Randi Weingarten: “We can't pit life versus learning.”

This hard-fought first contract guarantees pathways to promotions, secures significant and overdue wage increases, and provides protections to ensure faculty can always be represented by a union.

Paraprofessionals and support staff are the backbone of our public schools, and it is unconscionable that they lack the resources they need to do their jobs.

Faculty at Baltimore City Community College work tirelessly to prepare our young people for a brighter future — all they ask for in return is to be treated with the dignity and respect they deserve.

We are grateful that Sen. Ed Markey has made their lives a priority with the PUPIL Act, which will study the working conditions of school support staff and finally give us the real data we need to improve conditions for millions of workers…