[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
By Randi Weingarten
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
AFT DONATES 10,000 BOOKS TO HOMELESS NYC STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AMID COVID-19 CRISIS
[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.“
Photo: YouTube
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.”
Photo: Twitter
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.”
Photo: YouTube
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.
Photo: YouTube
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.”
Photo: Twitter
