Time is running out. Without clear rules, AI poses growing risks to our children and classrooms. @rweingarten.bsky.social’s urgent column makes the case for swift action to curb the harms & ensure educators, not algorithms are supported. @aft.org
A new survey shows nurse job satisfaction dropped from 55% to 47% — and that was BEFORE $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts start squeezing patients. It's a political choice to break the system that healthcare workers have held together. #HealthCareNotTrumpsWar
www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/nu...
AFT nurses in Brattleboro, VT just won a tentative contract protecting safe staffing & patient care standards the community has counted on for decades. Meanwhile,Trump’s $1T in Medicaid cuts threaten to destroy small-town hospitals across America. #HealthCareNotTrumpsWar vtdigger.org/2026/04/06/b...
Educators and nurses need a government working to help them, not fight them. #WeSayNoKings is about bringing our members' voices to the table — that's why thousands have signed up to rally with their local communities across the country. go.aft.org/nokings
This is a big deal.. this is the first election in Fla after its Republican legislature did its Republican Gov’s bidding to pass its anti union legislation. The voters voted for a union guy!!
All you need to know how bad this is for working people is that Rupert Murdoch’s editorial board loves the anti-union bill in Florida.
Some good news… We’ve been advocating for a working class tax cut like this-getting money into working families people’s pockets. I’m glad that it’s moving with leadership from Sen Van Hollen. Working people need a break- and this is a fantastic way to do it.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Just fyi- Trump claims he ended DEI...but literally last month we won our lawsuit, preventing him from cutting civil rights laws including the commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in schools. www.aft.org/press-releas... . www.aft.org/press-releas...
Anybody pretending the affordability crisis isn't real — from the president on down — does not know how to walk in the shoes of regular Americans. aft.org/affordability #TrumpAffordabilityChaos
This is a reckless, heinous act of violence against an American citizen. The officer must be held accountable. DHS must stop lying about the horror that was caught on video. ICE must leave our communities immediately.
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📢 Free speech is free speech. Educators across Texas have been retaliated against for constitutionally protected speech that had no bearing on job performance and no impact on their classrooms.
Read more about our lawsuit against TEA in the New York Times article below 👇
You don’t lose your right to express yourself the day you become a teacher.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/u...
@rweingarten.bsky.social’s new column expresses gratitude for the helpers in our communities—those who fight for a better life for all.
"You, the helpers, give me immense hope that together we can reclaim that promise of America and build a better future for everyone."
www.aft.org/column/grati...
Republicans defy Speaker Johnson to force House vote on extending ACA subsidies www.nydailynews.com/2025/12/17/c...
Huge news… Discharge petition for extension of ACA tax credits for 3 years now has 218 votes.
Speaker Johnson-bring this to the floor as soon as possible
Democrats are comfortable fighting Trump, but to change the country we need to do more than critique; Americans want solutions & there’s lots of room to work on economic pathways to success and creating opportunity for all. Thanks @DashaBurns for the conversation. www.politico.com/video/2025/1...
Today marks 50 years of IDEA. Today we celebrate this landmark civil rights law and recommit ourselves to the work ahead. IDEA is both a milestone and a mandate; our collective responsibility is to fulfill its promise for the next generation.
It's hard to understand why Speaker Adams would choose to turn her back on constituents, but here we are. If the Speaker's actions offend you as much as they offend me, please join me in emailing her: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell... @uft.org @nyclabor.bsky.social @nysaflcio.bsky.social @aft.org
HAPPY THANKSGIVING (NOT): This holiday season, @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social wants you to know that she's NOT thinking about Paraprofessionals. In fact, she's spending her last few weeks in office actively working AGAINST Paras by single-handedly blocking legislation that would raise Para salaries.
If the goal was to slash red tape, teachers could help them do it. Teachers know how to make the federal role more effective, efficient, and supportive of real learning—if only the administration would listen. #TrumpCrushesYourDreams www.telegram.com/story/news/p...
This abandonment means dire consequences for Special Education. Federal protections for students with disabilities? Gone. Coordinated services? Scattered across agencies w/no education expertise. This is an abandonment of the most vulnerable. #TrumpCrushesYourDreams open.substack.com/pub/grounded...
“We know the damage is already being felt in our schools, with our most vulnerable students suffering the most.” AFT-MA president Jessica Tang -The harm isn't theoretical. It's happening NOW. That's why we're suing. That's why we're fighting.” #TrumpCrushesYourDreams www.masslive.com/politics/202...
The U.S. Education Department is moving management of K-12 and higher education to the Department of Labor and parceling out other core job duties to other federal agencies in the most sweeping effort so far to dismantle the agency.
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/18/i...
The fight for better pay for New York City’s paraprofessionals, the classroom aides who work alongside students with disabilities, will take a key step on Thursday that could make raises a reality before the end of the year.
www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
New Jeffrey Epstein emails: Trump 'spent hours' with sex victim at mansion www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/12/j...
Is the shutdown over? Not yet.
Last night's vote was only step 1 of 5.
There’s still another 60-vote hurdle, amendments, and then the House. Nothing has reopened. Pressure matters right now, especially on:
@kaine.senate.gov
@rosen.senate.gov
@shaheen.senate.gov
@hassan.senate.gov
We are upset, like many, that the ACA tax credits are not restored in this “deal” to reopen the govt. But let’s be clear why: the Rs refused to budge as the hunger & aviation crises worsened. Let’s be clear who is hurting working families. The AFT will keep fighting www.aft.org/press-releas...
Today-Trump and Musk endorsed Cuomo-Cuomo is the candidate of the billionaires. Mamdani is fighting for affordability for all of us-particularly working families. I disagree with ZM on Israel but I want a Mayor who fights for the strugglers & strivers- not for those who are taking away our freedoms
