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 educators seek increased pay and supports in contract negotiations
Excerpt from June 13th article: "The Boston Teachers Union rallied June 5 outside the Bruce [...]
Forced to improvise COVID policies, school nurses are reaching a ‘breaking point’
Every morning before school, Lauren O’Malley-Singh’s heart races as she straps on an N95 mask. [...]
It’s been a long, arduous week for Mass. teachers. Why won’t our state leaders apologize?
This week, teachers across Massachusetts received rapid COVID tests and maskscourtesy of the state. This [...]
Mass. schools return to class with highest COVID cases this academic year; state reports 38,887 new coronavirus cases among students and 12,213 among staff
Massachusetts schools are reporting staggering numbers of new COVID cases among students and staff members [...]
Superintendent Steps Into Class With Boston Public School Teachers Out Sick
After roughly 1,200 teachers and staff members called out on Tuesday and nearly as many [...]
State Sent Expired COVID Test Kits To Massachusetts Schools
BOSTON — Some of the 200,000 coronavirus test kits the state Department of Elementary and [...]
1,200 Boston teachers, staff and bus drivers out sick, but the state won’t give in on in-person learning
State officials continue to expect all schools to provide students with 180 days of in-person [...]