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Professional Practice|Racial and Social Justice|School Funding|Union Updates

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Trump's Project 2025 Threats to Public Education

From refusing to release promised funds to K-12 public schools, to vague threats demanding the removal of DEI programs, to ICE abductions causing deep fear particularly among immigrant students and families, the reality of the Trump Administration’s implementation of Project 2025 is making its way into our public schools and communities. It is happening now. […]
Educator Voice|Union Updates

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A Message from MSEA President Paul Lemle

Withholding one’s labor is a fundamental right held by all workers—and laws to the contrary should be changed. Our work is THE ultimate source of our power. Striking is a powerful action—and it is prohibited in 37 states, including Maryland. Despite these unjust laws, strikes happen: educators have recently engaged in illegal strikes in Massachusetts, […]
Educator Voice|Racial and Social Justice|Union Updates

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Union Updates Local by Local

Let’s take a look at some of the great news coming from MSEA local unions, including contract wins, new locals, an LGBTQIA+ member protected from targeted complaints, and more. Anne Arundel County A new “strategic site visit plan” for 2024-25 is making real progress for the county’s teacher unit. It works like this: leaders of […]
Legal Questions|Union Updates

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Know Your Rights: Red Cards Assert Rights and Protections to All People in the U.S.

All people in the United States, regardless of immigration status, have certain rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution. The Immigrant Legal Resource Center Red Cards and the ACLU give examples of how people can exercise these rights. However, MSEA General Counsel Kirsty Anderson underscores that they do not provide individualized legal advice. Community members […]
Educator Voice|School Funding|Union Updates

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"We Kept Pushing": MSEA and the 2025 General Assembly Session

Paul Lemle, MSEA president: We’d been saying over and over that the 2024 election would have a big impact on our schools. And has it ever. Samantha (Sam) Zwerling, MSEA chief lobbyist: As of 2024, about 7% of working Marylanders were employed by the federal government. And about 10% work in the private sector with […]
Educator Voice|Union Updates

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Building a Stronger Union: Administrators, Supervisors, and Higher Ed Faculty Join MSEA

MSEA members and staff are busy helping educators unionize for power and the ability to improve their jobs through collective action. Since the law passed in 2021 allowing community college faculty to unionize, combined with the recent growth of administrators and supervisors unions, these new members are flexing their power for better working conditions, pay, […]
Education Support Professionals|Educator Voice|School Funding|Union Updates

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ESP Priorities Front and Center

The General Assembly session is in full swing and debates about fair tax reform, budget cuts, and Blueprint adjustments are part of many headlines. MSEA’s commitment to education support professionals is front and center in our legislative advocacy, collective bargaining strategy, and organizing focus. First, as it relates to the legislature, MSEA will continue to […]
Educator Voice|School Funding|Union Updates

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Where We Stand with MSEA President Paul Lemle

Many Americans love to pay taxes. For my students in government class, we tackled it as a more complicated question—what benefits and services do we receive, and who pays for them? That becomes an especially pressing question when we see so many big businesses and wealthy individuals take home unimaginable profits while for many of […]
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