[“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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American Federation of Teachers
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 PRESIDENT WEINGARTEN AND VIRGINIA REP. SCOTT DENOUNCE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OBAMACARE RULING
[Healthcare\Legal\Texas v. United States]
AFT President Weingarten: “In the richest nation in the world, this ruling could take us backward to times when healthcare was simply out of reach for too many working people.”
Virginia Rep. Scott: “Republican attorneys general and the Trump administration took another step toward stripping access to affordable health care from millions of Americans.”
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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 PRESIDENT RANDI WEINGARTEN CELEBRATES WORLD TEACHERS DAY
[Education\World Teachers Day]
AFT President Randi Weingarten: “Educators around the world do so much more than instruct students: They serve as counselors, nurses and caretakers for children facing increasingly complex challenges in an often overwhelming world…Today, on World Teachers’ Day, we honor educators—our change agents—who have chosen one of the most stressful occupations, but who also enable a future to those who do not have access to opportunity otherwise.”
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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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AFT’s Weingarten On Public Service Freedom To Negotiate Act And Protecting Employee Rights
[Labor News]
On One-Year Anniversary of Right-Wing Assault on Unions in Janus v. AFSCME, House Democrats Move to Restore Bargaining Rights for America’s Public Sector Workers…
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