As of July 1st, our contracts are now expired. What does this mean? We are going into the upcoming school year with the same working conditions and wages that we had last school year, and we need member involvement to make those conditions and wages competitive as we continue to negotiate with the District. Wages … Continue reading July 2024: Contract Negotiations Update
Author: chelseateacherunion1340
6/3 Rally and Negotiations
What Happened We rallied into negotiations supported by dozens of silent representatives. We had so many people we ran out of chairs! We presented our responses to the district - you can see our complete presentation here and the text of our responses here. The district provided no responses to any of our questions or … Continue reading 6/3 Rally and Negotiations
5/13 Negotiations Update
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 … Continue reading 5/13 Negotiations Update
4/29 Negotiations Update
What Happened We were very pleased to see Ana Hernandez at the table, the chair of the School Committee. We’ve come to agreement on many items, including adjustments to funeral leave, personal leave, commencement leave, and religious leave, an alumni hiring incentive, snow days and PD for clerks, paid prep time for paras and educators … Continue reading 4/29 Negotiations Update
4/8 Negotiations Update
Hello CTU! I’m writing with the follow up to our negotiation session with the district on 4/8. The district has made movement on a variety of topics, but unfortunately little movement on the things that matter most to our members and our students, like paid leave, wages, and class size and caseload caps. For example, … Continue reading 4/8 Negotiations Update
Chelsea Teachers' Union 