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Mike Zilles
May 206 min read
NTA EBulletin: May 19, 2024
Let's Celebrate Together! FAIR CONTRACT is getting back together for a one-time-only reunion concert as a part of Newton Porchfest! You...
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Mike Zilles
May 152 min read
NTA EBulletin: May 12, 2024
Let's Celebrate Together! FAIR CONTRACT is getting back together for a one-time-only reunion concert as a part of Newton Porchfest! You...
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Mike Zilles
May 67 min read
NTA EBulletin: May 5, 2024
Kindergarten Aides Arbitration As I shared with you last week, the NTA just won an important decision in arbitration, when an arbitrator...
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Mike Zilles
Apr 292 min read
NTA EBulletin: April 28, 2024
Dear Colleagues, This weekend, a number of members of the NTA and I attended the MTA annual meeting in Springfield. Due to time...
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Mike Zilles
Apr 810 min read
NTA EBulletin: April 8, 2024, Revised and Supplemented
Please share this graphic and link on social media! Dear Colleagues, I did not have time to include everything I wanted in yesterday's...
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Mike Zilles
Apr 12 min read
NTA EBulletin: March 31, 2024
Click on the image above for more information. As the flyer above states, registration is closed online--contact Keri Woods to register....
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Mike Zilles
Mar 268 min read
NTA EBulletin: March 24, 2024
Click on the image above for the Zoom link. Fundraising The first meeting of the fundraising committee, on Thursday, March 20, was...
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Mike Zilles
Mar 182 min read
NTA EBulletin: March 17, 2024
Dear Colleagues and Unionists: Fundraising Last week I wrote to you about the debt that the NTA has been left with due to the strike....
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Mike Zilles
Mar 112 min read
NTA EBulletin: March 10, 2024
Dear Colleagues and Unionists: Our two week strike cost approximately $800k. These include the actual costs of organizing the strike...
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Mike Zilles
Mar 56 min read
NTA EBulletin: March 3, 2024
Dear Colleagues and Unionists: One of the buzz words that Anna Nolin and Chris Brezski have been using frequently is the idea of...
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Mike Zilles
Feb 262 min read
NTA EBulletin: February 25, 2024
Dear Colleagues and Unionists, It is very hard for us, as unionists, to perceive our strike in the same, negative way that...
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Mike Zilles
Feb 206 min read
NTA EBulletin: February 19, 2024
Dear Colleagues, As we reach the one month mark since taking our historic vote to go on strike, we are sending reminders of why we took...
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Mike Zilles
Feb 126 min read
NTA EBulletin: February 11, 2024
Dear Colleagues, It is becoming clearer to me that when we reached a tentative agreement that ended our historic 15 day strike on Friday,...
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Mike Zilles
Feb 61 min read
NTA EBulletin: February 4, 2024: Ratification Vote
Dear Colleagues, We did it! We have ratified this agreement overwhelmingly! Thank you to all who participated. Unit A 1065 voted 1048...
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Mike Zilles
Feb 43 min read
NTA EBulletin: February 3, 2024: Make Up Days
Dear Colleagues, Let's get the tough news out of the way before tomorrow's General Membership Meeting to ratify our new contract. As you...
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Mike Zilles
Jan 223 min read
NTA EBulletin: January 21, 2024
Dear Colleagues, As I have focused on leading our negotiations team at the table, I have had to cede responsibility to others to lead our...
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Mike Zilles
Jan 177 min read
NTA EBulletin: January 17, 2024: Forum at Zervas Elementary
Open Letter to Chris Brezski, Dr. Anna Nolin, Members of the Newton PTO School Council, SEPAC and METCO: "We can't even agree on the...
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Mike Zilles
Jan 172 min read
NTA EBulletin: January 16, 2024
Dear Colleagues: You may have heard that Anna Nolin and Chris Brezski have been making the rounds at various community meetings...
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Mike Zilles
Jan 76 min read
NTA EBulletin: January 7, 2024
Dear Colleagues: Upcoming Actions MEDIATION. Your negotiations team will be meeting with the mediator tomorrow at 4:15. I deliberately...
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Mike Zilles
Jan 27 min read
NTA EBulletin: January 1, 2024
Dear Colleagues: I usually avoid putting pictures of myself in these updates, but this is the only still photo I have of the press...
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