AFT @aft.org · 29/09/2026Workers at Blue Mountain Hospital are union strong! Congratulations to the advanced practice providers, RNs, techs, professionals and service workers who won their union with the @oregonnursesassoc.bsky.social. Welcome to our union family! 070
AFT @aft.org · 29/09/2026ORGANIZING WIN: Advanced practice providers at Legacy-GoHealth have reached a tentative agreement on their first union contract with @oregonnursesassoc.bsky.social! Congratulations to these healthcare workers on this major milestone. 052
AFT @aft.org · 29/09/2026WATCH: @rweingarten.bsky.social and @aftnewjersey.bsky.social President Jennifer Higgins highlight the Red Hawks Rising program in Newark, NJ—a shining example of how investing in local students can build a powerful pipeline of future teachers right from their own neighborhoods. Watch here ⤵️ 072
AFT @aft.org · 29/09/2026Protect your whole family with the latest IDProtection Plus Family Plans features by Aura. Get flexible family sharing, personalized safety tips, and tools to help remove personal info from websites and reduce Google Search exposure. Explore plans: unionplus.click/5o2 055
AFT @aft.org · 28/09/2026@rweingarten.bsky.social: We are here because most of our grandparents & ancestors came to the US for a better life. If we want team humanity to win - to address affordability & ICE & higher ed & healthcare & housing - we have to vote like our lives depend on it. @weareunidosus.bsky.social 030
AFT @aft.org · 28/09/2026@rweingarten.bsky.social: I’m headed to Hungary tonight. Why? Because for years, Orban demonized immigrants, closed schools, demonized and suppressed the press, and spread corruption. Sound familiar? 110
AFT @aft.org · 28/09/2026100%, @rweingarten.bsky.social! “Knowledge and freedom aren’t cheap - but they’re enduring. And when they’re done well, it means there’s broad based opportunity. But you can’t have that without #AffordableCollegeNow. Anything else is a joke.” @apscuf.org @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org 030
AFT @aft.org · 28/09/2026@rweingarten.bsky.social:If we mean opportunity for all, we must fund opportunity for all. More for less is not a concept that works in the United States. All “more for less” means is that workers and students and families get less. #AffordableCollegeNow 152
AFT @aft.org · 28/09/2026Ian Hill is a current college senior in PA and one of 7 kids. “If Pennsylvania’s economy is growing, then why can’t that economy help us get a college education?” #AffordableCollegeNow @aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social @apscuf.org 0103
AFT @aft.org · 28/09/2026“A students opportunity to pursue an education should be determined by their dreams, not by their family’s bank account.” - @neatoday.bsky.social’s Noel Candelaria #AffordableCollegeNow @apscuf.org @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org 0178
AFT @aft.org · 28/09/2026“You cannot make higher education stronger by starving it.” - Todd Wolfson, @aaup.org Todd’s right. It’s time to pass the PA Promise Act! #AfdordableCollegeNow @afthighered.bsky.social @apscuf.org 030
AFT @aft.org · 28/09/2026“US News & World ranked PA 50th in the nation for higher education. This isn’t an accident - it’s a political choice, and students are the ones paying for its choice.” @aaup.org President Todd Wolfson explains how disinvestment makes college more expensive for students. @afthighered.bsky.social 🎓 2146
AFT @aft.org · 28/09/2026“We want to be in school! This funding isn’t cool!” Incredible, hyped up crowd here at the state house. We have students, parents, faculty and fellow workers rallying in solidarity for #AffordableCollegeNow! 🎓 @apscuf.org @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org @afscme.bsky.social 072
AFT @aft.org · 28/09/2026VIDEO: Ken Mash is the president of @apscuf.org and he explains why hundreds of students and faculty are in Harrisburg today to fight for colleges & universities. 🎓 @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org 082
AFT @aft.org · 28/09/2026Happening now at the PA State Capital in Harrisburg - students, faculty, and activists are rallying for affordable, accessible, and fully funded higher education. Join us! #AffordableCollegeNow 1148
AFT @aft.org · 28/09/2026Have questions about your medical bills? Join the AFT's next Affordability Clinic on medical debt tomorrow, 9/29 at 3pm EDT to learn tips and resources to manage medical bills in ways that work best for you. Sign up ⤵️ web.cvent.com/event/e9c61181-c2f6-4… 054
AFT @aft.org · 27/09/2026We’ve got music, snacks, and lots of books to explore down at Nesbitt Discovery Academy. Join us until 4 PM! #ReadingOpensTheWorld 080
AFT @aft.org · 27/09/2026"Devastating events like [Hurricane Helene] remind us of the central role that public schools play in our communities and in ensuring children’s well-being." - @rweingarten.bsky.social Read more about today's #ReadingOpensTheWorld fair in Asheville, NC: www.aft.org/press-releas... 061
AFT @aft.org · 27/09/2026The #ReadingOpensTheWorld festival just opened at 12 PM - and already, 500 kids, parents, and educators have joined us to celebrate reading and grow their home libraries. We’re open until 4 PM, so come join us at Martin Nesbitt Jr Discovery Academy. 1121
AFT @aft.org · 27/09/2026Hello from Asheville, NC! We have LOTS of excited readers here for our #ReadingOpensTheWorld literacy festival - and we have more than 30,000 books, clothes, and more to give away. Thanks to our partners Read2Succeed, the NC A. Phillip Randolph Institute & AFPENC for helping put this together! 1315
AFT @aft.org · 26/09/2026@rweingarten.bsky.social: The bottom line for us is, we have an obligation to find a way to navigate AI - not only in schools, but in society. For us, safety is more important than innovation. Safety for children - not just on wellbeing, but in terms of privacy, security & education - is important. 142
AFT @aft.org · 26/09/2026@rweingarten.bsky.social: With COVID accelerating its spread, EdTech has spread through our classrooms - and there's a ton of AI incorporated into these tools in ways we don't fully understand. And especially when it comes to young students, it's our responsibility to keep them safe. 121
AFT @aft.org · 26/09/2026Happening now: @rweingarten.bsky.social joins a panel at the @network4pubed.bsky.social conference titled "Artificial Intelligence: What Should Be Its Role in Our Classrooms and Schools?" Follow along in the thread below. 2164
AFT @aft.org · 26/09/2026@zephcapo.bsky.social: We can't outspend billionaires or out lobby grifters. But we have something they will never have: The unbreakable trust of the communities we serve. We have parents, educators, bus drivers, and millions of families who rely on public schools to give their children a future. 141
AFT @aft.org · 26/09/2026@zephcapo.bsky.social to @network4pubed.bsky.social: Starve. Shame. Shutter. These three words that underpin a national strategy to undermine public education across the country. Thank you all for being here on the frontline of fighting back against this playbook. 1166
AFT @aft.org · 26/09/2026@rweingarten.bsky.social: TX workers don’t have collective barging rights. But they organize because they know unions are foundational to democracy and a better life. Zeph and @texasaft.org ensure that kids have the opportunities LBJ envisioned. 052
AFT @aft.org · 26/09/2026Great point from @rweingarten.bsky.social. We need to support what Texans are doing across the state to get out the vote this fall. And one of the Texans doing that hard, important work is @texasaft.org President Zeph Capo. @zephcapo.bsky.social 152
AFT @aft.org · 26/09/2026@rweingarten.bsky.social to @network4pubed.bsky.social: LBJ said that poverty and race should not be the deciders of whether or not you have opportunities for a better life. This state has the opportunity to continue that work and create pathways for working families to thrive. 1104
AFT @aft.org · 26/09/2026As always, @dianeravitch.bsky.social gives an incredible breakdown of how privatizers and voucher proponents are working to dismantle public education and funnel our tax money away from the students and communities that need the resources most. Thank you for fighting for the schools kids deserve. 196
AFT @aft.org · 26/09/2026September is Life Insurance Awareness Month! 🧡 Don't wait for "someday" to help secure your family's financial future. Discover how affordable an AFT+ Term Life Insurance Plan can be and apply today. #ad unionplus.click/ywx 053
AFT @aft.org · 25/09/2026Share what makes you #PublicSchoolProud or tell us about a public school educator or school staff member who made an impact on your life → go.aft.org/proud 010
AFT @aft.org · 25/09/2026In Providence, librarian Natasha White is helping fifth-graders find their voices through the “Lima News,” a bilingual, student-run news show where they learn reporting, media literacy and the power of telling their own stories. #PublicSchoolProud 🎤 medium.com/school-house... 131
AFT @aft.org · 25/09/2026In Scranton, @aftpa.org members are seeing what increased public school funding can make possible, including more STEM teachers, new autism support classes and greater access to books. #PublicSchoolProud 📚 www.wnep.com/article/news... 131
AFT @aft.org · 25/09/2026In Kanawha County, @educationwv.bsky.social member Becky Turner protected students on her bus. Her quick action earned her recognition as a Unions Power America Hometown Hero. #PublicSchoolProud 🚌 www.aft.org/news/school-... 112
AFT @aft.org · 25/09/2026From keeping students safe to expanding opportunities and helping young people find their voices, AFT members show up for their students in countless ways. This week’s #PublicSchoolProud stories celebrate that commitment. 141
AFT @aft.org · 25/09/2026Thank you to all of the panelists on today’s AI panel at @nysut.bsky.social’s Unplugged conference! 010
AFT @aft.org · 25/09/2026Great perspective on this panel from Nalique Smith, a student at University at Albany. She says that AI is helpful in organizing her ideas sometimes, but sees her peers' growing reliance on the tool and worries. She says that the tools feel like Google, but collects more personal info from users. 100
AFT @aft.org · 25/09/2026@rweingarten.bsky.social: We're not going to stop AI or educational tech. Think about what happened during prohibition - it didn't stop people from making and drinking alcohol. The way we navigate this is learn enough to improve them, to use our leverage as educators & make them safe. 100
AFT @aft.org · 25/09/2026@rweingarten.bsky.social: The #1 thing teachers are asking for is how to deal with cognitive offloading in the age of AI. Teachers taught the Big Tech companies this. This is why it's so important that we learn these tools, how to use it, and how to advocate for guardrails to keep people safe. 111
AFT @aft.org · 25/09/2026@rweingarten.bsky.social: I want to take a moment to acknowledge Megan L. Garcia for telling her story. The syncophancy that chatbots are coded with is really dangerous, and as tough as it is, when we see something we need to say something. 110
AFT @aft.org · 25/09/2026Hello from Albany, NY! @rweingarten.bsky.social is joining @nysut.bsky.social at the Unplugged conference for a panel on "AI in Schools — Tool, Tutor or Threat?" where we discuss the ways technology is changing the classroom landscape. Follow along in the thread below. 271
AFT @aft.org · 25/09/2026Thanks to all of the volunteers at Nesbitt Discovery Academy for setting up this weekend’s #ReadingOpensTheWorld festival in Asheville. We have 30,000 books to give away - it looks like some students are getting a head start! 📚 Special thanks: Read2Succeed, A. Phillip Randolph Institute & AFPENC 010
AFT @aft.org · 25/09/2026With less than 40 days until the midterm elections, it's time to turn people power into voter power. On Oct. 17, AFT members will join millions across the country for #NoKings to organize, make voting plans and help others get ready to participate. Join us: go.aft.org/nokings 0136
AFT @aft.org · 24/09/2026AFT Vice President and @hpae.bsky.social President Debbie White joined leaders from healthcare, academia, advocacy and local govt for the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators Healthcare Summit this week to share a labor perspective on the challenges facing our healthcare system and workers. 042
AFT @aft.org · 24/09/2026Join the next AFT Affordability Clinic tonight at 7 p.m. EDT to learn how to manage your student debt in a way that works best for you and discover tips and resources to get relief. Register here ⤵️ web.cvent.com/event/e9c61181-c2f6-4… 046
AFT @aft.org · 23/09/2026For thousands of AFT members, a commercial driver's license isn't optional—it's how they do their jobs. Now the Trump admin is trying to seize the personal info of 17 million CDL holders without consent. AFT went to court to stop it and defend the privacy of our members. Watch ⤵️ 199
AFT @aft.org · 23/09/2026@rweingarten.bsky.social joined a Florida labor town hall tonight to speak directly to members about the AFT’s work to elect pro-education and pro-worker leaders in Florida, as unions in the state face an ongoing onslaught of attacks. “We have a real shot to turn Florida around.” 0142
AFT @aft.org · 22/09/2026@rweingarten.bsky.social: Community is important because we must fight these battles in the court of public opinion. It's similar to what we saw people doing in Hungary, or in South Korea. It's not with silence, but with solidarity that we protect our rights. 110
AFT @aft.org · 22/09/2026@rweingarten.bsky.social: As a person, my first instinct seeing the government's subpoena of Jewish students and faculty was shock and very primal fear. As the leader of AFT, my job became making it clear that people will have more protections in a democracy than in any authoritarian project. 110
AFT @aft.org · 22/09/2026Happening now: @rweingarten.bsky.social joins legal scholar Amanda Shanor, historian Britt Tevis, & UPenn alumna Olivia Haynie for a panel titled "EEOC v. University of Pennsylvania: Unsettled Questions about Religious Protections, Privacy, & American Democracy Today." Follow along below 👇 141
