[COVID-19\School Funding]
Weingarten: “Our nation is at a critical crossroad, and the decisions Congress and the president make in the next two weeks will be felt for generations to come.”
Photo: AFT
By Randi Weingarten
Trump’s Attacks on International Students “Racist” and “Xenophobic”
[Immigration Students]
Weingarten: “The Trump administration has chosen to use international students as cover to further its xenophobic and racist aims. At every turn, Donald Trump has attacked the status of immigrants in this country.”
Photo: YouTube
AFT’s Weingarten to McConnell: Take Up HEROES Act Now
[HEROES Act]
Weingarten: “It’s a dereliction of duty for Mitch McConnell to go on vacation in July without passing the federal investment our schools desperately need to safely reopen this fall…McConnell and Republican senators to take up the HEROES Act.”
Photo: YouTube
DeVos’ School Privatization Funding Attempts Escalate After Espinoza Ruling
[Betsy DeVos\School Privitization\Espinoza Ruling]
Weingarten: “It is telling that, after spending more than three years doing nothing to help the public schools that 90 percent of children attend, Betsy DeVos races to divert resources into private hands 48 hours after the Supreme Court’s decision in Espinoza.”
Photo: YouTube
AFT’s Weingarten: U.S. Supreme Court’s Espinoza Ruling Threatens Public Education
[Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue]
Weingarten: “Never in more than two centuries of American history has the free exercise clause of the First Amendment been wielded as a weapon to defund and dismantle public education.”
Photo: YouTube
AFT President Weingarten Welcomes Introduction of the Justice in Policing Act of 2020
[American Federation of Teachers\Justice in Policing Act of 2020]
Weingarten: “This legislation makes clear that police brutality, misconduct, harassment and killing have no place in this country.”
Photo: YouTube
AFT’S WEINGARTEN WELCOMES INTRODUCTION OF HEROES ACT COVID-19 RELIEF LEGISLATION
[American Federation of Teachers\HEROES Act]
Weingarten: “Today’s proposal from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats takes a vital step toward helping our country begin to recover from the devastation of COVID-19.”
Photo: YouTube
COVID-19: FRONTLINE ESSENTIAL WORKERS FILE MASS COMPLAINTS REGARDING OSHA VIOLATIONS
[AFT\OSHA]
AFT: There are currently no enforceable OSHA standards compelling employers to protect workers from the virus that has claimed more than 50,000 American lives.
Photo: AFT
AFT PRESIDENT WEINGARTEN DENOUNCES DEVOS’ MISUSE OF COVID-19 FUNDS
[Betsy DeVos\CARES Act Funding]
Weingarten: “DeVos is using what little discretionary money was provided for education in the CARES Act to move full-steam ahead with turning our public schools into online cash cows for her corporate friends.”
Photo: YouTube
COVID-19 COULD DEVASTATE SCHOOL FUNDING IF WE DON’T ACT NOW SAYS REPORT
[COVID-19\School Budgets]
Albert Shanker Institute President and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten says: “We can’t forfeit our students’ future because of the coronavirus pandemic.”
Photo: YouTube
