To our amazing nurses & health professionals: thank you and happy #NationalNursesWeek! We celebrate the vital role you play in creating healthier, stronger communities. This week, let's continue fighting for the dignity, respect, & safe working conditions they need to provide quality care to all.

Happy #TeacherAppreciationWeek! I’m grateful for the kindness, wisdom & dedication educators bring to their work, and for the ways they help students grow, discover their strengths & see what’s possible. If a teacher has made a difference in your life, take a moment to reach out and say thank you.

Happy May Day! Today is all about the power of workers coming together to demand a better life—but as AFT President @rweingarten.bsky.social reminds us this week, our fights are far from over.

No worker should fear for their safety. This Workplace Violence Awareness Month, we’re sharing the stories of workers who have suffered the physical and emotional impacts of violence on the job. Their stories are inspiring action, and their pain is fueling change. aftvoices.org/violence-is-...

#MayDay is rooted in worker solidarity and collective action. This Friday, AFT is encouraging members to take part in a day of civic action to organize for the upcoming midterm elections. Check out our toolkit here ⤵️ docs.google.com/document/d/1...

A NYC Day. I ❤️ NY Canvassing with @uft.org & @uftaction.bsky.social for Carl Wilson for NYC Council. The Special Election is Tuesday April 28. Carl can get things done….that is why so many community representatives & unions have endorsed him. And he understands the importance of public schools

@rweingarten.bsky.social in a new column on the technology trap in classrooms: "AI does not change the essential purpose of education: teaching students how to think." Read it here ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/rwei...

We need lawmakers to act to regulate the dangers of AI, especially for our kids. Thoughtful @rweingarten.bsky.social column on how to protect against the harms and support educators. bsky.app/profile/rwei...

💯 @rweingarten.bsky.social: "I’ll just say this about Melania Trump’s proposal to replace human teachers with AI-powered robots: It is devoid of both humanity and evidence of any benefit." bsky.app/profile/rwei...

👏👏 "One job should be enough to afford a decent life free from debt and anxiety." @rweingarten.bsky.social in a new column about Trump's failure to deliver on his promises to make life more affordable. www.aft.org/column/ameri...

"While Trump used his State of the Union address to attempt to rewrite his failed economic record, my union is stepping up to help people navigate a path out of debt and put money back in people's pockets." — @rweingarten.bsky.social 💯! Check out Randi's new column ⤵️ www.aft.org/column/ameri...

Happy International Women’s Day! Today we celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women around the world.🌎 #InternationalWomensDay

The Obama Presidential Center is gorgeous!

Some good news… We’ve been advocating for a working class tax cut like this-getting money into working families people’s pockets. I’m glad that it’s moving with leadership from Sen Van Hollen. Working people need a break- and this is a fantastic way to do it. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

#MorningVibe Sometimes art speaks louder than words. #ArtAsActivism

We asked our members about the challenges they face and this is what we heard back from them. Their stories are tough to hear. We are talking about the reality in 2026 for the people who educate our children, work in healthcare and are public servants. youtube.com/shorts/P-5fZ...

DOGE weaponized databases to target marginalized people, used biased AI to gut civil rights protections, and hollowed out agencies serving vulnerable groups—without oversight. DOGE didn’t eliminate waste—it gutted services people depend on for survival. #TrumpsStateOfDelusion

Just fyi- Trump claims he ended DEI...but literally last month we won our lawsuit, preventing him from cutting civil rights laws including the commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in schools. www.aft.org/press-releas... . www.aft.org/press-releas...

Anybody pretending the affordability crisis isn't real — from the president on down — does not know how to walk in the shoes of regular Americans. aft.org/affordability #TrumpAffordabilityChaos

Americans want us to treat each other with dignity, not inhumanity. It may feel like dystopian scenes are inescapable these days, but what I see—from kids buzzing about books to a Super Bowl performance celebrating love and diversity—gives me hope. Read my newest column ⤵️ www.aft.org/column/toget...

In her new column, @rweingarten.bsky.social writes about how Americans want us to treat each other with dignity, not inhumanity, and seeing reasons for hope in challenging times. www.aft.org/column/toget...

Every person who shows up on March 28 is a brick in the wall they cannot break. Every voice raised is a hammer against their throne. We are the architects of our own liberation. #NoKings2026 social.demcast.com/s/vl3GT13s

Trump orders Pride flag yanked from Stonewall Inn National Monument—calls it "too political." Bull. To us, it's history: birthplace of LGBTQ+ movement. Not politics—raw fight for rights. He erases our story to appease bigots. We won't forget. Fly it higher. 🏳️‍🌈

All of us deserve a voice in our democracy - but President Trump & his allies in Congress are working to silence our voices with the SAVE America Act & the Make Elections Great Again Act. Tell your lawmaker to protect our right to vote! actionnetwork.org/letters/save... @aft.org

They want borders in language and culture. Bad Bunny responds with love. “¡Viva México!” says everything about who he is—and why this moment matters. Music bigger than hate. 🎶✊🏽 #BadBunnyBowl

Bad Bunny once used an award stage to stand with women and call for an end to domestic violence. No gimmicks. No hedging. Just a clear message about dignity, safety, and respect. That’s real power. ✊🏽 #BadBunnyBowl

Communities are protecting each other while Congress funds the agency terrorizing them. ICE raids restaurants. Neighbors show up. Meanwhile healthcare is cut, clinics close, and people suffer. One side chooses fear. The other chooses care. #FundHealthcareOverICE

Communities are protecting each other while Congress funds the agency terrorizing them. ICE raids restaurants. Neighbors show up. Meanwhile healthcare is cut, clinics close, and people suffer. One side chooses fear. The other chooses care. #FundHealthcareOverICE

Nurses are pissed. This is on the front page of the nursing subreddit, along with many discussions about it on several other posts.

The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota's attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck of murder. https://to.pbs.org/3ZA2HfU

This cuts DEEP. Americans shot dead. Children kidnapped. Citizens tortured We can’t give our taxes to a death squad that terrorizes Americans Tell @schumer.senate.gov ＆ Dems to vote NO tomorrow on more ICE funding, or you’ll hold them accountable #NoMoneyForMurderers 202-224-3121

After the killing of Alex Pretti in Minnesota yesterday, exercising the right to document and record ICE and other federal agents is more important than ever. Join tomorrow's call to learn more about the tools to safely to take action. Sign up here ⤵️ www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...

We’ve placed the available videos of the shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis today into the same synchronised timeline and are continuing to analyse further.

Today we are all Minnesota. The AFT is standing proudly in support and solidarity here in Minneapolis against ICE’s assault on people’s constitutional, civil and human rights. #ICEOUT #ICEOutSchools

Tonight Danish troops … ‘arrived in Greenland to defend the island from the United States of America.’ (Heather Cox Richardson) open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Become an ICE Agent! Apply now! Must be confident, vaguely authoritative, and skilled at explaining nothing while making everyone panic. Parody? Allegedly.

every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s

❗❗❗Hospital management brings in traveling nurses during the strike - they are housed in hotels and bused into their buildings, crossing the lines. Please show your support for the NYSNA nurses who work so hard for all of us! @nynurses.bsky.social . www.nysna.org/news/take-ac...

We will not sit by while violence goes unanswered. We demand accountability for Renee Nicole Good’s killing. We demand an end to ICE and CBP raids. This weekend — we turn grief into collective action. #ICEOutForGood social.demcast.com/s/VcUudK4p

Tell your lawmakers to stop the #HealthcareHeist and restore ACA tax credits today ⤵️ actionnetwork.org/letters/affo...

If Congress fails to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits, millions of working families will be forced to pay more for the care they need - many will even lose their coverage. RN Catharyne Henderson explains why these credits are the difference between life & death. #HealthcareHeist

Bluesky community! This is my official NYC mayor account. I’ll be posting updates on what’s happening at City Hall and how we’re delivering for New Yorkers. It’s great to be here.

AFT and @texasaft.org are suing to defend educators punished over posts about Charlie Kirk’s killing. “What happened... wasn’t about violence or denouncing violence, it was about muzzling the expression of constitutionally protected nonviolent speech.” www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

This is a reckless, heinous act of violence against an American citizen. The officer must be held accountable. DHS must stop lying about the horror that was caught on video. ICE must leave our communities immediately. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

📢 Free speech is free speech. Educators across Texas have been retaliated against for constitutionally protected speech that had no bearing on job performance and no impact on their classrooms. Read more about our lawsuit against TEA in the New York Times article below 👇

Educators devote themselves to meeting the needs of kids. They need support & clarity, not shaming, star chambers & state-run snitch lines. Sadly, TX officials decided to exploit Mr. Kirk’s heinous murder & fire teachers for their non classroom speech. @texasaft.org www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/u...

You don’t lose your right to express yourself the day you become a teacher. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/u...

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting — which helped fund NPR, PBS and many local radio and TV stations — is officially shutting down, months after Congress passed spending cuts that stripped it of more than $1 billion in funding. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

@rweingarten.bsky.social’s new column expresses gratitude for the helpers in our communities—those who fight for a better life for all. "You, the helpers, give me immense hope that together we can reclaim that promise of America and build a better future for everyone." www.aft.org/column/grati...