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1. AFT President on the Death of Doug Ley, AFT-NH President

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2. AFT President Weingarten Reacts to OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard

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3. Student debt: Personal stories and national solutions

   The personal impact of the student debt crisis came to light at the AFT’s town hall May 25, with two members sharing how this national crisis has limited their lives’ trajectory, and how the solutions offered by leading policymakers could make all the diff ...

4. Statement by AFT Officers on the Anniversary of the Killing of George Floyd

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5. A call for school reopening and reimagining public education

   AFT President Randi Weingarten delivered a landmark address May 13 outlining her vision for reopening schools, helping students recover and reimagining public education, as the country emerges from the COVID-19 crisis. Amid a polarized national education d ...

6. Fighting anti-Asian American racism and hate in all its forms

   This year, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month takes on more meaning because of an increase in hate crimes, AFT President Randi Weingarten said as she opened the AFT’s May 11 virtual town hall, “Freedom to Thrive: Combating Anti-Asian Hate.” ...

7. New Poll Shows Vast Majority of America’s Parents Support School Reopenings with Safety Plan in Place

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8. Honoring George Floyd with a vision for the future

   There is something powerful happening at George Floyd Square, a place where people go to honor the dead and to protest police brutality, but also a place of change and hope. Building community in a place of trauma, activists—including AFT members and staf ...

9. AFT citizenship clinics change immigrant lives

   Many immigrant workers in Houston were able to make significant strides toward becoming U.S. citizens at a May 1 citizenship clinic sponsored by the AFT, Texas AFT and Houston-area AFT locals and featuring help from attorneys from the Equal Justice Center. ...

10. Town hall honors AFT members on Workers Memorial Day

    Every year on April 28, Workers Memorial Day, the labor movement remembers workers who have been injured or killed on the job. This year, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the day takes on a deeper meaning. AFT President Randi Weingarten describes the pand ...

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