HAPPY THANKSGIVING (NOT): This holiday season, @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social wants you to know that she's NOT thinking about Paraprofessionals. In fact, she's spending her last few weeks in office actively working AGAINST Paras by single-handedly blocking legislation that would raise Para salaries.

Today-Trump and Musk endorsed Cuomo-Cuomo is the candidate of the billionaires. Mamdani is fighting for affordability for all of us-particularly working families. I disagree with ZM on Israel but I want a Mayor who fights for the strugglers & strivers- not for those who are taking away our freedoms

It’s very simple. Republicans in congress created this crisis—and workers are paying the price. Healthcare costs are skyrocketing while families struggle to keep coverage. Instead of working to fix it, they chose to shut down the government. #TrumpHealthcareShutdown

Trump, despite having a Republican trifecta in DC, is refusing to meet with Democrats. It shows his reckless disregard for the pain a shutdown will cause to American families. #TrumpsGovernmentShutdown www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...

With Medicaid under attack & millions of hardworking Americans losing the health care services they depend on, @rweingarten.bsky.social, @aft.org & @uftnyc.bsky.social are standing up & speaking out on the National Mall tonight, part of a 60 hour vigil to save Medicaid, organized by Families First.

Luddites always looking to smash the looms. It was a dead end in the early 19th century, and it is a dead end in the early 21st century.

Good! Senate Republicans can’t use the Big Ugly Bill to end run the legislative process to slash Medicaid or create a national school voucher program. But they are still trying to find a way to do it so keep telling Congress how harmful these policies would be! www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...

SCOTUS knee capped lower courts today while kicking the question of birthright citizenship down the road. Justices Sotomayor and Jackson are right to call out problems and dangers of this decision.   www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

Political violence isn’t a punchline. It isn’t an opportunity to mock a grieving community. Families’ lives have been shattered. Sen. Lee’s comments are disgusting. www.newsweek.com/mike-lee-ass...

This is nothing short of pathological. Two prominent union leaders – a Jewish lesbian and a Black man – resign in a vote of no confidence of a white man who has completely mucked up the job in ways that we cannot afford, and draws this sort of mindless attack that does not even pass logical muster.

Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 78 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo (& today a video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” includes a tax loophole for billionaires—practically paying them to “donate” to private school tuition for families earning up to $500,000 a year. It increases the deficit & weakens public schools. Tell your lawmakers: Say NO to school vouchers. aft.org/NoToVouchers

Education funding should not be used as a piggy bank to defund our already underfunded public schools. The bill includes $20 billion for vouchers in the guise of a tax shelter for the well-off. Vouchers syphon crucial funds away from public schools into private hands. www.aft.org/press-releas...

Rather than protect Medicare and Medicaid, this bill cuts them, denying healthcare to 14 million people. Rather than strengthen public education, it weakens it. Rather than feeding poor families, it rips food out of their mouths. www.aft.org/press-releas...

Not all students go to College - we need to make that ok. It’s time to scale up successful programs that create multiple pathways for students so high school is a gateway to both college and career. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/o...

Trump spent 100 days dismantling public ed, attacking universities, firing federal workers—including veterans—ending vital labor & health programs, and making it harder for retirees to access Social Security. It’s no wonder his public approval is tanking! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLa9...

We won!! A nationwide preliminary injunction against McMahon's February Dear Colleague letter which tried to stop public schools & higher Ed from teaching honest history or enforcing student civil rights. It’s a win for students, families & educators. democracyforward.org/updates/harm...

Why the UFT Opposition Is Missing in Action in the Fight to Defend Social Security and Medicare – And What It Could Mean For the Future of the UFT from @leoecasey.bsky.social www.unitycaucus.org/p/why-the-uf...

“Nayib Bukele is a minor strongman who will do whatever Donald Trump demands of him. If Trump wants Abrego Garcia in the United States, then Bukele will return him. If Bukele understands that Trump does not want Abrego Garcia returned, then he will keep the man.” www.thebulwark.com/p/bukele-abr...

If we really believe that Public Ed is essential for Americans, particularly our young people, we have to talk to and listen to everyone. My Fox Digital Op Ed

A primer on what the widespread tariffs mean to workers, families & retirees. ✅ Economic & financial chaos ✅ Stock markets in free fall ✅ Business confidence at lowest level since '08 financial crisis ✅ Economists warning of likely recession ✅ Higher prices 4 Americans aftvoices.org/keeping-our-...

We’re taking the fight to the courts but you can help pressure Congress, build community, use consumer pressure, and keep influencing the court of public opinion. Check out HandsOff2025.com to get involved this weekend and stay tuned for more to come in May!

Increasing Para Pay: Making A Slogan into A Reality By @leoecasey.bsky.social www.unitycaucus.org/p/increasing...

Our Union Needs Democratic Political Debate, But the UFT Opposition Gives Us Sectarian Self-Righteousness @leoecasey.bsky.social www.unitycaucus.org/p/our-union-...

If you are in NYC and can make it out, please join us tomorrow at noon.

Trump has taken a hatchet to American ingenuity, imagination and invention at Columbia to attack academic freedom and force compliance with his political views. Read our lawsuit and statement with @AAUP.bsky.social here. www.aft.org/press-releas...

Closing Social Security offices makes it harder for people get their Social Security. Shutting down phone lines makes it harder for people to get what they need. They're undermining opportunity and retirement security for everyone.

If you're worried about Social Security, the first step is signing a petition. Let's send a clear message to Donald Trump and Elon Musk that they need to keep their hands off Social Security! actionnetwork.org/petitions/ha...

Weingarten: If you think this is unprecedented. You’re not crazy. It is. It is. We have never faced the kind of assault on people that has happened in the last 60 plus days.

Education is our kids future. Education is our country’s future. Mr. President, we will see you in court. www.aft.org/press-releas...

The world's richest person is targeting me & other teachers because we are fighting for vital federal education programs that help families & students. They attack because they want tax cuts for the rich. Stop taking money from poor kids & kids with disabilities.

As we argued to investors about our members' pension funds, Elon Musk is acting like an angry toddler on the internet instead of protecting Tesla shareholders. This behavior wouldn't even fly in our classrooms, so it shouldn’t fly for billionaires running our government.

Diverting billions from our children to pay for tax cuts that primarily benefit the wealthy is a callous decision that short-changes everyone. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Teachers work hard every single day to make classrooms safe and welcoming to every student. Trump's lies about schools and LGBTQ students hurt everyone. Shame on him.

This is appalling, @MarkWarner. There is a neo-fascist in the White House who has been on a rampage, and you are looking for things he has done to celebrate. Shame on you.

Our #ProtectOurKids Day of Action is today. Hundreds of actions. Gutting public education to give tax cuts to billionaires would deny opportunities to children—including students with disabilities & kids living in poverty. I’m proud of our members for speaking out! www.aft.org/ProtectOurKids

By cutting Medicaid, the Trump administration is leaving more than 70 million American kids, parents, grandparents, and working people unable to go to the doctor and stay healthy. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

We are asking members to wear red to school on Tuesday, March 4. We are joining the AFT in calling on NYC educators to mobilize locally to defend public schools and the vital services they provide to children and families. #ProtectOurKids

Tim Snyder captures the White House travesty between Trump, Vance and Zelensky beautifully in this video: Five Failures in the Oval Office. America acted like a bully today and hurt our standing as a country committed to freedom and democracy. open.sub-stack.com/pub/snyder/p...

We’ll be writing every day in support of personal liberties. Here’s why workers aren’t persons. by Jeff Bezos

Tesla stocks are down. They're falling behind competitors on innovations. Musk's Trump administration is gutting funding for EV infrastructure. And more. Major asset managers and investors need to seriously consider their investments in Tesla. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/b...

Big win for workers! The AFT is standing up to Wall Street, demanding accountability from Tesla’s largest investors. Our retirement savings shouldn’t be tied to Musk’s reckless choices. #UnionStrong www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/b...

REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

We're mobilizing towards a March 4 Day of Action to #ProtectOurKids from the Trump administration’s plans to gut the U.S. Department of Education and slash federal funding would devastate millions of students. Join the call tonight to learn more! event.on24.com/wcc/r/486529...

Without going all Martin Niemöller here, I do think that it's bad not to speak up for immigrants, transgender Americans, civil servants, women, Ukraine, and everyone else the MAGA bullies are going after. We're beyond picking and choosing whom to defend. It's time to stand up and speak out.

I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner

It's heartening that today the leaders of the two major parties in Germany are unequivocally anti-Nazi and anti-fascist. It's horrifying that today the president and vice-president of the United States of America are not.