BTU leaders and members are vocal advocates in the media for issues we believe in. Read the stories, statements and releases below to see what our community is up to.
Boston teachers to hold walk-ins to highlight contract negotiations
Walk-ins are scheduled at several schools in Boston Thursday morning, calling attention to what the [...]
The state’s highest court sides with teachers union, mandating the district hire substitute paraprofessionals
The Supreme Judicial Court sided with the Boston Teachers Union on Tuesday in a contract [...]
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court sides with Boston Teachers Union over hiring instructional aide substitutes
Full Article Here "The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday sided with the Boston [...]
Neema Avashia criticizes JD Vance’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ narrative of Appalachian culture
The author of “Another Appalachia: Growing Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place” has [...]
Fighting for Climate Justice
The Boston Teachers Union (BTU) Climate Justice Committee is a small but powerful group of [...]
Letter to the Editor: Parents, students, teachers should be at center of BPS school plans
On June 17th two BTU members submitted a letter to the editor in response to [...]
As Boston pursues ‘hub’ model, city battles memories of segregated neighborhood schools
Read the full article here: https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/06/21/boston-hub-schools-bps-busing-nonprofit-partnerships 'The Mario Umana Academy, a K-8 school in [...]