n That the MTA reaffirm
its commitment “to eliminate
discrimination in public education”
and to “prevent any encroachment on
basic civil and human rights”; develop
materials for members on the impact
of mass incarceration, police violence
and the school-to-prison pipeline
on students of color; and provide
staff support for locals that want to
engage their members, students and
communities on these issues.
n That the MTA continue to
oppose the uploading, collection
and storage of personal data from
Massachusetts prekindergartners and
kindergartners by third-party private
contractors and work legislatively to
overturn the selective mandate for
Teaching Strategies GOLD as part of
the Massachusetts Kindergarten Entry
Assessment program.
n That the MTA not hold its 2015
Summer Conference at the University
of Massachusetts Amherst and do no
business with the university until such
time as all salary increases are paid,
including the retroactive component.
Delegates also referred two new
business items to the Government
Relations Committee: support for
striking sections from Chapter 71 of
the Massachusetts General Laws that
infringe on teacher tenure or seniority
and lobbying the Legislature to direct
the Department of Elementary and
Secondary Education to scale back its
regulatory requirement for the teacher
evaluation system.
MTA working
to implement
business items
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One of the nonrenewals was sent
to Morales, and the HTA fought back.
In late August, the Department of
Labor Relations found that there was
probable cause to believe that Morales
was illegally fired because of his
activism as a union leader. The DLR
will hold a hearing on the complaint.
McAndrew and other educators
visited during the Organizing
Institute’s work said that they had not
been informed about what to expect in
the new school year.
“I think that the union now is more
important than ever,” McAndrew said.
DLR issues complaint
over Morales dismissal
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enough full-time professors, you
are not building a high-quality,
accessible higher education
system,” said Max Page, a
professor at UMass Amherst and a
member of PHENOM, the Public
Higher Education Network of
Massachusetts.
A panel of full- and part-time
faculty members from Bunker Hill
Community College brought up a
number of concerns. The speakers
described the financial challenges
faced by part-time faculty and the
devastating impact of their struggles
when, for example, they can’t get
health insurance.
Then there is the matter of
respect. Michael Dubson, an associate
professor of English at BHCC,
described how differently he is treated
since becoming a full-time faculty
member after years as an adjunct.
“No longer do I have to fear or
tolerate insult and abuse, swallowing
things that no dean or chair would
dare say to me today,” said Dubson,
“Most importantly, I am able to be
there, on campus all day, all week for
my students.”
Bunker Hill Community College faculty members Michael Dubson,
Robert Whitman and Eric Estevez, left to right, testified in support of
a bill to improve working conditions for adjunct instructors at public
colleges and universities.
Photo by Scott McLennan
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