Teachers Union Asks Community To Help Pay For Strike Fines After Cancelling Classes

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Teachers Union Asks Community To Help Pay For Strike Fines After Cancelling Classes

Reagan Reese on February 9, 2023

A Massachusetts teachers union is asking the community to help them cover fines for striking and cancelling classes for a week.

The Woburn Teachers Association has been charged a total of $250,000 in fines for illegally striking and causing school to be cancelled for a week in February, according to News 7 Boston. The teachers union asked the community to help them cover the cost of the fines through a GoFundMe campaign and a bake sale.

“Any help would be immensely appreciated,” the teachers union wrote in a tweet linked to the GoFundMe. “We have some fines to pay and unfortunately the back (sic) sale couldn’t cover it all.”


The twee ended with a winking emoji.


As of Thursday, community members raised more than $46,000 for the teachers union, according to the GoFundMe page.

The teachers went on strike starting on Jan. 30 asking for a 14.75% raise, an increase in salary for paraprofessionals and smaller class sizes. The city and the union reached an agreement giving the teachers a 13.75% raise over the next four years, 10 extra minutes in their work day and a 40% raise for paraprofessionals, according to the Boston Herald.

Massachusetts’ teachers are among the highest paid teachers in the country, with an average full time salary of  $88,000. Woburn Public School District teachers make an average of $85,000, according to News 7 Boston.

“The strike is illegal,” Woburn Mayor Scott Galvin told ABC 5. “It should’ve never happened, but we’re happy with the deal, and we’re ready to move on.”

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The Woburn Teachers Association, Woburn Public School Committee and Galvin did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

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