Congress voted to deliver another $70B to enable ICE's chaos and violence. AFT educators have been on the frontlines—going above and beyond to make their classrooms safe and welcoming spaces and working through their unions to stand up to ICE’s brutality. Read their stories here ⤵️
@rweingarten.bsky.social releases new statement on the Trump administration's plans for their federal school voucher program:
"It telegraphs, in words and in deeds, that [this administration] has no interest in improving the schools that 90% of kids attend."
Congress advanced a funding bill that would inject ICE with about $70 billion over the next three years as part of the White House’s immigration crackdown. It’s a move that has left our nation’s publi...
WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement responding to new media reporting on the Trump administration’s plans for their federal school voucher program:
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The Governor of Florida is a corrupt individual who has appointed his friends as presidents of the universities in the state. And they are now requiring every professor in the state to submit to them for oversight what they will be teaching in the classroom. - @andrewspar.bsky.social #AFLCIO26
And now working people who paid into Social Security their entire lives are being told they may have to accept less. This is unacceptable, and was completely avoidable.
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An attack on LGBTQ workers is an attack on the entire labor movement. - @cftunion.bsky.social President @jeff-f7.bsky.social #AFLCIO26
Corporations are using your data to figure out the maximum they can squeeze from you at the grocery store. This is predatory. This is deliberate. Americans should not pay a higher price for a gallon of milk than the person next to them because of data.
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As temperatures rise, so does the risk of wildfire. Are you prepared?
This month is National Safety Month, so make sure to check out AFT's resources on wildfire protection and prevention. www.aft.org/health-hub/e...
The U.S. is commemorating its 250th anniversary in a period marked by political polarization, rampant misinformation and democratic backsliding. In the new American Educator, learn about programs to help students be more informed and better engaged citizens in our democracy ⤵️
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This administration has weakened consumer protections, rewarded powerful interests, and pushed costs onto families already struggling to make ends meet. Working people deserve better.
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Healthcare should not be a privilege reserved for those who can afford it, it should be a basic human right available to all of us. - AFT VP Vicky Byrd #AFLCIO26
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The shortfall will be driven in part by a drop in immigration and Trump’s tax cuts, trustees say, resulting in trimmed benefits.
