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The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers represents nearly 14,000 working education professionals. Nothing about us, without us. #PHLed #FundOurFacilities
Philadelphia, PA
Joined November 2012
#PHLed friends: We are winding down our engagement with this site. Please find us on Bluesky where we will keep advocating for a strong @PHLschools contract, more #PAbudget funding for public ed, and building worker power! ❤️💪🏽
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Trump’s Project 2025 agenda promises to dismantle labor unions. But the labor movement knows how to fight back when anyone comes after our freedoms. We won’t be divided, and we won’t back down.
labortribune.com
By LIZ SHULER President AFL-CIO Presidential administrations change, but the Labor Movement’s values do not. We stand for the freedom to organize and for the right to collectively bargain. We stand...
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#PHLed friends: We are winding down our engagement with this site. Please find us on Bluesky where we will keep advocating for a strong @PHLschools contract, more #PAbudget funding for public ed, and building worker power! ❤️💪🏽
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Tim and I could not be more grateful for the support you all have shown us over the past few months. Let's take everything we are feeling — our fear, our fatigue, our frustration — and use it as our fuel. Now more than ever, we cannot and will not give up this fight.
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RT @MomsDemand: “Poetic justice is what I’ve been calling it. When you think about the absolute pain that Alex Jones visited upon the Sandy…
vanityfair.com
Vanity Fair caught up with Onion CEO Ben Collins and John Feinblatt, the president of Everytown for Gun Safety, about pulling off the “funniest joke of all time.”
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"Hope Walz gets it: It’s the small things that sustain the fight, the ways we connect and build power together." 🫶🏽💪🏽
Tim Walz' daughter Hope Walz is showing us how to process anger, sadness, and fear without losing our humanity.
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A meaningful admission by @PHLschools that we hope informs the current Facilities Planning Process. Students and communities need to come out better on the other side this time - period. https://t.co/0AaBmK2ivT
#PHLed
chalkbeat.org
There’s no school closure list yet, but school district officials want to hear from families.
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“It was not worth the cost.... The students that were displaced … their performance declined. The students who were in schools where those displaced students were reassigned, their performance declined. Absences increased.”
chalkbeat.org
There’s no school closure list yet, but school district officials want to hear from families.
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SW Philly represent!! @PHLschools like Catharine offer stability & safety all young people deserve. Now that our most vulnerable children are facing new threats, we know educators are prepared to stand up to protect them - because they've got the power of a union 💪#PHLed
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We're going to defend the @NLRB's decision to end captive audience meetings with everything we've got. Workers deserve the freedom to choose union representation without fear or intimidation. This ruling is a game-changer for workplace justice. https://t.co/WeZP0Se2wK
nytimes.com
The ruling, stemming from a complaint against Amazon, bars companies from compelling workers to attend meetings on unionization’s downsides.
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Post-Gazette management came to the table with a proposal unchanged since 2022. That’s NOT bargaining in good faith. The @PGHGuild is standing strong, fighting for what’s fair. It’s time for the company to respect workers and follow the NLRB’s ruling. https://t.co/LvFa0GU9AL
unionprogress.com
The bargaining committee representing striking members of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh and its lawyer met with a lawyer and a manager of the journalists’ employer, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,...
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We 💚 @JalenHurts but his generosity doesn't mean the PA legislature's off the hook for decades of underfunding our schools! #PHLed #FundOurFacilities
Yes—and*— that the PA legislature, writ large, is perfectly fine with abandoning its responsibilities to largely Black and brown school districts is abhorrent and was ruled unconstitutional in a court of law.
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.@SenatorHughes was out in West Philly this week helping students learn about their college options. We talked admissions, financial aid, and scholarships. There are so many ways to make college a reality! #TheMoreYouKnow
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‘A stunning public rebuke’: When voters had the choice, they rejected private school vouchers
keystonenewsroom.com
On Election Day, voters in Colorado, Kentucky, and Nebraska squarely rejected private school choice ballot measures, demonstrating how much voters of all stripes oppose the use of taxpayer dollars to...
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Thank you, @SecCardona for joining us in celebrating School Psychologists this #SchoolPsychWeek! We are grateful for your leadership and the work you do at @usedgov to support mental health in schools. See the full video: https://t.co/cwRpx24kXB
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Reminder: 57% of Nebraska voters repealed a DeVos voucher law last week. 65% of Kentucky voters stopped a voucher push cold. Both states when hard for Donald Trump at the same time. This isn’t left-right. It’s real parents knowing vouchers really won’t help them.
Governor Abbott, please publish your list of 79 “hardcore” voucher proponents. I believe some of them may be surprised to be on this list…
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The argument against transparency from for-profit charter schools—like those in MI—is “schools will close!” There’s no evidence that happens. But what does happen is when the numbers don’t work for the business they close anyway—leaving kids to scramble. https://t.co/Z4FjGyo26g
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"Public schools are responsible for setting their policies based on the law, not any personal or religious belief," said Kristina Moon, a senior attorney with Education Law Center. @WGAL investigates Independence Law Center's push for anti-LGBTQ policies. https://t.co/TYe4QzXvbN
wgal.com
News 8's McKenna Alexander has spent the past seven months looking into the ILC to learn if there's a risk behind its representation.
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"The former board received advice on the transgender athlete ban, including a draft policy, from the Independence Law Center, a religious liberties law firm based in Harrisburg, according to emails obtained by the @CourierTimes."
"Advocates say the law still protects transgender children, pointing to regulations from the PA Human Relations Commission that prohibit discrimination based on gender identity, as well as case law, including a 2018 federal court decision" (Boyertown). https://t.co/WzHcatwgG2
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🚨 PSA for PA SNAP recipients: Scammers are sending fake texts saying your EBT card is deactivated and asking for info. DHS never asks for details via unsolicited texts or calls! Report any suspicious messages at 1-844-347-8477. Stay alert, y’all ✊🏾
SCAM WARNING: The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services is warning residents about a text message scam targeting those who receive SNAP benefits.
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