If this doesn’t move people to release the Epstein files on behalf of survivors I don’t know what will

Huge win!!! The courts are protecting our constitutional rights from the power grab of the authoritarian President. Our universities should always be a safe space for all students, for freedom of speech, for discourse and the building of ideas that should not be controlled by any government.

This order is a major win for students & academic freedom. The Trump–Vance admin tried to strong-arm the UC system and its faculty and staff into giving up their free speech rights — and they were stopped. Proud that AFT was part of the coalition that stood up democracyforward.org/updates/cour...

Happy Veterans Day!! I once served with the ideals to protect the rights of our freedoms from foreign adversaries of this country. Now I serve in another capacity, to protect the rights of people in this country from those in power.

Today, veterans across the country are standing up to say NO to the attacks on our rights and freedoms and cuts to programs that our communities depend on. Find an event to join near you here ⬇️ www.vetssayno.org

Schumer voting no.. That’s good. No one wants to continue this shut down but we need to address all the harms including the need to stop skyrocketing healthcare costs www.politico.com/live-updates...

While I am disappointed we will continue to keep fighting for affordable health care and for a better life for working folks. The Rs should never have pit hunger and health care. Here's my full statement www.aft.org/press-releas...

STATEMENT: CFT President Jeff Freitas on Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi announcing retirement in 2027

The voters of this country have rejected Trump and his authoritarian regime. In Ca, the voters have voted to fight back against his power grab. Union members and communities are standing up and fighting back.

We did it, California! Read the statement from CFT President Jeff Freitas:

She knows what’s right for this country! Vote! #YesOn50

Spotify is running ICE ads. I went to cancel on mobile and saw that this isn’t allowed on mobile. They make you cancel on desktop. You think that’s gonna stop me, Spotify? I will erase you and forget you ever existed. THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!

I stood with members, today, to speak at the Sacramento #nokingsday Rally. We must defend our education institutions as the foundation of democracy. We must defend workers and unions, we are the heart who built this country. Say NO to fear, say NO to hate, Say NO to Kings! Say YES to freedom!

Statement from CFT President Jeff Freitas on the Federal Government shutdown and Special Education firings

Calling for elected officials to be jailed for disagreeing w/ the national leader happens in dictatorships not democracies. I’m glad to be in Chicago visiting schools & working w/ Mayor Johnson to stand up for the city’s children, teachers & communities. www.aft.org/press-releas...

Mabel & I hope all our fellow Californians vote YES on Prop. 50! #FightFireWithFire

Kent Wong is a labor warrior, social justice advocate, and an immigrants’ rights champion. His presence will be missed but his spirit will live on through his legacy. A legacy of Labor Centers, of civil rights focus in our unions, of solidarity throughout the world. Rest in power, Brother Kent.

Fund the government. Fix healthcare. Put workers first. Voters are demanding Congress protect affordable access to quality healthcare. navigatorresearch.org/americans-in...

The president of the United States talking about communities within our own country. He should be impeached and removed from office. This is authoritarian statements.

Sworn oaths by journalists, firing of TV personalities, using the military on own residents, now using the justice department to go after your “enemies”: these are the acts of an authoritarian.

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

This is what a fascist leader says, not a leader of the free world.

Another math nerd day!

Hey trump, you posted this just four days ago. Your rhetoric and actions of violence are leading this country into an era of hate. Remember Jan 6?!? How many police officers died for you?

Families can’t catch a break. Health insurers are hiking premiums at the *highest rate in 15 years* and UnitedHealth admits Trump’s reckless trade wars are part of the reason. Tariffs = higher costs, higher bills, less care. That’s #Trumpflation.

Gun violence has not been curtailed in this country because of the lack of will by politicians to make lives matter more than guns. Sensible gun laws are what we need.

Labor Day March in SF. This is our day and we are fighting back against the attacks on schools, against the attacks on students, the attacks public education, and against the attacks on all workers! Educations is the foundation of our democracy. #WorkersOverBillionaires.

Chicago this Labor Day… Thousands fighting for what #WorkersDeserve

We must look at every conspiracy theory of the trump right wing christian nationalists and treat it as an actual plan of this administration. Remember this? “The federal government [Obama] is preparing a military takeover of Texas using secret tunnels ...”

Honored to speak at the CCFT, Local 4400, flex day membership meeting. We talked about state and national issues. I asked how many people were at the No Kings Day event and proud to say over half of the rook raised their hands. #UnionPower

Trump is a white supremacist.

This is horrible and tragic. This is not justice this is fascism. He is not a criminal, he is a student, a neighbor, a son.

This hasn’t happened since .. the … civil …… war. (Which, btw, was about slavery not non-violent protests - writing it here just in case it’s erased from our museums and universities).

After his trial runs in LA and DC, Trump is now reportedly planning to permanently keep 600 National Guard troops on standby to deploy into any American city facing protests.  This is the stuff fascism is made of.

What trump is doing is nothing about law and order. It IS about making a case to protect his next unlawful and unconstitutional election. That’s what authoritarians do.

How can anyone ever say this is not a fascist government. Attacking our communities with our own military is what Hitler, Mussolini, Lenin and Stalin did . And the list goes on. We must call this out. We must fight against this. We must return our freedoms.

#Sigh…. Guess the Rs on a congressional committee dedicated to workforce don’t like that I spend so much time with our members and their communities. Of course, we will cooperate with any legitimate request, but this won't stop me or our union from fighting for working families.

Today's reality check...🎯

Trump’s firing of federal workers, misguided economic policy & chaotic implementation, and attacks on immigrant workers are hurting our economy. @epi.org www.epi.org/blog/weak-jo...

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

This is vitally important. The Israel govt must act with urgency. Children and familes in Gaza are starving. rac.org/press-room/r...

Why the relentless attacks on public schools and teachers? That question is what motivated me to write a book, WHY FASCISTS FEAR TEACHERS: Public Education and the Future of Democracy.

Former envoy David Pressman drops hard-earned wisdom after three years on the ground in Orbán’s Hungary. His lesson from Budapest: principled leadership isn’t silent. Watching those marchers reminds us that integrity and solidarity is louder than fear. @eduint

It’s amazing what shining a spotlight can reveal. While we're encouraged that Gracias has abandoned DOGE & seems to now be taking his core business seriously, it’s disappointing it apparently took letters from his investors to finally flush out the truth. www.aft.org/press-releas...

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Let me get this correct. Everyone, I mean everyone, is asking for the Epstein files. What gets released MLK Jr files, which weren’t even requested by his own family. No one is looking away.

The Trump administration (Trump, his henchmen, and those that support these policies) are only about hate and racism. With this article and others like the “deported” 82 year old man who was just getting another copy of his immigration documents, prove to me these policies aren’t racist.

I'm sorely disappointed by this lawless, unsigned decision that will hurt kids across America. As Justice Sotomayor said in her dissent, it’s a grave threat to the Constitution’s separation of powers. This administration has abandoned children in public schools. www.cnn.com/2025/07/14/p...

CFT President Jeff Freitas calls for immediate end to Trump admin terrorizing immigrant communities and the immediate release of all those detained in Thursday’s raids, including CFA member and community activist Jonathan A Caravello. @cfaunited.bsky.social

Today, July 4th, we prepare to celebrate our freedom from a tyranny that is defined by the anniversary of the signing of one of our country’s most defining documents—the Declaration of Independence (Read full message 👇🏼)