rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/cambridge-school-committee-settle-the-contract?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-cambridge-school-committee-settle-the-contract' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Cambridge Education Association https://actionnetwork.org/groups/cambridge-education-association-2 https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/letters/photos/000/288/522/normal/IMG_0802.png WE ARE AT A TIPPING POINT! Now is the time - we need you to tell the school committee to settle the CEA Units A/B Contract!! The School Committee's proposals do not adequately address the major issues facing our educators: fair compensation commensurate with that of other professional knowledge workers and safe, reasonable working conditions, particularly for Special Educators who currently cannot provide all the services scholars need as is required by law. The School Committee also wants to use test scores to rate teacher performance and is unwilling to adequately support our affinity spaces for educators from historically marginalized populations. We must change the course of our public schools and to do so, educators deserve a fair contract that will attract and retain the best possible educators, particularly educators of color. The School Committee shut down negotiations in June by unilaterally requesting mediation. Contract mediation is not like conflict resolution - it is shuttle diplomacy. The two sides are in different rooms and the mediator goes back and forth between them. Besides being inefficient and impersonal, it starts us on an undemocratic path towards forcing a contract on educators without a chance to vote. (Collective bargaining laws in Massachusetts for public sector employees are tilted in favor of municipalities.) Thank you for your support - the next couple of weeks are critical to achieve the fair contract that our educators deserve. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/cambridge-school-committee-settle-the-contract