[Homeless NYC Students\AFTBooks4Keeps]
Christine Quinn: “Over the past six weeks, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced the 2,100 children living in shelter at Win to adapt to difficult challenges.“
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By Randi Weingarten
AFT AND UFT: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MUST DO MORE TO HELP VICTIMS OF COVID-19
[AFT and UFT\COBRA]
Weingarten said: “We are seeing a terrible loss of life as well as loss of employment as a result of this pandemic.”
Mulgrew said: “Tens of thousands of New Yorkers are now out of work.”
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AFT’S WEINGARTEN: COVID-19 BILL WILL PROVIDE RELIEF
[COVID-19 Recovery Bill]
Weingarten: “With this global pandemic, there is a recognition that science matters and government matters. We need government to help us navigate the multitude of crises…”
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AFT’S WEINGARTEN LAUNCHES “CAPSTONE” INITIATIVE TO COMPLETE SCHOOL YEAR
[COVID-19\”Capstone’ Proposal”]
AFT’s Weingarten: “This school year is not a wash—we’ve had seven months of instruction…We’re holding out hope we can bring a sense of completion and finality to kids and families and end this unprecedented year on a positive note.”
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NURSES DEMAND IMMEDIATE TESTING OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS FOR COVID-19
[COVIDE-19 Testing\Nurses]
Hundreds of thousands of healthcare workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 outbreak are yet to be tested, despite reports of waves of infections.
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AFT SAYS NATIONAL SCHOOLS SHUTDOWN INEVITABLE AMID CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
[COVID-19\American Federation of Teachers]
AFT President Randi Weingarten said: “Closing schools is an agonizing decision, but, with caveats, it’s the inevitable and correct one in the midst of this unprecedented national emergency.”
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U.S. SENATE RESOULTION REPEALS EDUCATION SECRETARY DEVOS’ REWRITE OF “BORROWERS DEFENSE RULE”
[“Borrower Defense” Rule]
Weingarten: “Today, a bit of justice was served for the hundreds of thousands of people who have fallen victim to this administration’s practice of siding with predatory colleges over the students and veterans who attend those colleges.”
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AFT’S WEINGARTEN ON REPUBLICANS’ SUPREME COURT CHALLENGE AGAINST THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
[Affordable Care Act\Supreme Court]
Randi Weingarten: “If Donald Trump is re-elected and Republicans have free rein on the government, they will strip these protections from millions of Americans. It is up to voters to turn the tide on the insidious policies of this administration.”
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AFT’S WEINGARTEN ON REPUBLICANS’ SUPREME COURT CHALLENGE AGAINST THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
[Affordable Care Act\Supreme Court]
Randi Weingarten: “If Donald Trump is re-elected and Republicans have free rein on the government, they will strip these protections from millions of Americans. It is up to voters to turn the tide on the insidious policies of this administration.”
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AFT’S WEINGARTEN: TRUMP’S 2021 BUDGET PROPOSAL CUTS HELP WEALTHY TO DETRIMENT OF WORKING AMERICANS
[Trump’s 2021 Budget]
AFT President Weingarten: “In his State of the Union address last week, Trump preached a litany of lies, claiming his agenda was pro-worker, pro-family, pro-growth and, most of all, pro-American. Yet, just one week later, he’s unveiled a budget that cuts billions of dollars from all the programs that would advance such goals.”
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