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MA Teachers Association Wants Educators Defended From Charlie Kirk Backlash
The Massachusetts Teachers Association defends educators' right to free speech amid disciplinary actions after controversial comments on Charlie Kirk's assassination, representing over 117,000 members.
- The Massachusetts Teachers Association demands that school districts not discipline educators who celebrated the assassination of Charlie Kirk after administrative actions against teachers in four districts.
- Kirk was fatally shot while speaking at Utah Valley University on September 10.
- Prosecutors have charged Tyler Robinson with aggravated murder in connection with the shooting of Kirk.
- Union leaders criticized the disciplinary actions as validating extremist accusations against educators.
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Massachusetts Teachers Association blasted for defensive reaction to Charlie Kirk’s murder
Massachusetts Republican gubernatorial candidates say public employees who appear to celebrate Charlie Kirk’s assassination should be fired, while Gov. Maura Healey called for the political temperature to be lowered. Mike Kennealy and Brian Shortsleeve, GOP candidates for governor, and Healey are making their stances after the Massachusetts Teachers Association defended educators who have been suspended for reacting positively on social media to…
·Boston, United States
Read Full ArticleUnion faces backlash for asking districts not to punish teachers for comments about Charlie Kirk
Some on the right have "grotesquely exploited the shooting death of Charlie Kirk to launch attacks against people commenting on this public figure’s beliefs and statements," the heads of the Massachusetts Teachers Association said.
·Springfield, United States
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