Erik Berg for BTU President
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Erik Berg is the current President of the Boston Teachers Union, a role he accepted in July, 2024 after serving 7 years as Executive Vice President of the BTU.  In his time in BTU elected office, Erik has tenaciously advocated for the rights of teachers, paraprofessionals, and all BTU members.  He has brought grievances, arbitrations and other cases that have recovered millions of dollars for hardworking BTU educators, including payments of hundreds of thousands of dollars for some individuals who were wronged.  Erik is an experienced negotiator, having served on the BTU negotiating team for over 20 years and having achieved many victories at the bargaining table, both with BPS and for the educators at the three Commonwealth charter schools we represent.  He is also a Vice President of AFT Massachusetts and the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, and a member of the AFT Program and Policy Council for K-12 education.  Erik also chairs the BTU Health and Welfare Fund Trustees and served as chair of the Educator Supports Panel for 6 years.

Before being elected to BTU office, Erik was a second grade teacher at the John D. Philbrick Elementary School in Roslindale, and spent 25 years teaching elementary school.  Erik earned National Board Certification, and was honored as one of Boston’s Educators of the Year in 2013, and as Mass Audubon’s Conservation Teacher of the Year in 2016.  While a teacher, he was a longtime building rep, delegate, executive board member, negotiating team member, COPE committee member, and served as editor of the Boston Union Teacher and chair of the Governing Board at the BTU School.  He is also the father of two BPS graduates, who attended a total of six Boston Public Schools, where they received a great education.