Supplies for Students: “Building Pathways”

“Building Pathways” is the title on a Building Trades Union poster. This poster was prominently displayed at last Saturday’s event in the Local 7 Ironworkers Hall on Old Colony Avenue – an event that featured the giving away of essential school supplies to teachers and students in the Boston Public Schools (the BPS). Yes, supplies are short in the BPS. And an even more emphatic “YES” can be shouted, because these supplies were given away free to Boston’s teachers and students – they are collected and distributed by union volunteers from the Boston Trade Unions. The supplies giveaway in the Ironworkers Hall was upbeat, cheerful, and generous. This was the third such event in the Hall. Many organizations who sell these supplies donated them free of charge last Saturday. It was a credit to the City of Boston’s Building Trades Unions, who are a credit to our City. And it was a moment of tribute to the City’s school teachers, who in the past have frequently had to provide and pay for classroom supplies out of their own pockets.