Newly organized local fights to save programs

The Greater New Bedford Educators Union, organized over the past year and granted state recognition in May, is bargaining its first contract with Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School. The new MTA local — which represents teachers, guidance counselors, adjustment counselors, nurses, school psychologists and librarians — recently elected Serge Moniz and Heather Pimental as co-presidents. The GNBEU hit the ground running, organizing a campaign to save three popular shops that the high school administration wants to eliminate. In the photo above, GNBEU members and supporters set up one of their frequent standouts in New Bedford.