[Reopening Schools]
Weingarten: “Parents and teachers are on the same page when it comes to school reopening…and reject President Trump and Betsy DeVos’ agenda to strip schools of funding if they don’t fully reopen.”
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AFT
Poll Shows Parents, Teachers Want “Safety First” on Reopening Schools
Praises Pouring in For Civil Rights Icon John Lewis
[Congressman John Lewis]
CBC: “As Chair of SNCC, John Lewis was one of the “Big 6” leaders of the historical March on Washington on August, 28, 1963, and was the youngest speaker to address the hundreds of thousands marching for jobs and freedom that day.”
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Praises Pouring in For Civil Rights Icon John Lewis
[Congressman John Lewis]
CBC: “As Chair of SNCC, John Lewis was one of the “Big 6” leaders of the historical March on Washington on August, 28, 1963, and was the youngest speaker to address the hundreds of thousands marching for jobs and freedom that day.”
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AFT Passes Resolution To Fight Systemic Racism in Schools
[AFT\Black Lives Matter]
AFT President Randi Weingarten: “We must also do all we can to create safe and welcoming environments. That requires us to rethink school security starting with separating police forces from schools.”
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AFT PRESIDENT WEINGARTEN PRAISES REAUTHORIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
[Education News]
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten: “The College Affordability Act is a big step toward making higher education a realistic possibility for everyone who aspires to a college education. House Democrats have stepped up with a proposal that meets the needs of the struggling and the striving by creating a genuine pathway to college affordability, revamping loan forgiveness so it is there for people who need it, and increasing the investment in colleges and universities—institutions that have long suffered terrible disinvestment.
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AFT’S WEINGARTEN, MEDICAL NURSES AND OTHERS DENOUNCE TRUMP’S DEPORTING OF SICK IMMIGRANT CHILDREN
[Immigration News]
AFT’s Randi Weingarten: “First, he separated families. Then he threw children in cages without food, water or showers. And now, in his cruelest move yet, Donald Trump is signing death sentences by deporting children with cancer and other illnesses, and in some cases deporting the parents of their sick and dying kids.”
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PUERTO RICO GOVERNOR RICARDO ROSSELLO’S RESIGNATION WAS OVERDUE, GOVERNMENT REFORM NOW NEEDED
[Puerto Rico News]
AFT President Randi Weingarten: “The people of Puerto Rico, regardless of political party, seek what all citizens of a democratic society want: a government that is free of corruption and puts the needs of the people first.”
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INTERNATIONAL TEACHER’S GROUP CONDEMNS TRUMP OVER RACIST “GO BACK” ATTACKS ON U.S. CONGRESSWOMEN
[Education News]
Education International, the global body representing the world’s teachers, voted unanimously Thursday to condemn U.S. President Donald Trump’s racist assault on four women members of the U.S. Congress and pledged to support American unions in their fight to defeat him in 2020.
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