Hello Everyone, Last night, more than half of all of the Haverhill ESPs in our union gathered for a general meeting to discuss the most recent proposals by the School Committee. The members of the bargaining team were able to provide all who attended with a brief overview of negotiations. After many sessions over the […]
ESP Bargaining – Restart Update #8
. . . Or is it now officially a “false start”? The ESP Negotiation Team met with the SC today to resume negotiations for a successor agreement to our contract which expired on June 30, 2020. The good news is that we had nine Educational Support Professionals who participated as observers to hear first-hand what […]
Update from Clerical Contract Negotiations!
Good Evening, Here is a quick update from our bargaining meeting that was held on February 22. I want to first give a big “Thank You!” to the members who showed up for our meeting. In addition to our core bargaining team which includes Patty MacRae and Sara Moccio, we were joined for the first […]
Update from the Action Team
Hello Union Siblings, This weekend’s monumental strike vote by the educators at Greater Lawrence Technical School (AFT-MA Local 1707) and the subsequent and absolute cave-in by the GLTS School Committee demonstrated once again that our collective power as a union is always greater than the sum of our individual parts. In that spirit, the Contract […]
Joint Labor Committee
Dear Sisters and Brothers, The Joint Labor Committee is looking for volunteers to assist with the development of language for district-wide Common Planning Time & Professional Learning Communities. Ideally, there will be 2 representatives per level with one a classroom teacher and the other a special education, English Language or Special / Elective teacher so that […]