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The MLSA officers are pleased to share the most recent MLSA Quarterly Newsletter with our members. 

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MLSA + CPLSA

On Tuesday, September 3rd, the MLSA stood in solidarity with the CPLSA outside of Cambridge's Main Library to let the people know about their struggle for a fair contract.

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March 2024 Newsletter

The MLSA officers are pleased to share the most recent MLSA Quarterly Newsletter with our members.  Feedback and suggestions for articles are always welcome.

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Randi Weingarten at a Massachusetts high school

Summer is upon us, and parents, children and teachers are winding down from what has been an exhausting and fully operational school year—the first since the devastating pandemic. The long-lasting impact of COVID-19 has affected our students’ and families’ well-being and ignited the politics surrounding public schools. All signs point to the coming school year unfolding with the same sound and fury, and if extremist culture warriors have their way, being even more divisive and stressful.

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The American Federation of Teachers is actively trying to organize municipal librarians around the country.  As one of the small number of library locals affiliated with the AFT, the MLSA can serve as a source of information and 'best practices' as the AFT pursues its organizing goals. AFT represents public library workers across the country, in separate municipal library bargaining units, and as a part of school and university bargaining units.  AFT also represents librarians in state libraries—including the Illinois State Library, and the Connecticut State Library—and in other state agencies

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What unions do

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In AFT President Randi Weingarten’s latest New York Times  column, she describes what it is exactly that unions do. Though unions are the most popular they have been in decades, anti-union sentiment still thrives in red states and across the nation. “Several years ago, The Atlantic ran a story whose headline made even me, a labor leader, scratch my head: ‘Union Membership: Very Sexy,’” Weingarten writes in the column. “The gist was that higher wages, health benefits and job security—all associated with union membership—boost one’s chances of getting married. Belonging to a union doesn’t actually guarantee happily ever after, but it does help working people have a better life in the here and now.” Click through to read the full column.