AFT
Scranton School System forces teachers to strike
November 3, 2021After years with no contract, teachers are told they must big increases in their share of the cost of health coverage.
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Teachers union leaders backing mandatory anti-virus vaccinations
August 10, 2021AFT and NEA leaders say that 90 percent of their members are already vaccinated.
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AFT’s Weingarten talks back-to-school plans and threats to democracy
July 7, 2021Returning teachers this fall, she says, face ideological threats to their teaching and to democracy in general.
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Weingarten: Post-pandemic schools should retool education
May 14, 2021The reopening of schools, she says, is an opportunity to remake public education in service of kids and in support of teachers
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Texas teachers campaign against Republicans’ school charter bill
April 27, 2021Unions note that under-performing charter schools in the state are being overfunded at the expense of public schools.
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