Tell ACLU of the District of Columbia executives to stop union busting! actionnetwork.org/letters/c70bde…

What the ACLU of the District of Columbia is doing to their staff is wild. An organization dedicated to preserving civil rights, blatantly violating their employee’s rights, is insane. Tell them to stop! 👇👇👇

Councilmember_RobertWhite Kurtesque Your actions scream: I like high powered and paid lobbyists and I don't like workers or their unions. Good to know. Actions do speak. And yours just spoke volumes.

Word is DFER DC is closing down for good. Can't say we will miss them. BUT lets be clear: 1) Their reasoning is disingenuous - DFER has always been conservative, but now they're being more brazen 2) The Walton Family Foundation $ will find a new way to influence the same BS.

I’ve been waiting for this moment for so long…

At the DCPS Budget Hearing DCPS International Educators made a strong showing asking the Council to put $200-300k in the budget to restart the DCPS Green Card Program, which they unilaterally ended back in October 2024. Sign and share: forms.gle/d3EGf7wzVakCYP…

I am proud to say that I have been elected the President of the Washington Teachers Union along with my entire slate.

So proud of Laura and all the members of the slate!!!

I’m so proud of Laura

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Today, 350 members of 1199SEIU💫 delivered our rank-&-file petition to demand our newly-elected leaders rescind our union's endorsement of Andrew Cuomo Ahead of an aggressive pro-Cuomo GOTV effort by our union this weekend, we must make our voices heard.

Why is Democrat D.C. Councilmember Brooke Pinto joining MAGA Republicans in crossing a picket line at Le Diplomate? There's a boycott at Le Diplomate endorsed by the AFL-CIO and 69 Democrats in Congress. eatfairdc.org

Well this year I went out on a true high for my HD Woodson HS AP US Government class with the most passing scores in one year for me. - 1 AP 5 (The Valedictorian, he KILLED IT!) - 2 AP 4s (The salutatorian and another very precise young woman) - 4 AP 3's! - 7 AP 2s (still proud)

Today, we protected I-82 & the fair wages of tipped workers, upholding the will of 74% of DC voters.   I'm grateful to my colleagues for rejecting a repeal that would ignore the realities workers face while trying to live & work in one of the most expensive cities in the country.

The Mayor and DC Council aren’t looking good right now.

Housing instability undergirds so much of all the issues council claims they want to address. Great article by Amanda! legalaiddc.org/blogs/DC-feder…

What DCPS is choosing to do is unconscionable. Join us in fighting for a pathway to permanent residency for all of our educators.

I’ve actually been on the front line of the fight against school closures. Actual school closures. Where school communities get ripped apart and we see major net harms for students and the public school system writ large. And who running for mayor stood by us and who didn’t? 🤔

"Kenyan McDuffie could have scrutinized utility rate hikes and defended struggling ratepayers. Instead, he sided with utilities. Now D.C. families are paying the price." More from renewable energy advocate Mark Rodeffer in our latest opinion piece: 51st.news/washington-dc-…