"We banned those damn captive audience meetings for good in Minnesota. Last time I said that a union meeting they sued me over it. It was the best thing to get sued over I ever said. We're going to continue to ban those meetings!" Tim Walz to AFSCME

What Minnesota’s Law on Free Tampons in Public Schools Actually Does nytimes.com/2024/08/16/us/…

We're super excited to announce that 2019 MN Teacher of the Year Jess Davis will be singing the National Anthem at tonight's #DNC2024! Jess, you make our union and the educators of Minnesota so proud. Tune in between 5:30 and 6 p.m.: demconvention.com/watch/

"Never underestimate a public school teacher." — Tim Walz #DNC2024

Never underestimate a public school teacher.

Heard an amazing story from a NYC teacher tonight in our Education Wars reading group. Her neighbors switched from a charter school to the local public in part because they were so moved by hearing Tim Walz talking about public schools

Very disappointing to see CBS News lazily, thoughtlessly & reflexively call Shawn Fain & other union leaders "bosses." Fain was democratically elected. He very much listens to the UAW's rank & file. So why do headline writers call him a boss? Why don't they call Elon Musk a boss?

Important reporting! Crucial context: the historic investments in public education that the DFL legislature passed in 2023 went into effect in 2024. It will absolutely take more than 5 months to see the impacts after 20 years of Republicans cutting funding.

Donald Trump’s racist remarks about immigrants during today’s Moms for Liberty meeting: “Our country is being poisoned … they’re going into the classrooms and taking disease, and they don’t even speak English. It’s crazy.”

We welcomed two fantastic labor leaders at the Education Minnesota booth at the #MNStateFair. Thanks for stopping Liz Shuler and Minnesota AFL-CIO Prez Bernie Burnham.

🇺🇸Unions create freedom. 👷‍♀️Workers are profit creators. 👵 Pensions are earned. #LaborDay2024

You may have heard that public support for unions “has been increasing”—but you probably haven’t heard just how big a deal that is in the context of the last 15 years. Since the Great Recession, we’ve seen the credibility of, and approval for, just about every major institution

Across the board, Americans' trust in institutions is on the decline. And, yes, that includes police and the military. EXCEPT ONE. Any guesses? Unions. Come to the cool kids' table.

I have never seen MAGA in a more extraordinary state of outright panic.

Every labor union & worker should be outraged that anti-union billionaires are using their huge financial might to donate hundreds of millions to elect Trump. These billionaires badly warp our democracy. To save our democracy, we need to limit their power theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

Tragic--and I say that as a historian of authoritarianism familiar with the costs of such silences.

Since ur all here now, my school could use some more glue sticks and colored paper 😚 donorschoose.org/project/paving…

A few things about this: it’s a straightforward news headline; doesn’t editorialize. It accurately characterizes what he did. And yes, it’s news.

The turducken of dog whistles.

It is possible for journalism to not be stenography. Kudos to this excellent reporter.