[COVID-19 Relief]
Weingarten: “The funds proposed for K-12 public schools, colleges and universities are woefully inadequate given the expenses schools will face to reopen safely.”
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Randi Weingarten
Has CDC Changed Stance on School Reopening to Help Trump?
[COVID-19 Pandemic]
Weingarten: “The CDC may have changed its tone to accommodate President Trump’s whims, but the details of its guidance remain the same: Schools cannot reopen safely and equitably until we have effectively contained the virus spread.”
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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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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.”
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.”
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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.”
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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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REPS. PRESSLEY AND OMAR INTRODUCE STUDENT DEBT RELIEF PLAN
[COVID-19\Student Debt Emergency Relief Act]
Congresswoman Pressley. “Our $1.6 trillion student debt crisis stands in the way of any meaningful economic recovery effort during and after this pandemic, which is why we must cancel student loan debt in order to jumpstart the economy.”
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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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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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