UTL495 Straight Talk Podcast

 In this episode, Episode 9, we speak with UTL President and AFT-MA Vice President Paul Georges about Union solidarity after the Janus case was announced at the end of June.

To review, the Janus Case …

The Foundation Budget Review Commission's recommendations for updating the foundation budget calculations came to a disappointing conclusion on July 31st,  the end of the 2017-18 Massachusetts Legisl…

One of the objectives of our podcast is to highlight the accomplishments of faculty and staff in  the Lowell Public Schools. We don’t always hear about the great things going on in our  schools so on…

This week, we are talking to Caryn Laflamme. As most of us realize, our union, the United Teachers of Lowell, is affliliated with AFT and AFT-MA. Within both of these larger organizations are many fo…

In today’s podcast, we continue our conversation with Pina Maggio, Interim Facilitator for Lowell Teacher Academy or LTA. As we learned in our last conversation with Pina, LTA began as an induction a…

In this week's episode, we are speaking with AFT-MA Political Organizer, Jeremy Shenk about the impact of the Massachusetts legislature’s failure (to date) to update the Massachusetts Foundation Budg…

The United Teachers of Lowell’s commitment to its members can be demonstrated through the creation of Lowell’s Teacher Academy and Induction program. Originally conceived by UTL President Paul George…

Welcome to Episode 2 of UTL's Straight Talk Podcast. In this Episode, Mickie and Amy talk to Paul Georges, UTL President and AFT-MA Vice President, about the Janus case. While this podcast was record…

This is the place to go to find education news and important information that impacts us here in Lowell. Our plan is to publish a new podcast every Wednesday so our members can listen at their conven…