"This #HispanicHeritageMonth is no ordinary celebration or recognition of our contributions to the tapestry of this great nation. It’s a reckoning as we celebrate our culture, our resilience and our unshakeable spirit." -AFT executive vice president Evelyn DeJesus www.aft.org/celebratehhm

Paid teacher residencies remove barriers to quality teacher preparation. New Mexico is leading the way to create financially accessible, high-quality teacher preparation. Learn more: bit.ly/4oGp92a #NewMexicoLeads

“As students return to school in New Mexico, more of our kids in classrooms across the state are being taught by well-prepared teachers thanks to the cutting-edge work of our state’s teacher residency programs.” – Ellen Bernstein, President of the AFT. Read: bit.ly/4fN9Sss #NewMexicoLeads

New Mexico has prepared more than 1,000 teachers through paid residencies since the 2021-22 school year, with 400 more now in training. Paid residencies are rigorous, supportive, and sustainable—New Mexico’s investment will lead to big changes in education. More: bit.ly/4fN9Sss #NewMexicoLeads

New Mexico is investing in teacher residencies to improve education for everyone. Great teacher preparation means better outcomes for teachers, students, and families. Read “The Time is Now”: bit.ly/4oGp92a #NewMexicoLeads

Over 6,000 Burqueños hit the streets today for our Workers Over Billionaires march to protest the anti-worker, anti-immigrant policies of Donald Trump and his billionaire backers. #WorkersOverBillionaires #laborday2025 #Albuquerque

"As students return to school in New Mexico, more of our kids in classrooms across the state are being taught by well-prepared teachers thanks to the cutting-edge work of our state’s teacher residency programs." — @atfteachersunion.bsky.social Pres Ellen Bernstein on new residency programs in NM.

Labor Day is more than a holiday—it’s a story of dignity, fairness & rights. 📚 Explore this collection of lessons, activities, & resources on the labor movement, from historic strikes to today’s organizing efforts: sharemylesson.com/collections/... @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @texasaft.org

APS EDUCATORS: Ratify your union-negotiated agreement now: bit.ly/ATFNegVote25. You have until 5 PM on Friday to vote, then no more contract ratification memes (we promise).

APS EDUCATORS: Vote to ratify your union-negotiated agreement now: bit.ly/ATFNegVote25

WE’RE GOING TO NEED A BIGGER VOTE! . Trump wants to privatize public education through school vouchers schemes and go after educators’ unions. . Let’s send a clear message that we won’t back down. . Vote to ratify your union-negotiated agreement NOW: bit.ly/ATFNegVote25

Did you miss our Social Security webinar from last night? Check out the recording of our conversation with @rweingarten.bsky.social, @socialsecurityworks.org President @alaw202.bsky.social, AFGE Council 220 President Jessica Lapointe, and Social Security activist Eliseo Jiminez here.

APS EDUCATORS: Vote to ratify your union-negotiated agreement now: bit.ly/ATFNegVote25

The funds you donate will go directly to the distribution of food, water, medical assistance and tents on the ground in Gaza. None of us can look at the starvation and misery that innocent civilians are enduring in Gaza without anguish.

Workers Over Billionaires Event This Labor Day: SAVE THE DATE!

"We, the educators of America—the future-makers, the freedom lovers—we choose community. We serve and strengthen our communities, and we know that together we can achieve what is impossible to do alone." Check out highlights from @rweingarten.bsky.social's #TEACH25 speech youtu.be/g5_O3Bs6M_U

BREAKING: After a coalition of school districts, parents, AFT affiliates & nonprofit orgs filed a lawsuit against the Trump admin, the Education Department has now released more than $5 billion in Congress-approved public ed funding that it was unlawfully withholding. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

This collection from @sharemylesson.bsky.social includes a variety of resources—including lesson plans, blogs, activities, and professional development webinars—centered on these key themes of immigration, protecting communities and combating prejudice: sharemylesson.com/collections/...

“It’s amazing what shining a spotlight can reveal. While we are encouraged that Gracias has abandoned DOGE and 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.” - @rweingarten.bsky.social

Immigrant families, students, educators, and other workers are facing unprecedented attacks on their communities, but still have basic constitutional rights. Click through to view & share our immigration resources to learn about your rights and law enforcement in and near schools and other settings.

BREAKING: AFT affiliates are suing the Trump-Vance administration for unlawfully withholding $5B in education funding. Without these funds, schools face cuts to programs, staffing & services. This is a direct attack on public education.

As a teacher, I’m heartbroken and furious about the Supreme Court’s ruling in Mahmoud v. McKnight, which gives parents the right to opt their kids out of any lesson or story that mentions LGBTQ people. 1/

Want to know how a voucher program would impact your school district? ‪ @hilwething.bsky.social shares a free online tool to estimate the costs of vouchers—including hidden costs that are most harmful to under-resourced schools—in the new #AmericanEducator. www.aft.org/ae/summer2025/wething

Wealthy political forces created evidence for school vouchers to support their ideology, but here’s the truth: “vouchers cause some of the largest academic declines on record in education research.” Learn more from @joshcowenmi.bsky.social in #AmericanEducator.

Public education funding should not be used to benefit the wealthy, and that families deserve leaders who work for their best interests, not against them. Visit go.aft.org/BigUglyBill & tell your senators to oppose any bill that hurts working families. 📽️ @rweingarten.bsky.social

We know that together we can accomplish what is impossible alone. That's why the AFT is putting together opportunities to take action on the issues that matter to you and your community, including phone banks, rallies and organizing calls. Check out our Mobilize page for more!

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✊ NEW MEXICO EDUCATORS’ UNIONS PICKET MAGA ED. SEC. MCMAHON 📢 New Mexico educators’ unions picketed U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon's speech at the Western Governors’ Association in Santa Fe, Tuesday.

We need a mass movement committed to nonviolence, dignity and the defense of our democratic values. Read @rweingarten.bsky.social’s latest NY Times column: www.aft.org/column/takin...

🚨 PROTEST MAGA Ed Secretary Linda McMahon THIS MONDAY 🚨 Trump's Ed Sec, Linda McMahon, will be in Santa Fe this Monday, June 23rd, addressing the Western Governors Association Annual Meeting at the Eldorado Hotel. 📍 309 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe, NM 87501 🗓️ Monday, June 23 ⏱️ 1 PM - 2 PM

Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) and the Albuquerque Teachers Federation (ATF) have tentatively agreed to the 2025-2026 salary matrices. The matrices will be incorporated into the Negotiated Agreement at the conclusion of negotiations and pending ratification.

Thousands at #NoKings rallies across New Mexico join nationwide day of protest

Classroom Teachers: Design District-Directed Professional Development for Your Peers! Do you have strategies you want to share with your peers? For more info, and to submit your proposals: atfunion.org/your-union/t...

Trump’s Big Ugly Bill includes a national private school voucher program which funnels public dollars to private schools.

ALBUQUERQUE PRIDE 2025 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #WeAreNotAfraid

Please join with your union and community allies for No Kings Day this Saturday, June 14th at Mariposa Basin Park, 4900 Kachina St NW! The event begins at 11am and ends at 3pm. MORE INFO: atfunion.org/your-union/j...

Protests in LA are fueled by a commitment to love, justice, and freedom for all! Keep it peaceful. Authoritarians want to provoke violence. Solidarity is our strength.

ALBUQUERQUE PRIDE 2025 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

An injury to one is an injury to all. Release our union brother David Huerta NOW! #FreeDavidEndRaids

✊AFT Supports Cutting Taxes on Working Class & Raising Taxes on Millionaires ✊Defending and Strengthening Public Schools & a Better Life for All ✊Mobilizing to Defend Democracy, Expand Opportunity, & Build Power ✊Opposition to Detainments, Deportations & Visa Revocations in Higher Education.

Join us for the Pride parade THIS SATURDAY, June 7! The ABQ Pride Parade will officially start at 10am at the corner of Central and Girard and end about an hour later at Central and San Mateo. If you plan to walk with your union or ride in the parade, please fill out this form: bit.ly/ATFPride2025

APS Educators, you made it happen! Students came to you full of hopes and dreams. You helped them on their road to success because that’s what you do every day, year after year. We, your union leaders and staff, wish you some much-needed and well-deserved rest and relaxation with the ones you love.

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s plan to dismantle the Dept. of Ed & ordered the reinstatement of employees fired in mass layoffs. This ruling is, as @rweingarten.bsky.social said, “a first step to reverse this war on knowledge and the undermining of broad-based opportunity.”

Anti-union extremists are pushing a federal budget that would make devastating cuts to public services & vital programs like Medicaid—all to pay for billionaire tax cuts. putfamilies1st.org

Ages 0-4 are the most important, emotionally & intellectually, in human development. Yet, in the US, we have a very high rate of childhood poverty and a broken child care system. Congratulations to New Mexico for leading the way forward for high quality, free child care. Other states must follow.

"You make the mess, you clean it up. That was the message Tuesday from a state district judge in Santa Fe who ruled the New Mexico Public Education Department has continually failed to comply with a landmark 2018 court order to provide a sufficient education to certain groups of at-risk students."

Congratulations to former ATF union member Sara Attleson on being elected chair of the Democratic Party of New Mexico.

#TeachTruth and stay away from peddling racist caricatures and stereotypes about #CincodeMayo. Check out this article from the Zinn Education Project detailing the actual history of the Battle of Puebla: www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ci...

Our members were on the ground at more than 800 #MayDay2025 events nationwide! Here are some of our favorites! Add yours in the replies or tag us on your social posts. #MayDay2025 @ky120unitedaft.bsky.social @uftnyc.bsky.social @ctulocal1.bsky.social @atfteachersunion.bsky.social