Across Three Centuries, MSEA Labor Activism Makes Gains for Educators and Students

September is highlighted not only by back to school, but by the celebration of Labor Day, which recognizes the hard-won battles by unions to obtain meaningful reforms and respect for workers’ value to the U.S. economy. It reminds us that the story of labor is also MSEA’s story. Labor union leaders rose to strength out of oppressive workplaces to give voice to the voiceless, equity to the oppressed, and rights to the disenfranchised. Likewise, MSEA has fought to empower educators, long before they had collective bargaining rights, and to deliver education . . .