We are blown away by the support demonstrated at walk-ins this morning. THREE HUNDRED MEMBERS turned out across EVERY SCHOOL SITE to demonstrate our commitment to our contract proposals. We also had multiple members come and share testimony at last week’s rescheduled school committee meeting, attend the AFT MA State Convention, and help plan these successful walk-ins. THIS WORK IS VALUABLE AND SHOWS OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR VALUES AND EACH OTHER!

Unfortunately, the district is not yet recognizing this commitment at the bargaining table. They have stalled out at only 10 days of paid parental leave for all parents, and have made no movement on class sizes and caseload caps for educators or coverage pay for clerks. We need your support to get them moving again! Help us plan our next steps at our membership meeting on Wednesday 5/15 at 3:15 pm. We will also provide more details about the district’s response at this meeting, including stipends for paras and the length of the school day. In the meantime, please feel free to talk to negotiating team members and silent reps about what they heard today!

Immediate Next Steps

1. Like and comment on our CTU social media @chelseateachersunion1340. 

2. Register for the membership meeting on 5/15 at 3:15 pm to come in person (Browne 316) or on Zoom (we’ll have CTU hats for those who come in person!).

3. RSVP for our Contract Rally on June 3rd, our final day of negotiations this school year! We also want to have monster silent rep numbers on June 3rd to show the district we are standing together in support of our contract proposals! RSVP to be a silent rep here!

The district has said repeatedly that they want to settle this contract. We need to see the wages and working conditions our staff and students deserve in order to get there.