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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸

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AFT President. Teacher. Unionist. Fighting for a better life for children, families & communities through educ & eco opportunity, fairness & freedom & democracy Wife of Sharon Kleinbaum.

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 3h
My heart breaks for the victims, their families and the whole community. I’m praying for them today. It’s well past time for us to address gun violence. We don’t have to live like this. www.wavy.com/news/police-...
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Fatal shooting in Norview High School parking lot
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — One student is dead and one student injured after shots were fired in the Norview High School parking lot Wednesday afternoon. School Superintendent Dr. Jeff Rose confirmed th…
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 8h
Folks can’t afford to get to work. $10 of gas used to get you to work and back. Now it only gets you there.  We need people in office who will repeal the Trump tariffs and put working families first. Volunteer at AngieNixon.com/volunteer.  #AngieForFlorida
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 4h
He’s doubling down to try to create a crisis The definition of a madman…
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 6h
This gets crazier and crazier Lutnick has no authority to do this !! x.com/marceelias/s...
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 6h
Why am I not suprised that Trump will try to create a crisis before the midterms??? Yet another play out of the authoritarian playbook… www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Trump Is Considering a Plan to Strike Iran Before the Midterms
Pentagon planners are weighing options, though no final decision has been made.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 6h
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 14h
Add Karen Smith to my list of badasses whose mouthy approach I respect. Actions usually speak louder than words. This is a hero, Y'all. Well done, Ma'am. You're gonna kick ass in your new position. ✊📖
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 6h
Love the symbolism of this
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 8h
Very important reminder of what Sen Collins actually did. www.pressherald.com/2026/10/07/s...
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Susan Collins says she supports women. We saw otherwise. | Opinion
While representing Dr. Christine Blasey Ford during the confirmation hearings for Justice Brett Kavanaugh, we watched Sen. Collins put politics before principle.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 12h
AFT is proud to partner with many NGOs who worked tirelessly to aid those impacted by October 7 three years ago and who continue to work every day to make Israelis and Palestinians safer and free.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 12h
As we commemorate the Israeli lives lost in that horrific terror attack, we can't ignore the devastation caused by Israel’s response in Gaza. The greatest remembrance for the lives lost on that horrific day will be a different, better, and safer future for all.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 12h
As we remember the darkness that fell on Israel on October 7, 2023, we must also commit ourselves to bringing light to shine on our world, to double our efforts toward peace and justice for Israelis and Palestinians, alike. jstreet.org/press/j-stre...
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J Street Marks Third Anniversary of October 7
Washington, DC – Three years after Hamas’ horrific attack on communities across southern Israel and the Nova music festival, J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami issued the following statement: “On the t...
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 17h
Glad to see this www.npr.org/2026/10/06/n...
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Cornell names former acting U.S. attorney general to review rape case
Cornell University names Sally Yates, former acting U.S. attorney general and career federal prosecutor, to lead an independent review into how the school handled a former student's rape allegations.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 17h
Trump Officials Ramp Up Investigations Into Voter Registration Groups - this is a blatant attack on civil society using the word and work of known election deniers. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...
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Trump Officials Ramp Up Investigations Into Voter Registration Groups
The Trump administration is investigating nonprofits that it says may be recruiting noncitizens for voter registration, documents show, even though noncitizen voting in the United States is rare.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
OMG! Joel literally ran the NYC schools for a decade! Why am I not surprised that a bad boss would blame the workers and seek to divide communities? We must strengthen our public school and meet the problems Nikole Hannah Jones raised. www.wsj.com/opinion/niko...
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Opinion | Nikole Hannah-Jones vs. Randi Weingarten
‘We must learn what went wrong,’ says the head of the teachers union. She needs to look in the mirror.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Diesel price hikes are putting a huge dent in farmers' budgets. When business costs rise, so do consumer prices. One way or another, Trump’s economic policies are hurting everyone—families deserve a leader who keeps American farms running and food on the table. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Soaring diesel prices take their toll on US farmers in midwest corn belt
Fuel costs are biting for crop growers, trucking firms and a host of other industries as Iran war stokes record prices
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Numbers don’t lie. And these numbers show that 65% of U.S. adults blame Trump for our disastrous economy. It is high time for Trump and the GOP to stop passing the blame and take responsibility for the mess they have made. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Most Americans blame Trump for high prices as his economic approval hits new low, AP-NORC poll shows
A new AP-NORC poll finds that most Americans blame President Donald Trump for persistently high prices, while only about 2 in 10 approve of his handling of the cost of living.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Our kids deserve an investment now.” Exactly right. Wichita’s educators know firsthand what their students and schools need, and the United Teachers of Wichita is making their voices heard and fighting for the investments that will help students thrive. www.ksn.com/news/your-lo...
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‘Our kids deserve an investment’: Wichita teachers’ union pushes school bond passage
“We can’t wait. They’re going to keep getting older, and they deserve a nice building. And so do our teachers.”
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In American Educator, educators LaShonda Bradberry & Karissa O'Reilly discuss the work they're doing to help teach young people that our voices still matter and people still have power in our democracy. Read why they're passionate about planting the seeds of civic engagement⬇️ aft.org/ae/fall2026/...
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Planting the Seeds of Civic Engagement
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Our Central Alabama AFT members are using their collective power to stand up for the health and safety of their students and fellow educators—successfully advocating to close a moldy school building and getting air conditioning installed on school buses. www.aft.org/news/staff-f...
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Staff, families unite to close moldy school in Alabama
After a decade of sounding the alarm over an elementary school plagued by mold, school staff and families in Bessemer, Ala., have finally succeeded in getting the school closed again—seemingly for goo...
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We’re 4 weeks out from the Nov. 3 midterm elections. It’s time to turn people power into voter power. Join us Oct. 17 for the next No Kings nationwide day of action. Vote early if you can, or make your plan to vote. Learn more: go.aft.org/nokings
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thank you Mary Corcoran, Rev. Al Sharpton, and Steve Schmidt for having me on today’s organizing call to prepare for the midterms. Learn more about how you can volunteer to defend the vote and become a Democracy Defender here. aftvotes.org/democracy-de...
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AFT Democracy Defenders
Every eligible voter should be able to cast a ballot and have it counted. But across the country, voters are facing confusion, intimidation, disinformation, registration problems and other attacks on ...
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
America was created with the promise that we the people would be in charge. That means we must be able to vote without intimidation. Democracy isn't a partisan issue - it’s an American issue, & I'm glad our partners at the @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social are helping protect our rights.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
These 3 will flip the House of Representatives @bobbrooks.bsky.social @caitconley.bsky.social @rebeccabennettforcongress.com
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
AI is here but it is a tool not a destination. We must help young people think . We need to focus on what kids need to thrive: strong foundational skills, critical thinking, curiosity, relationships and safety.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Great conversation in Seattle tonight about the future of education with @vinguptamd.bsky.social, Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Ben Shuldiner, and local education leaders Gretchen Warner, Sam Uzwack and Katie Morrison. Morrison.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thank you for standing up, Yale @AAUPnational. Academic freedom is a cornerstone of higher education, and must be protected. We cannot allow the Trump administration to continue attacks on colleges & universities to push his agenda. yaledailynews.com/articles/stu...
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thank you for standing up, Yale @AAUPnational. Academic freedom is a cornerstone of higher education, and must be protected. We cannot allow the Trump administration to continue attacks on colleges & universities to push his agenda. yaledailynews.com/articles/stu...
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Deploying federal agents to intimidate voters at polling places is a tactic straight out of the authoritarian playbook. AFT has taken action along with national civil rights orgs to block Trump's threat to send ICE to the polls and protect Americans' voting rights. people.com/trump-won-t-...
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Trump Says He Won’t Rule Out Deploying ICE to Polling Places: ‘We’ll See’
In a wide-ranging interview for a Time magazine cover story, President Donald Trump declined to rule out sending Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to polling sites in November.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Every child deserves to learn and every educator deserves to work in a safe, welcoming school. But Wichita teachers are dealing with broken HVAC systems, leaks, mold and even bats. I’m proud of United Teachers of Wichita for speaking up for the schools students deserve. www.kwch.com/2026/09/30/w...
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Wichita teachers push for school bond approval, point to “dangerous” conditions
United Teachers of Wichita says that students and staff deserve better conditions, citing leaks, mold and bats.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Inflation is on the rise, the pay growth gap is getting wider, and Americans have had it. Hardworking families are ready for leaders that actually care about their bottom lines. www.cnn.com/2026/10/02/e...
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The US economy added just 29,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2% | CNN Business
The US labor market hit a soft patch in September as the economy added just 29,000 jobs and the unemployment rate increased to 4.2%, new Bureau of Labor Statistics data showed Friday.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Our @CCCTU1600.bsky.social members help students in Chicago learn, grow, and prepare for their future careers. They deserve to be compensated fairly and protected on the job. We stand with CCCTU as they fight for a fair contract! news.wttw.com/2026/10/02/c...
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City Colleges Staff Announce Oct. 19 Strike Date as Contract Negotiations Continue
Cook County College Teachers Union Local 1600 announced Thursday they will begin their strike Oct. 19, days after 96% of its voting members said they were in favor of a work stoppage.
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Amy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Remember my article last week with the Naomi Klein quote that cities are inherently anti-fascist? This is part of that idea.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Jeff Kasper of the Alaska Public Employees Association gets to the heart of this: If Alaska can’t recruit and retain payroll workers, it needs to address the pay, benefits and working conditions driving people away, not outsource their jobs. alaskabeacon.com/2026/10/05/a...
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After years of problems, Alaska plans to outsource payroll for 14,000 public employees | Alaska Beacon
Bids from interested companies were due Thursday; a contract could come as soon as next month, documents indicate.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just two years after Hurricane Helene devastated Western North Carolina, our AFPENC members and partners gave out 30,000 books to excited kids, families, and educators. This is how we give back, create community & give kids what they need to thrive. youtu.be/2o1SDCmulvE
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30,000 Books for Western North Carolina Kids
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This great letter to the editor from Lori Frank makes an important point: Funding the NIH and higher ed leads to groundbreaking scientific & medical research that can benefit all of us. @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org wapo.st/4hXWkwV
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Opinion | This dementia research shows why the NIH matters
Dementia, ant warfare, college affordability and more, in readers' eyes.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is incredible. Laurie LeFever, a member of Montclair State University Federation of Adjunct Faculty, has registered 100 of her college students to vote this election. This is how we engage our students in our democracy!
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Teaching is the job that makes every other career possible, that gives students the tools and knowledge they need to soar. This World Teachers’ Day, let’s honor our educators and lift their voices, and give teachers the resources and respect they need to do this important work!
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is fantastic x.com/jonhaidt/sta...
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump seeks to label Democrats as communists, but he was the one who rolled out the red carpet for Chinese President Xi Jinping and kissed his ass. He is clearly Putin’s comrade and buying government stakes in private companies, so why aren’t more people calling out this bullshit? #ComradeTrump
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I loved what David Isay said on tonight’s AFT Book Club about listening-listening is an act of love. What Jason and David do with Story Corps is so much more than listening - it’s helping students & people of all ages find their voices, tell their own stories, and share their experiences with others
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We came to Delaney Hall to bear witness - not just to the cruelty imposed on immigrants just trying to start a better life; but also to bear witness to the compassion that Dr. Norma Bowe & volunteers offer with the mobile health clinic, food pantry & clothing donations. bsky.app/profile/aft....
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Rebecca Bennett is a retired Navy Pilot and proud mom of two - and in her words, is proof of the American dream. She understands the challenges working families face & is ready to roll up her sleeves to tackle them. She’s going to be a great Rep. for the NJ-7. @rebeccabennettforcongress.com
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It’s up to us to bear witness to ICE’s inhumane treatment & to help immigrants working to build a better life. Thank you Dr. Bowe, & thank you to of the volunteers at Delaney Hall for helping distribute food, clothes, medical care & books to kids. @aftnewjersey.bsky.social @hpae.bsky.social
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I’m in awe of everything that Dr. Norma Bowe and her crew of students & volunteers do for immigrant families with their mobile clinic at Delaney Hall. As she said to us earlier, we must lead with compassion and be upstanders - not bystanders - to help our neighbors.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How is it not news when the president nods off in public meetings and press conferences dozens of times? If you follow independent media, you see it and know about it. But why hasn’t CBS, NBC or ABC showed a montage of it on their evening news? They simply refuse to ever show it.
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AmplifyUkraine 🔱🇺🇦 @amplifyukraine.eu · 05/10/2026
Ukraine shoots down Russian jet drones with robotic turrets for first time – Air Force #Ukraine
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Ukraine shoots down Russian jet drones with robotic turrets for first time – Air Force
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has announced the first successful deployment of robotic turrets to shoot down Russian jet drones, including Geran-5 UAVs.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In 2026, Hungarians defeated authoritarianism at the polls & in the streets -we can follow their example in November. I discuss the stakes of this election, how we’re fighting against vouchers and 4 affordability, & organizing for good contracts in this week’s video. youtu.be/xgs9c5_6tt8?...
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Collective Action and Collective Bargaining Deliver
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Dr Norma Bowe is one of my personal heroes Establishing a mobile health clinic for the families visiting immigrants detained at Delaney -in horrendous conditions- is an act of compassion and courage. Every week she is there ICE has harassed her Her union-local, state & national has her back
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jonathan Martin is so so right Governors are essential x.com/jmart/status...
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Jonathan Martin (@jmart) on X
the left should know better by now. The aftermath of 2020 and the unsubtle steps the president is taking now to seize election machinery should have underscored the importance of state and local elect...
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