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/commit-to-funding-higher-education?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-commit-to-funding-higher-education' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Massachusetts Teachers Association https://actionnetwork.org/groups/massachusetts-teachers-association https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/share_options/facebook_images/000/264/881/original/Take_Action_-_HE_Funding.png The governor’s proposed budget, the budget passed by the House, and the budget released by the Senate Ways and Means Committee includes level-funding for public colleges and universities through June 30, 2021. Despite these promising developments, public higher education executives are continuing to make draconian cuts. The latest outrage: Salem State University is unilaterally imposing a three-week furlough on faculty and librarians represented by the Massachusetts State College Association. We are fighting to require that our employers stop the cuts, and recall thousands of workers who were furloughed and laid off. Take action to support a legislative amendment which will “attach strings” to state funding for public higher education institutions, and require executives at our public colleges and universities to stop and reverse the cuts and bring back laid off and furloughed higher ed workers. Legislators are scheduled to take action on the budget before Thanksgiving. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/commit-to-funding-higher-education