Questions about student debt? AFT is hosting a virtual student debt clinic TONIGHT at 7 PM ET to help members navigate #PSLF, income-driven repayment plans, and more. ➡️Register: cvent.me/17XZka AFT Higher Ed AFT Healthcare AFT PSRP Division AFT Public Employees

Happening THIS SUNDAY! Amanda Gorman is joining us to for the first in our series on January 28, 2024. There's still time to register! Sign up here: aft.org/bookclub ShareMyLesson Albert Shanker Institute Randi Weingarten 🇺🇸 🖇️👩‍🎓📚

In her latest column, AFT President Randi Weingarten 🇺🇸 🖇️👩‍🎓📚 talks about how giving students access to experiential learning like CTE is a powerful way to address many of our kids’ and our country’s greatest challenges. Read it here: aftvoices.org/creating-oppor…

The AFT exec council unanimously adopted a resolution that calls for a bilateral negotiated cease-fire, reaffirms our support for a two-state solution, condemns all forms of antisemitism & Islamophobia, & ensures the US remains a place where all are safe to express dissent.

Ahead of the Big Tech hearing in DC today, we're running print and online ads calling on Big Tech to do more to protect kids. Sign the petition --> aft.org/MetaSaysVsMeta…

At a recent #ReadingOpensTheWorld event, award-winning author Elizabeth Acevedo made an important point: “They're not banning these books to protect y’all, because oftentimes these books are about y’all." Read more: aft.org/news/award-win…

"Limited funds or not, there is no more important place for colleges to spend their money than hiring the best instructors they can find and providing fair pay, benefits and reasonable working conditions." latimes.com/opinion/story/… American Association of University Professors

Career & technical education is experiential learning at its best, and it prepares students not only for traditional trades programs but also for in-demand careers in healthcare, information technology, skilled manufacturing and more. aft.org/realsolutions/…

In this #AFTVoices post, AFT member Tracy Lai shares her memories of and reflections on the #LunarNewYear holiday and her hopes for the year to come. aftvoices.org/sharing-lunar-…

Stay safe, southern California! 🙏 Find valuable resources to help students understand, cope, and heal after natural disasters in our Disaster Recovery & Preparedness collection of FREE resources. Check it out here: sharemylesson.com/collections/di… 👈 CFT United Teachers Los Angeles AFT

"I feel like I finally belong. Like I have a little piece of the flag — a little corner of the star." — AFT member Ruxandra Westra who attended informational sessions and clinics through the AFT’s Together We Rise Citizenship Program. Read more: aftvoices.org/becoming-a-u-s…

WATCH & SHARE: How is social emotional learning helping kids thrive in the classrom? Let Instructional Assistant Julian Thomas explain. #RealSolutionsForKids

1/3 Student debt is a labor issues that impacts workers of all kinds: teachers, truck drivers, nurses, custodians, farmers, childcare workers, grocery store employees, and many, many more. #StudentDebtIsALaborIssue

The @aftunion Exec. Council just voted to endorse Kamala Harris for president, subject to ratification by delegates to the 2024 AFT convention. Harris is fighting to restore Roe, fighting for families,for student debt relief and is a powerful advocate for workers.

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Personal stories of labor and civil rights, and the continued fight of paraprofessionals and school-related personnel for a living wage, safe working conditions & respect and dignity on the job were the centerpiece of the PSRP breakfast on Tuesday morning aft.org/news/labor-and…

That’s a wrap! Thank you AFT for a wonderful 2024 Convention. We hope everyone keeps marching on, and gets home safe. #RealSolutions

Beyond honored to be part of this historic bill signing. Thank you to all of the AFT members and retirees who made calls, wrote letters, and fought for years to make these fixes to Social Security. Randi Weingarten 🇺🇸❌👑💪🏿👩‍🎓🟣🇺🇦 AMPR AFT Massachusetts Jessica Tang @jessjtang.bsky.social @UnionmanTX AFL-CIO ✊ Liz Shuler AFSCME

Garment workers from Indonesia, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan have organized together to demand wage increases and labor rights protections from Nike. Today we share these workers' pictures, so Nike sees them & all they do. Global Labor Justice #FightTheHeist