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“Today’s message is clear: Persistence works, and the 1.75 million members of the AFT look forward to supporting Fairfax educators as they build a sustainable future for themselves, the public schools and the students they serve." Congratulations, FEU United! ✊🎉 #UnionsForAll

More than 27,500 Fairfax County (Va.) Education Workers Overwhelmingly Win Historic Union Electionswww.aft.org FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.—Fairfax County Federation of Teachers President David Walrod, AFT President Randi Weingarten and FCFT board member Fran Lewandoski issued statements after Fairfax Education Unions,...

More than a decade ago, the AFT and First Book joined forces to give books to children who otherwise might not have their own. Since then, we've given away millions of books through our #ReadingOpensTheWorld program. Last week we celebrated an amazing milestone—donating our 10 millionth book.

10 Million Books and Countingwww.aft.org Magical moments, 10 million of them, can grow from modest beginnings. More than a decade ago, the AFT and First Book joined forces to give books to children who otherwise might not have their own. I k...

Employers must meet their responsibilities under the law to protect workers and be held accountable if they put workers in danger. Only then can we fulfill the promise of good jobs to include a safe and healthy job for all of America’s workers. Read the @aflcio.bsky.social's report below.

Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, 2024 | AFL-CIOaflcio.org Over the last 50 years, there has been significant progress toward improving working conditions and protecting workers from job injuries, illnesses and deaths. Federal job safety agencies have issued ...

This #TaxDay, millions of working families are paying their fair share in taxes. But billionaires and giant corporations will get away with paying little or nothing.It's time for our tax code to reward work, not just wealth.

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New polls reveal that a considerable portion of voters view canceling student debt as an important election issue. ESB expert Bharat Ramamurti joined @aftunion.bsky.social for a discussion on the politics of student debt ahead of the 2024 election. www.aft.org/news/poll-sh...

Poll shows student debt as an election issuewww.aft.org Voters care deeply about student debt, and a new poll from Protect Borrowers Action, an advocacy group working to fight crushing student debt, suggests the issue could have a significant impact on thi...

"The AFT will continue to fight for real solutions that help people secure a better life, including expanding career pathways for those who do not attend college and making higher education affordable for those who do." More from @rweingarten.bsky.social's latest in the @nytimes.com👇 #StudentDebt

Ending the student debt nightmarewww.aft.org President Joe Biden has done what other presidents could have done, but only he has: cancel student debt for 4 million borrowers eligible for relief.

NEW: A years-long investigation by the SBPC & the AFT reveals The Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri (MOHELA) failed to perform basic servicing functions such as providing borrowers with access to correct information about their loans and options. Read the report below.

Home | My Sitewww.mohelapapers.org

🗞️ AFT President @rweingarten.bsky.social's monthly column is out! Read "Funding our future" here: www.aft.org/column/fundi...

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Good news / disappointing news organizing update: 👍 @KYCOhio respected their workers' choice to form a union. Thank them on social media! 👎 Upper Arlington Public Library is sending manipulative anti-union messages to workers. Take action: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

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Today, staff at Kaleidoscope Youth Center announced formation of their union with OFT / AFT! They submitted signed union cards from 100% of eligible staff & are asking KYC's leadership to voluntarily recognize their union and start working together on improvements for the whole KYC community.

In her latest column, AFT President @rweingarten.bsky.social talks about how giving students access to experiential learning like CTE is a powerful way to address many of our kids’ and our country’s greatest challenges. Read it here: aftvoices.org/creating-opp...

Have you heard? In December 2023, nearly 50 registered nurses and licensed practical nurses at Harborage voted to join Health Professionals and Allied Employees/AFT! Read their story here ⬇️

Long-term care nurses in New Jersey triumph in union winwww.aft.org For two decades, Lisa Tshefu found joy in her work at The Harborage, a 245-bed long-term nursing care facility in North Bergen, N.J. For Tshefu, it was more than a job; it was a tight-knit family. How...

More than 100 people from 19 school districts gathered in New York City for the annual AFT CSI Leadership Institute, to discuss career tech education & hammer out solutions specific to the challenges their students and communities face.

Career and tech ed take center stage at collaborative conferencewww.aft.org More than 100 people from 19 school districts gathered in New York City for the annual Center for School Improvement Leadership Institute Jan. 18-20. Braving frigid temperatures and snowy forecasts, t...

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It’s great to post pro-union stuff at least once a week here so I know which new goons to block. 💅🏼💅🏼

We're just over a week away from our first AFT Book Club! Amanda Gorman is joining us to for the first in our series on January 28, 2024. There's still time to register! Sign up here: aft.org/bookclub

Great news from the Biden administration for student loan borrowers!

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Additional $4.9 Billion in Approved Student Debt Relief | U.S....www.ed.gov

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Andrez shared this video from Mattawa WA where he and his coworkers waited to be told if they were going to work that day or be sent because of the snow falling. The temp was 17° and it was expected to snow for the next 3 days.

Many academics & higher ed faculty have been publicly condemned & even threatened for speaking out on issues. Now the AFT has put together a guide that unpacks best practices for honoring free speech while at the same time addressing the harm from doxxing, threatened job loss & more. #AcademicSky

What can I say? Free speech resources for educatorswww.aft.org Be careful what you say. For educators and academics, this phrase couldn’t be more timely.

New episode of our Union Talk podcast is out! 🎧 Radio host & author Zerlina Maxwell joins @rweingarten.bsky.social for a discussion about the state of American democracy, the threat of a 2nd Trump presidency & the steps we can take now to preserve our union. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

AFT President @rweingarten.bsky.social's last column of the year is out! Click here to read about how "it’s not too late to preserve American democracy—yet" 🗞 www.aft.org/column/its-n...

"Families want their kids to get a well-rounded education, develop strong fundamental academic and life skills, and have pathways to career, college and beyond." Read more in @rweingarten.bsky.social's latest column, "A vote for welcoming, well-rounded public schools."

A vote for welcoming, well-rounded public schoolswww.aft.org Voters rejected extremist politicians and school board candidates running on culture-war agendas grounded in divisiveness and fear.

Incredible turnout in northern Virginia this morning. Union members are going door to door today to elect pro-union candidates in Tuesday’s election.

NEW: AFT, the NEA, the AAUP, the AACU & the Network for Public Education launched a Freedom to Learn pledge to call out laws & rhetoric aimed at banning books, attacking teachers, & shaming LGBTQIA+ students, while pushing vouchers & privatization to gut public ed. #AcademicSky #HigherEd

Advocates Representing over 4 Million Educators and 1,000 Higher Education Institutions Fight Back A...www.aft.org WASHINGTON—Advocates from across the K-12 and higher education spheres have united in a joint pledge to fight back against extremist political assaults on public education, academic freedom and vuln...

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The Department of Education announced that it will penalize student loan servicer MOHELA, or the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority, for its failure to send timely billing statements to 2.5 million borrowers. Due to MOHELA’s errors, more than 800,000 borrowers were delinquent on their loans.

Education Department penalizes Mohela for error that made 800,000 student loan borrowers delinquentwww.cnbc.com The Education Dept. announced it would penalize the student loan servicer MOHELA for its failure to send timely billing statements to 2.5 million borrowers.

NEWS from Forbes: Check Your Email: 50,000 Borrowers Get Student Loan Forgiveness Notices, And Yes, It’s Real

Check Your Email: 50,000 Borrowers Get Student Loan Forgiveness Notices, And Yes, It’s Realwww.forbes.com The Education Department is currently notifying thousands of borrowers that they qualify for student loan forgiveness under a temporary Biden administration program.

They are trying to create distrust in schools and teachers. Their strategy is to divide. But we’re here to offer real solutions for kids and communities. - @rweingarten.bsky.social

Here are some of the top lines from the Army of Temps survey, which contains feedback from 1,043 respondents at 2-year and 4-year institutions—both public and private.

🚨NEW: The AFT’s latest “Army of Temps” report, the third in a series, documents the troubling reality faced by millions of professional educators and illustrates how adjuncts struggle with low pay, inadequate access to benefits, little or no job security, and a lack of professional respect.

New ‘Army of Temps’ Report Shows Nation’s Adjunct Faculty Remain Underpaid, Underappreciatedwww.aft.org New ‘Army of Temps’ Report Shows Nation’s Adjunct Faculty Remain Underpaid, Underappreciated @AFTUnion @AFTHigherEd @AAUP

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We must address the digital divide exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, tackle racial and cultural biases in AI algorithms, and address data privacy issues. www.aft.org/column/ai-po...

AI is a) powerful, b) perilous or c) bothwww.aft.org Educators are confronting a juggernaut that is swiftly revolutionizing education and society: generative AI.

In Fall 23 #AFTHealthCare: A solution to America’s mental health care crisis, why nurses are key to achieving health equity, the power of collective action to address staffing issues, and a nurse’s story of moral injury.

Fall 2023 | American Federation of Teachersaft.org