Letter: School unions urge city leaders to stop the cuts
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Over 5,000 educators from 11 school districts along the North Shore worked together to coordinate demonstrations over the course of a week to raise awareness to calls for paid family leave.
Amid ongoing contract talks between the School Committee and two labor unions, the Gloucester Teachers Association and the Gloucester Association of Educational Paraprofessionals unanimously authorized the two unions to unite.
The Gloucester Teachers Association and the School Committee began negotiations Monday for a new contract, with School Committee having a goal of both sides reaching a deal by Sept. 1.
The work stoppages in Massachusetts coincide with a national resurgence in strikes across the public and private sectors that started in 2018.