Due to the data center tax exemption, Virginia lost $1.94 BILLION in FY2025. The policy remains outdated. Schools remain underfunded. Virginia deserves better. #VEAVotes #KidsOverCorporations app.sosha.ai/s/l4rwz0DM

Virginia banned public sector collective bargaining in 1946 to silence Black workers. This isn't just a labor issue. It's a racial justice issue. We're showing up on May 21st in all our power! #VEAStrong #UnionStrong #CollectiveBargaining #VEAVotes

In 1946, Virginia banned public sector collective bargaining specifically to stop Black hospital workers at UVA from organizing. It was a Jim Crow-era law. This new bill destroys old frameworks ＋ powers the collective. #VEAVotes #CollectiveBargaining app.sosha.ai/s/jCcCXIMA

We need Colbert’s bold and frank commentary now as much as ever, and we need to stop corporations like CBS from cowing to political intimidation of this administration. Add your name to the petition to demand they reverse their decision and keep Colbert on air! sign.moveon.org/petitions/co...

The Everglades Detention Camp is inhumane, and DeSantis must shut it down immediately. Add your name now. sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...

When the data disappears, so do our stories. Sign our letter urging your member of Congress to protect maternal health! #MaternalJustice #MaternalMentalHealth action.momsrising.org/petition/pro...

When educators, families, and community members come together, there is nothing we cannot achieve. On May 1, we are reclaiming our power and demanding the future we deserve. Join us: nea.org/mayday

FEU (FEA & FCFT) Fairfax Education Unions message throughout the budget town hall process is clear #FundOurContracts #FundOurSchools

I just signed up for Rally for FEDERAL WORKERS! Want to join me? redwineblue.controlshift.app/events/rally...

Removing TSA workers’ collective bargaining rights is union busting. Period. apnews.com/article/coll...

We’ll fight every step of the way to ensure TSA officers continue to stand together in a union while providing the vital services Americans depend on. The @aflcio.org joins AFGE and all unions in strongly condemning this action.

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🍎 Every student deserves access to nutritious meals—no exceptions. But too many kids are going hungry, and it’s time for Congress to step up. This #NationalNutritionMonth, join NEA in advocating for stronger child nutrition policies so every student has the fuel they need to learn. buff.ly/43hs3lP

At tonight's joint address to Congress, the president continued to spread fear and sow division—but no matter what extreme politicians will try to do to our schools and communities, we are united to protect them. Sign the pledge ➡️ buff.ly/tUxDjH9

We need more Bernies. Bernie Sanders calls out pathologic liar, Donald Trump, after the State of the Union Address. www.youtube.com/live/QlrQKv1...

Elissa Slotkin: “That scene in the Oval Office wasn’t just a bad episode of reality TV. It summed up Trump’s whole approach to the world. He believes in cozying up to dictators like a Vladimir Putin and kicking our friends, like the Canadians, in the teeth.” #StateoftheUnion

Al Green after he was THROWN out of chambers: “I was making it clear to the President that he has no mandate to cut Medicaid” "It is the best way to get it across to a person who uses his incivility, who uses his incivility against our civility. " #SOTU

Most dangerous person in Trump’s circle is not Musk…. It’s RFK Jr A measles crisis decades in the making: How RFK Jr. helped drive America to this moment—and now he’s chipping away at the institutions he’s been appointed to lead. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

An excellent explainer for anyone wanting to understand #infectiousdisease models better 👇🏼 #episky “Modeling the Texas measles outbreak” from @epiellie.bsky.social 👏🏼👏🏼 open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...

BREAKING: The USDA has confirmed five additional dairy herds in California have tested positive for the virus, raising the total to 732. Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1.

📢 TODAY in DC! Federal workers & allies are standing up to defend the public services we all rely on—Social Security, Medicare, veterans’ care & more. We won’t let them be gutted. We’re going again at 5:30. Join the fight: go.savepublicservices.com #SaveOurServices

"[Musk] is trying to gut everything good in America for his own private profit. This is the culmination of what oligarchy is all about...the fusion and the capture of the billionaire class of our democracy." - @aoc.bsky.social with @fedworkersunited.bsky.social today #SaveOurServices

Sign up here to join the fight Bit.ly/saveourservices

I keep saying it: scientists know exactly what #BirdFlu can do in the brain, and it is not good. SARS-CoV-2 was a new virus we had to learn about. #H5N1 is not.

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” --The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. #BlackHistoryMonth

If you’re not subscribed to @drruth.bsky.social’s newsletter, you’re missing out on CRITICAL info: 📈Flu is extremely HIGH 🦠1 in 67 ppl have C0VID 🔴Measles outbreak spreading in Texas 🐔H5N1 in humans 🏛️This wk's US Gov’t updates buff.ly/3QilCHD #medsky #IDsky ✅ drruth.substack.com/p/covid-and-...

How will you advocate for adequate working conditions, pay, and benefits for ALL educators? #QuestionsForLinda

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When millions of struggling workers want to join unions, Trump's decision to neuter the NLRB is blatantly illegal. It is also a huge gift to Musk, Bezos & other billionaires who want to abolish the only federal agency that can stop their union busting. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

These executive orders are reckless and illegal. They hurt real students, real educators, and real communities. That’s why educator voices are so critical in this moment. Share your story at nea.org/share

Yeah, how about not dissolving the air safety advisory commission at the FAA. As your team did last week.

Happy Lunar New Year! We welcome in the wood snake bringing optimism and hope for the future.

Despite the Trump administration telling federal health agencies to stop issuing all reports and communications, the CDC is continuing to update its COVID-19 wastewater data.

On 1/9/25 our school board unanimously voted to ratify contracts for FEU instructional & operational units. Stronger Together FEA & FCFT! Photo credit: Jack Delaney

Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Feliz Las Posadas. Happy Kwanzaa! May peace, joy, and love fill your home this holiday season.

✊🏿Standing in solidarity with the baristas here in Virginia. ✊🏾

💯Clean air delivery rate (CADR) is more important than HEPA rating! I have been buying portable air cleaners for the lab and home that are not HEPA-level but offer a high CADR per dollar spent and low noise. Marwa Zaatari's comparison chart from 2021 is a good way to think about this.

Love this space and strongly believe #bsky priority should be to add group chats! Please and THANK YOU. @pfrazee.com

National Education Support Professionals Day! Thank you to our heroes who making sure students arrive safely, have clean learning environments, nutritious meals, resources, and keep our schools running! #rESPect

Thank you to our custodians, bus drivers, office staff, administrators, instructional assistants, nurses and teachers for all the work you do for our public schools! #publicschools #joinaunion #nea #rESPect

Still no cure or treatment for #covid is airborne. Beyond time to address #safeindoorair quality for all workplaces.

Ready for the next pandemic slowly unfolding across the globe?! #MaskUp

There’s a lot of great Covid related starter packs out there - but here’s one more! We’re seeing unprecedented growth here at the friendly skies - and I want to help connect as many people as possible. Looking for clean air, covid cautious mask advocates to join the pack! go.bsky.app/ALai9U

U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko has introduced a bill in Congress giving @EPA the authority and resources to regularly study indoor air quality in schools and child care facilities. The bill also supports technical assistance, guidance and best practices. www.congress.gov/bill/118th-c...

Now the weather is turning colder a good time to remind that air cleaners can be a low energy approach to maintaining good indoor air when windows are less frequently opened. We looked at this recently for classrooms led by @henryburridge.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🦴Brittle bones, lower bone density—➡️ more bone fractures 🩻. All compliments of COVID infection. The more we learn, the more stupid and nonsensical that “COVID is mild” sounds. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Flood social media with positivity! Simple acts of kindness go a long way. Make a food/clothing donation, pay it forward, pick up litter, or leave a small encouraging note for someone!

The world needs YOU! Continue to be the change, lead by example, and stand united.