For several years, Amherst School district cost-of-living raises have barely kept up with inflation rates and rising costs of health care. Over time, demands on educators have risen. The profession is more intense than it has ever been. The country …
APEA at School Committee Budget Meeting, 3/2/23. Click on the right for full article.
95% of Amherst educators voted in favor of moving to work to rule! We will begin on February 27th.
Many of their offers are word-for-word what they proposed in November ’22. In traditional, non mediation negotiations, parties are required to make
Teachers, paraeducators and clerical staff of the Amherst-Pelham Education Association (APEA) walked out of their schools at the end of the contracted work day on Monday, January 9 and held brief rallies outside each of the schools. This is the …
A close examination of the town budget has revealed that there is $8 million in “free cash”– unencumbered funds that could be used for unbudgeted expenses. The union estimates that their call for cost of living increases would not exceed …
Amherst educators will be taking their demand to negotiate to the Town Council meeting at Amherst Town Hall on Monday, November 7 at 6:45 PM. Union members will wear red as a symbol of “Red for Ed.”symbolizing the need for …
For release: The APEA rallied on the Amherst Town Common on Saturday, October 15, putting the fight for a contract in a wider context. Over one hundred attended the rally, including a representative of Amherst Firefighters’ Union, a group of …
