Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association: Substitute teacher hunger strike reaches one week on Thursday
Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association (MTEA) zomborm@mtea.weac.org (262) 894-5920 MILWAUKEE – Over the past year, the MPS Administration has ignored MPS substitute teachers’ cries for restoring healthcare benefits. Last Thursday, May 3 at the MPS Budget Hearing, MTEA Substitute Teacher President, Alex Brower announced the beginning of a hunger strike until the MPS School Board allocates funding for healthcare benefits for all full-time MPS substitute teachers. MTEA Substitute Teacher President, Alex Brower released the following statement: “MPS asks substitute teachers to gamble with their health and well-being every day by failing to provide us with healthcare benefits. It is unconscionable that