To the Brink: How a year of resistance, organizing, and political pressure has brought the Para Respect Check Bill One Person Away from Law Nothing about the Para Respect Bill has come easily.

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The Push to Pause Class Size Didn’t Come Out of Nowhere — It is the Latest Move in a Long Anti-Union Playbook The organizations urging a "pause" seek to preserve a status quo where private interests influence public policy, unions are weakened, and public schools rely on corporate-funded intermediaries.

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Trump is trying to erase the horrors of slavery from the Smithsonian. It makes me think about how we teach history, when teaching honest history is under assault. Let me tell you about Ryan. He's a social studies teacher in New Hampshire. I write about him in www.WhyFascistsFearTeachers.com

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social just broke the record for the longest floor speech!!! Making history on ensuring the American people understand why this Republican mega bill is a huge ugly betrayal to the American people.

Thank you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social

States can block Medicaid money for health care at Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court says The Supreme Court says states can block the country’s biggest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, from receiving Medicaid money for health services such as contraception and cancer screenings.

Planned Parenthood provides life-saving cancer screenings, STI testing and treatment, contraceptives, and reproductive care for millions of Americans. SCOTUS already overturned Roe and continues to allow the Trump administration to attack our healthcare. apnews.com/article/supr...

Federal judge halts Trump’s order to end collective bargaining rights for many federal workers | CNN Politics A federal judge on Tuesday indefinitely blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to terminate the collective bargaining rights for more than a million federal employees.

Unions are how we accomplish together what is impossible alone. They help us make sure every worker has safe working conditions, fair compensation, and a voice on the job. I’m glad federal judges blocked Trump’s attempts to strip rights from millions of federal workers. www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/p...

Taking action against authoritarianism Protesters showed what democracy looks like—peaceful, passionate and people-powered.Last Saturday, in small towns, suburbs and cities across America, more than 5 million people turned out against grow...

We need a mass movement committed to nonviolence, dignity and the defense of our democratic values. Read @rweingarten.bsky.social’s latest NY Times column:

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Hegseth orders the name of gay rights activist Harvey Milk scrubbed from Navy ship U.S. officials say Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename the USNS Harvey Milk in a highly rare move.

Erasing history. What a pathetic move by Hegseth. apnews.com/article/harv...

Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy Coming out on September 16, 2025 — AFT President Randi Weingarten has written a book.  It’s called WHY FASCISTS FEAR TEACHERS: Public Education and the Future of Democracy.  In this moment in history ...

There is a war on knowledge—and teachers are on the frontlines. I wrote Why Fascists Fear Teachers to answer the question many educators & parents are asking right now: Why the relentless attacks on public schools and on educators?
It’s my first book!!
You can pre-order it here: www.aft.org/book

@uftunity.bsky.social I have always voted for Unity and will continue. (40+years as a dues-paying Union Member. Now, retired and still voting Unity!)
Both my parents are retired UFT. They both vote Unity as well! 💙💙💙💙💙💙

Great points from @rweingarten.bsky.social at the @nysut.bsky.social Representative Assembly today. We must build community and trust to protect education, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and more.

How I came to be a Unity member Sally-Ann tells her union story and how the members of Unity caucus empowered her to empower others.

How I came to be a Unity member
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One More Fact: UFT Members Win! "Amy Arundell tried to sabotage the upcoming UFT election by filing a baseless lawsuit against the UFT, her own union. The goal of Amy Arundell’s lawsuit was to..."

One More Fact: UFT Members Win!
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Why the UFT Opposition Is Missing in Action in the Fight to Defend Social Security and Medicare – And What It Could Mean For the Future of the UFT On Monday, I examined in some detail the scare campaign that the opposition ABC slate, following the lead of the entrepreneur Marianne Pizzitola, had waged around our UFT pensions, and its failure to ...

Why the UFT Opposition Is Missing in Action in the Fight to Defend Social Security and Medicare – And What It Could Mean For the Future of the UFT from @leoecasey.bsky.social www.unitycaucus.org/p/why-the-uf...

ABC’s Frivolous Lawsuit Amy Arundell's caucus issued a press release today filled with lies.

ABC’s Frivolous Lawsuit
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✊ @aftunion.bsky.social is suing the Trump admin for the harm it is causing Americans-jeopardizing privacy, cutting essential education programs, stopping us from teaching history. Here are some updates. thehill.com/homenews/edu...

“More Money for Paraprofessionals” – It's A Matter of Justice UFT members are on the move and building power for Paraprofessional Respect

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Why I made the move from Solidarity Caucus to Unity… I realized the real change was starting to grow within Unity...they saw my potential and never asked me to be a yes dear type.

Why I made the move from Solidarity Caucus to Unity "I realized the real change was starting to grow within Unity...they saw my potential and never asked me to be a yes dear type." www.unitycaucus.org/p/why-i-made...

Reminder: The UFT will have a contingent at the Hands Off rally in NYC on Saturday, April 5. Register here to join us as we push back: cvent.me/m2M0La

Crisis YouTube video by United Federation of Teachers

Have you seen our new television, digital, and streaming ad campaign calling on New York City Council members to pass legislation that provides paraprofessionals with an additional $10,000 annually? We need to fix this injustice. We need the legislation now. youtu.be/ObiGkKz0tPs

‘We are giving everything’: Paraprofessionals rally for pay increase NEW YORK (PIX 11) — New York City Department of Education paraprofessionals gathered outside City Hall Wednesday, joined by the United Federation of Teachers and elected officials, rallying for what t...

Paraprofessional TreVaughn Taylor: “We don’t make enough, and we pour out entirely too much. Sometimes we have to take our work home. So, we’re pouring out. We’re giving everything just to get barely half back.” #pararespect2025 www.yahoo.com/news/giving-...

Our Union Needs Democratic Political Debate, But the UFT Opposition Gives Us Sectarian Self-Righteousness Recently, I wrote about my political history in the UFT on the Unity Substack. As a new teacher who had political differences with Al Shanker, I ran on the New Action slate in my first UFT election. B...

Our Union Needs Democratic Political Debate, But the UFT Opposition Gives Us Sectarian Self-Righteousness @leoecasey.bsky.social
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One job should be enough. It’s time that paraprofessionals get the RESPECT they deserve! @uftnyc.bsky.social @uftunity.bsky.social

Why I stand with Unity Caucus From being elected Delegate my first year teaching, to being elected Chapter Leader six years later, my journey in activism has opened my eyes to the extraordinary efforts that Unity members put in

Why I stand with Unity Caucus
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Increasing Para Pay: Making A Slogan into A Reality Neither ABC or ARISE have offered any ideas on how to improve para pay, just platitudes...but can’t bring themselves to endorse the only plan that exists – because it has been put forward by Unity

Increasing Para Pay: Making A Slogan into A Reality
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Why I am Voting for Unity "If you believe in avoiding division within the UFT, Unity’s stance might resonate with you." - Emile Fici, Special Educator, former Paraprofessional and current Chapter Leader

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Weingarten: If you think this is unprecedented. You’re not crazy. It is. It is. We have never faced the kind of assault on people that has happened in the last 60 plus days.

Pension Misinformation in the Blogosphere "They want you to be afraid. They want you to be angry. That is their stock-in-trade."

Pension Misinformation in the Blogosphere
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The Illusion of Action: How Social Media Outrage Replaces Real Organizing Why Yelling Online Feels Productive—But Isn't Changing Anything

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My Inter-Tier Marriage "There’s still work to be done, but my wife and I are proud to stand behind President Mulgrew and the Unity Caucus. They’re not just dreaming of change—they’re making it happen."

"There’s still work to be done, but my wife and I are proud to stand behind President Mulgrew and the Unity Caucus. They’re not just dreaming of change—they’re making it happen."
John Herron
District 21 Middle School Social Studies Teacher
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