UPDATE: We’ve reached 25% of our fundraising goal for Feeding Texas! With your help, we can make sure federal workers missing paychecks and the millions of Texans who rely on SNAP benefits have food on their tables. Chip in now ➡️ bit.ly/txfam

Ed. Dept. Cuts Grants That Were Helping College Students Become Teachers: Ten universities collectively lost more than $20 million for efforts to diversify the teacher workforce.

As the holiday season approaches, AFT is stepping up to help our communities. Help us #EndHunger by starting a food drive in your area. Scan the QR code for more.

This Native American Heritage Month, learn about Suzan Shown Harjo — a trailblazer for Indigenous rights, culture & justice. 🌿 Watch the lesson from @sari.bsky.social here: sharemylesson.com/teaching-res... @aft.org @uftnyc.bsky.social @aftteach.bsky.social @nysut.bsky.social @texasaft.org

Tesla’s board wants to hand Elon Musk the biggest corporate payout in history that could be worth almost $100 billion per year for a decade. We won’t stand by while billionaires cash in & working families get left behind. Join us and our partners tomorrow: www.mobilize.us/texasaft/eve...

Well researched deep dive by the excellent education reporter Lily Kepner

Professor Tom Alter will be speaking on this panel, Nov. 19th! 👏 Register now! 👇

While actions will be taking place on campuses across the country this Friday, you can also participate in this teach-in for the National Day of Action for Higher Education on Zoom! 👏👇

🚨 DEADLINE: Today is the last day to apply for the 2026 Ruth Ellinger Leadership Academy! We’re building the next generation of Texas labor leaders! If you’re a union member ready to grow your leadership skills, this is your chance. Apply today: bit.ly/ellinger26

The Trump-Vance administration's new rule could deny teachers, nurses, social workers, & nonprofit staff the #PSLF they were promised...if their employer works on issues Trump doesn't like. This is a political purge, & it's illegal. @borrowerjustice.bsky.social www.aft.org/press-releas...

I've been a member of @aaup.org for years, and I couldn't be more pleased, now that we've affiliated with @texasaft.org, to say I'm a union member too.

Your voice matters! 🗣️ Take the Share My Lesson Webinar Survey (just 3–5 mins) and help shape upcoming professional learning topics for you!! Thank you in advance ➡️ bit.ly/3X9EOdS @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @texasaft.org @ctulocal1.bsky.social @uftnyc.bsky.social @nysut.bsky.social

Help feed Texas families! 🥫🫑🥕 We’re partnering with Feeding Texas to make sure families across the state get the food and support they need during this critical time 👇

🍎USDA has the money - but USDA is choosing not to use the money. 🍎Past presidents figured it out. 🍎Working families are already struggling with rising costs. We should all agree: Our children should have the nutrition they need to succeed. @rweingarten.bsky.social

42 million Americans are about to lose food assistance — including 16 million children. Trump’s shutdown is forcing families to choose between paying rent and buying food. Congress must demand that USDA release SNAP now: actionnetwork.org/letters/save... #SNAPDayOfAction

If you’re getting in the spirit with family and friends this Halloween or making some last-minute purchases, buy union-made! ✊🎃

in all seriousness the next 5-10 US presidents need to be elementary school teachers

Tomorrow's Halloween - and the last day to vote early! Between the tricks and treats, set aside time to make your plan for Election Day if you still need to cast your ballot! 👉 Find your polling place and more info at vote.texas.gov.

Fort Worth ISD fear the same chaos that state takeover has brought to Houston ISD: www.texasobserver.org/fort-worth-i... @texasaft.org @hft2415.bsky.social

Texas here: Maybe the public has been ignoring posted syllabi, but right-wing think tanks have definitely not Ignored them.

📝 Sign below to support Professor Tom Alter of Texas State who was fired for speech he made in his capacity as a private citizen! ⬇️

📣It's not "right to work." It's "right to work FOR LESS."

End the shutdown. Fund our government. Put workers first. Federal workers just missed their first full paycheck this weekend. Read more from Texas AFGE members in the @texastribune.org:

The federal government shutdown will stop food aid Nov. 1 for some 42 million Americans, the latest blow for low-income families already struggling with rising costs and shrinking federal benefits.

Democracy and economic opportunity are inextricably linked. Without a strong democracy, only the rich and powerful, and those in the leader’s favor, have agency and opportunity. - @rweingarten.bsky.social www.aft.org/column/we-pe...

⭐️⭐️ New statement from the AAUP chapter at Texas State on professor Tom Alter’s case: “The laws of Texas have robbed our profession of its ‘primary responsibility’ over ‘faculty status.’ We ask the Board to step in where we have been forbidden to stand + make a finding in favor of Dr. Alter.”

When the Trump administration failed to follow through on its duties to forgive student loan debt for eligible borrowers, the AFT took it to court—and won. Now 2.5 million borrowers are set to have their loan debt forgiven. Read more about what it could mean for you here ⬇️ time.com/7327813/stud...

The Trump administration's illegal firings of federal workers "...shows their complete and utter contempt for the workers who’ve dedicated their careers to helping others and serving their fellow Americans." - @rweingarten.bsky.social Read more ⬇️

Tarrant County 📢 We’re hitting the streets to elect union leader Taylor Rehmet to Texas State Senate District 9! Join us to knock doors and spread the word on Oct. 25:

UT Austin is one of two universities that has not publicly rejected the Trump administration’s Higher Education Compact. The proposal offers preferential federal funding in exchange for changes to admissions, curriculum, and campus governance. #HigherEdPolicy #AcademicFreedom #UTAustin

Check out the new section Pathways to Legal Status and Citizenship in the U.S. You will find this new library of free resources at your fingertips, as part of the collection Immigration and Citizenship: sharemylesson.com/collections/... @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social

SNAP is running out of money. Let’s be clear: that means 42 MILLION people, including 1.2 MILLION veterans, are about to lose their food assistance. Working people, seniors and kids across the country will go hungry because of the Trump shutdown.

We are losing ground in the fight against cancer because of Trump & RFK Jr. mRNA vaccines have incredible potential but researchers at Univ of Texas MD Anderson are looking for non-federal funding because of "the stigma." @texasaaup.bsky.social @texasaft.org www.science.org/content/arti...

Happy Diwali to our members who bring knowledge, light, and goodness to their communities.

This is a huge victory for student loan borrowers, made possible by working together as a union and as a movement. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

The wheels on the bus go round and round, getting our students to and from school safely. This #NationalSchoolBusSafetyWeek, let's thank all of our school bus drivers for all they do - and let's do our part to help kids stay safe getting to school!

From #DFW to the #RGV. In Central Texas. Along the Gulf Coast. And everywhere in between. We have one message: #NoKings ✊ 📷 👇 Dallas: Alliance/AFT w/state Rep. John Bryant McAllen: McAllen AFT, PSJA AFT Austin: ACC AFT Corpus Christi: CCAFT

It's official. Nearly 7 million people. Today is the single largest day of protest in American history. Americans from all corners of the country are standing up and saying #NoKings. This is what peaceful, patriotic protest looks like.

🚨The Final count is in! Hands Off – April 5: 3 million No Kings – June 14: 5 million No Kings – October 18: 7 million Our movement isn’t backing down — it’s growing. ✊💜 #NoKings

Central Texas said, hold my paleta 🍦 Good to see so many folks from Education Austin, Education Round Rock, @utaustinaaup.bsky.social , & @texasaaup.bsky.social! #NoKings #Allin #DefendHigherEducation @aft.org

Out in the West Texas town of El Paso ... No one does it better than Socorro AFT ✊💪 @aft.org #NoKings #Allin

You can still join us at the #NoKingsDay rally. Meet at the AFT table at Auditorium Shores!

👋 Howdy from Houston + Pearland. @aft.org showing up and out for democracy. #NoKings #Allin @zephcapo.bsky.social @hft2415.bsky.social

All across America, people are turning out by the millions for one of the largest peaceful demonstrations in our history. Together, we can and we will reject chaos, corruption, and cruelty, and build a better future for working people all across the country. #NoKings

Dallas didn’t disappoint. #NoKings

#NoKings Austin tagging in. Massive crowd at the Texas State Capitol despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s activation of the National Guard.

Great union representation at the Texas Capitol!

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states. Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

We couldn’t say it better ourselves. 🇺🇸 #NoKings

Hey, Texas Higher Ed workers, meet us at Capitol today! We’ll be at the African American Memorial beginning at 1:45. “No Crowns. No Thrones. No Compact.” ✊