Dear Colleagues, I hope you have enjoyed this glorious weekend, and hope as well that the respite has given you at least some small...

Let's Celebrate Together! FAIR CONTRACT is getting back together for a one-time-only reunion concert as a part of Newton Porchfest! You...

Let's Celebrate Together! FAIR CONTRACT is getting back together for a one-time-only reunion concert as a part of Newton Porchfest! You...

Kindergarten Aides Arbitration As I shared with you last week, the NTA just won an important decision in arbitration, when an arbitrator...

Dear Colleagues, This weekend, a number of members of the NTA and I attended the MTA annual meeting in Springfield. Due to time...

Please share this graphic and link on social media! Dear Colleagues, I did not have time to include everything I wanted in yesterday's...

Click on the image above for more information. As the flyer above states, registration is closed online--contact Keri Woods to register....

Click on the image above for the Zoom link. Fundraising The first meeting of the fundraising committee, on Thursday, March 20, was...

Dear Colleagues and Unionists: Fundraising Last week I wrote to you about the debt that the NTA has been left with due to the strike....

Dear Colleagues and Unionists: Our two week strike cost approximately $800k. These include the actual costs of organizing the strike...

Dear Colleagues and Unionists: One of the buzz words that Anna Nolin and Chris Brezski have been using frequently is the idea of...

Dear Colleagues and Unionists, It is very hard for us, as unionists, to perceive our strike in the same, negative way that...

Dear Colleagues, As we reach the one month mark since taking our historic vote to go on strike, we are sending reminders of why we took...

Dear Colleagues, It is becoming clearer to me that when we reached a tentative agreement that ended our historic 15 day strike on Friday,...

Dear Colleagues, We did it! We have ratified this agreement overwhelmingly! Thank you to all who participated. Unit A 1065 voted 1048...

Dear Colleagues, Let's get the tough news out of the way before tomorrow's General Membership Meeting to ratify our new contract. As you...

Dear Colleagues, As I have focused on leading our negotiations team at the table, I have had to cede responsibility to others to lead our...

Open Letter to Chris Brezski, Dr. Anna Nolin, Members of the Newton PTO School Council, SEPAC and METCO: "We can't even agree on the...

Dear Colleagues: You may have heard that Anna Nolin and Chris Brezski have been making the rounds at various community meetings...

Dear Colleagues: Upcoming Actions MEDIATION. Your negotiations team will be meeting with the mediator tomorrow at 4:15. I deliberately...