On November 23, the BEU membership met and ratified the following action plan.
The BEU will undertake a three phase action plan, commencing tomorrow, November 24th, with Phase 1.
NB: This is not “work to rule”. That is …
The work of “Professional Culture”: Are there no limits?
Brookline educators will tell you that necessary time for educating students is being lost to an increasing number of school district and state mandates and initiatives. Educators are being expected to complete more paperwork, produce and record increasing types …
Why Do We Need a Union?
I was asked to write a piece for Contract Corner on why we need a union. Rather than reinvent the wheel (and to save precious time), I decided to excerpt a speech I gave to the entire staff a …
November 2015
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Use your health care benefits. They were hard won!
Last year, the voters of Massachusetts strongly affirmed the principle that paid sick leave for oneself and to care for a family member is a right not a privilege. The labor movement was the first to introduce the right to …
