the Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common and a march to City Hall will then take place
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Massachusetts Teachers Association @massteacher.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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.
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Hands Off! Join the National Mobilization to Fight Back · Hands Off on Mobilize
Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers and more with Hands Off.
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Massachusetts Teachers Association @massteacher.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
@warren.senate.gov is holding a town hall at UMass Lowell on Tuesday evening 3/18. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/lowell-tow....
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Lowell Town Hall with Senator Elizabeth Warren
Join us for a community conversation with Senator Elizabeth Warren.
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MassLive @masslive.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Mass. AG Campbell sues Trump, Sec. Linda McMahon over dismantling Dept. of Education
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Mass. AG Campbell sues Trump, Sec. Linda McMahon over dismantling Dept. of Education
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell joined several state attorneys general in suing the Trump administration for efforts to dismantle the Department of Education.
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National Education Association @neatoday.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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.
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Massachusetts Teachers Association @massteacher.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
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.
“The Trump administration is revealing its contempt for public education, and by extension its contempt for families and communities.”
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Princess Moss @neapresident.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
When we fight for public schools, we are fighting for our children.
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Massachusetts Teachers Association @massteacher.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Thank you, @massago.bsky.social.
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Canton Educators Association @cantoneducators.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
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
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Massachusetts Teachers Association @massteacher.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
A woman's place is in her union. Happy International Women’s Day! 👩🏻‍⚖️🧗🏿‍♀️🙋‍♀️
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