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Ramadan Mubarak to all our Muslim educators and their families!

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Federation of Nurses/UFT members at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn organized and won a solid two-year contract! 💪

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Shelvy Young-Abrams led the UFT Paraprofessionals Chapter from 2006 until her retirement in 2022. Her union service began in 1969 when, as a classroom paraprofessional and single mother, she became involved in the organizing campaign that brought paraprofessionals into the UFT. #BlackHistoryMonth

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"Once children are students in our schools, they are our children. And we protect them — from gunmen, from COVID-19, from hunger, from bullying and from any attempts to take them out of school by ICE agents." www.uft.org/news/opinion...

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Congratulations to the @uaw.org workers in Indianapolis on reaching a tentative agreement with Rolls Royce! The solidarity, strength, and unity shown by the more than 800 workers were essential in making this happen 👏

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After a yearslong battle, panel votes to close NYC’s smallest school https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/02/27/ps25-ms394-school-closure-central-brooklyn-literacy-academy/

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AFT members LaShonda, Stacie, Rodney, Gina, Renee, and Joel share their perspective on teaching Black history. aftvoices.org/how-we-teach... @nysut.bsky.social @utlanow.bsky.social

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Celebrating excellence at the UFT’s annual Career and Technical Education Awards Ceremony.

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"SVA is the reason New York City is far ahead of many school districts in the nation when it comes to CTE." #education #vocationaltraining www.uft.org/news/opinion...

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“Project 2025 - The push to dismantle the FDIC isn’t just another policy shift—it’s an engineered move to strip away protections from everyday people while those at the top secure their assets elsewhere.”

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Brazen and cruel!

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Happening now! Join @afthighered.bsky.social's education town hall on changes to US immigration and its impact on higher education. Register to watch live here: sharemylesson.com/webinars/aft...

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“We are committed to maintaining a safe and supportive environment for all students — one that is free from discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying,” Aviles-Ramos said in the letter.

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Members: Join us for the 7th annual HERstory brunch at the UFT Bronx Borough Office on March 15! This year's theme is "Honoring the Past, Shaping the Future." Register here: www.uft.org/get-involved...

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Unions are doing the work. apnews.com/article/doge...

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Officials at the following agencies have told workers not to respond to Musk’s email ordering them to detail what they've been up to or be fired: Homeland Security State DOD The Courts System The FBI Health and Human Services Energy Justice And more.

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The Summer EBT program, which rolled out for the first time last year, is intended to help low-income families cover costs for meals usually provided at school. www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...

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Reminder: Our schools must remain safe zones. www.uft.org/news/news-st...

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"Hospital mgmt has shown it doesn't care about patients. It's the nurses who are advocating for what patients need - the correct number of nurses, properly trained, with the right equipment." - Anne Goldman, of the Federation of Nurses, @uftnyc.bsky.social, reps 1k nurses at NYU Langone Brooklyn.

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Mary Jackson was NASA's first Black female engineer who made history in 1958. As a mathematician and aerospace engineer, she broke barriers and worked hard to make STEM more accessible for women and minorities. Her legacy continues to inspire future generations! 🚀 #BlackHistoryMonth

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Right-to-repair legislation has now been introduced in all 50 states. The movement to require companies to make their products repairable and give people the tools to do repair work is immensely popular across the country. Via @404media.co: www.404media.co/all-50-state...

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For all the noise in the news there’s a clear message that American families have made clear for a very long time–costs are too high.

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The budget-slashing billionaire’s rapid fire cuts have already eliminated about 20% of the staff at the federal program that provides care to survivors of the deadliest terror attack on American soil.

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Not cool. Shameful. Providers need to get paid. gothamist.com/news/city-st...

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UFT chapter leaders rock. www.uft.org/news/member-...

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WATCH: AFL-CIO President @lizshuler.bsky.social joined @staceyabrams.com on the Assembly Required podcast to talk about Elon and DOGE firing federal workers and how they're hurting working people across the country. youtu.be/9yexLt75kwU?...

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UFT nurses at NYU Langone-Brooklyn face hazardous nurse-to-patient ratios. NYU should care…but instead they’re focused on profit. To stand up for safe staffing & competitive salaries, our nurses are prepared to go on strike on March 1, if necessary. #SafeStaffingSavesLives #NurseStrike

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The Association Representing Teaching Staff at Manhattan School of Music (ARTS-MSM) is rallying on Saturday morning for a fair contract. Help them by joining together in a strong community of support! NO TEACHERS, NO MUSIC! FAIR CONTRACT NOW! #UnionStrong 💪

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Last night the Federation of Nurses/ UFT sent a 10-day strike notification to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn. The contract with NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn ends at midnight on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025.

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We'll be there!

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This Michigan teacher spent years making his computer science class more gender-inclusive https://www.chalkbeat.org/detroit/2025/02/19/michigan-presidential-teaching-award-recipient-shares-what-motivates-him/

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Get involved, stay active, and keep your union strong!

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It really didn't have to be this way. www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...

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“By joining together in a union, working people have secured better wages, workplace protections, healthcare and the weekend. Because here’s the thing: unions expand opportunities for all workers – not just those who are members.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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The Students of NYC project shines a bright light on some of the amazing students who call NYC home. We are so proud of them. www.studentsofnyc.com/lily

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"The best way to predict your future is to create it." – Abraham Lincoln #PresidentsDay

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Hey now! Membership in the AFGE federal union has grown considerably since Trump launched his attacks on public sector workers. #Solidarity #UnionStrong www.huffpost.com/entry/afge-g...

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In an open letter to Mayor Eric Adams, UFT President Michael Mulgrew wrote, "Rather than support teachers as they help tens of thousands of immigrant children, you have made their jobs more difficult." ca.news.yahoo.com/teachers-uni...

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"The department’s power to hold schools accountable when they fail to protect students and provide relief in real time — while a student is still in school — makes its work urgent, civil rights attorneys and department staff said."

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After a huge citywide push driven by school chapter leaders, roughly 800 New York City public schools applied for funding to lower class sizes next school year. www.uft.org/news/news-st...

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Even as she expressed support for key Trump policies—including private-school voucher programs and bans on trans girls and women from sports—McMahon’s scant experience in education was on display as she misstated, or failed to answer key questions about, federal education law.

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We have been elevating Black labor legends, past and present, for #BlackHistoryMonth. Here is Christian Smalls, the co-founder of the Amazon Labor Union, who led a groundbreaking unionization effort at an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island in 2022.

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The @aftunion.bsky.social, our national union, in partnership with MomsRising, unveiled this electronic billboard in Times Square today to highlight how groceries, driven by soaring egg prices, got more expensive for American families despite President Trump’s pledge to bring down prices on Day One.

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