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US teachers' union blames 'Israel' for Palestinian salary crisis | Al Mayadeen English
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us-teachers--union-blames--israel--for-palestinian-salary-cr'The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) adopted a series of resolutions on Monday, criticizing "Israel" and calling for an end to US and Israeli military aggression operations against Iran and Lebanon.'
#Palestine #Israel #AFT
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The American Association of University Professors (#AAUP) and American Federation of Teachers (#AFT) just released a joint "Blueprint for Strengthening and Transforming Higher Education."
https://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/2026/Higher_Ed_Vision_and_Policy_Platform_326.pdfAlso see the summary by their two presidents.
https://www.highereddive.com/news/higher-education-must-be-rebuilt-to-restore-public-trust-heres-how/821031/The blueprint calls for "transforming" higher ed, and the summary calls for "rebuilding" and "overhauling" it.
My take is that the blueprint conservatively restates ideals for higher ed long and widely held by academics themselves -- like me. Insofar as there's an argument here for transforming, rebuilding, and overhauling, it looks like this: The ideals need no revision. In fact, don't touch them. We've fallen short of living up to them, mostly through defunding and cost-shifting to students and their families.
I deeply wish to see us restore slashed funding, relieve student debt, and create fair pay and job security for professors. That might even deserve to be called transforming, rebuilding, and overhauling.
But is it enough to restore public trust? Is it true that the ideals need no revision? Do we need little or no transformation beyond economic transformation to respond to recent trends and current politics? Some of the harmful economic decisions (about tuition and pay) were forced by external circumstances, and some were not. But beyond those that were not, does the academy itself bear any responsibility for the current loss of trust?
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More strike content from the photo bot. Wasn't really aware of this one either and looked it up. The teachers struck for voters to pass a tax increase. Would be highly illegal today and most unions wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole. Very reminiscent of the WV #Wildcat strike a few years ago. After this and a sympathy strike with janitors a few years later the state outlawed public worker strikes, setting up the famous 1970 strike. This strike at the time though was the second largest teachers strike ever.
#Minneapolis #Strike #Labor #LaborHistory #Unions #MFT #MFE #AFT
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Biggest US labor unions fuel No Kings protests against #Trump: ‘You need a voice to have freedom’
With more than 2,700 events planned across the US, one organizer, James Phipps, 75, says: ‘Protest is all I’ve done all my life’
from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Michael Sainato
Sat 18 Oct 2025 05.00 EDTSome of the largest #LaborUnions in the #US are involved in organizing the #NoKings protests, with more than 2,700 demonstrations planned across all 50 states, with the #ServiceEmployeesInternationalUnion (#SEIU) and #AmericanFederationOfTeachers (#AFT) anchoring events.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/18/no-kings-protests-labor-unions?CMP=share_btn_url
#WorkersRights #Workers #Unions #Labor #LaborMovement #TradeUnions #USA #USpol
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MAGA chud Asra Nomani and the "Pearl Project" have assembled a detailed spreadsheet of information about the roughly 300 "financial backers" of the "Hate America Protests" today. Includes but not limited to:
- #ACLU
- #Indivisible
- #AFL / #CIO
- Teachers unions (#AAUP, #AFT, etc.)
- Engineers unions (#IFPTE, etc.)
- Healthcare unions (nurses etc)
- #DNC / #Democrats
- Atheist groups (#FFRF etc)
- #WomensMarch
- #Greenpeacethese groups will all be targeted soon. you should expect all these groups to be attacked and many of them to be destroyed via tax audits or similar in the next few years
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UX8-2uRhIIquOgRPPoV_Gp2Rv3jBmMiWbuvA_VsHpqE/edit
#unions #AFLCIO #uspol #uspolitics #nokings #maga #DataRepublican
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This is a naked PR move for #LLM-based #AI companies. It will normalize the use of LLMs in the classroom and enable them to market themselves to children.
Tech companies make deals with school districts, but the difference here is that the product they're selling is cognitive offloading.
I have no idea what teachers will gain by going to this "training center" other than indoctrination. The head of the #AFT should be put in timeout to think about what she’s done.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/technology/chatgpt-teachers-openai-microsoft.html
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#Politics #ICE #Law ##LawEnforcement #Military #Wall #FBI #AFT #USMarshalls #BureaukfPrisons #alt
Heather Cox Richardson 7/6/25
LARGEST ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IN U.S. HISTORY
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Następny zespół przed wami w wymyślonym cyklu Alfabetyczny Przegląd Tidala #AFT Added Color tidal.com/browse/artis... Przyznam szczerze że w tej chwili nie wiem skąd się to wzięło na mojej liście xD Są nagrania lepsze i takie mniej słuchalne. Muza raczej spokojna. Można rzucić uchem.
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Update. Here are some press releases and news stories on the lawsuit against the #Trump admin by American Association of University Professors (#AAUP) and the American Federation of Teachers (#AFT).
* From the AAUP
https://www.aaup.org/news/aaup-allies-sue-over-trump-policy-arresting-and-threatening-deport-students-and-faculty-lawful* From the AFT
https://www.aft.org/press-release/faculty-unions-sue-trump-admin-no-halting-science-research-suppress-speech* From The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/25/pro-palestine-student-deportation-lawsuit?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other* From the NYTimes
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/nyregion/professors-sue-trump.html#Academia #Censorship #DefendResearch #MahmoudKhalil #Protests #Travel #Universities #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics
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#Teachers sue #Trump admin for stopping affordable #StudentLoan repayment plans
The American Federation of Teachers represents 1.8 million educators.
By Leah Sarnoff, March 19, 2025
"One of America's largest unions is taking aim at President Donald Trump's administration for shutting down access to affordable student loan repayment plans -- saying the decision is 'effectively breaking' the system.
"The American Federation of Teachers (#AFT), representing 1.8 million educators across the country, filed a lawsuit against the #DepartmentOfEducation in Washington, D.C., hoping to restore the programs that have now been shuttered for three weeks.
"The filing alleges the administration halting the application process for all Income-Driven Repayment (#IDR) plans and ordering student loan servicers to stop all processing violates #FederalLaw.
"AFT sued the United States Department of Education (ED) for effectively breaking the student loan system, denying borrowers' access to affordable loan payments and blocking progress towards Public Service Loan Forgiveness (#PSLF), in violation of federal law,' the union said in a statement Wednesday."
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/teachers-sue-trump-admin-stopping-affordable-student-loan/story?id=119965907
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Securing blockchain governance: #AFT 2024's research on accountable leader elections in PoS protocols aims to prevent bad-faith actors in decentralized systems. #BlockchainGovernance #PoS #divaexchange
https://www.diva.exchange/en/privacy/advances-in-financial-technologies-24-conference-review/
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#AmnestyInternationalUSA Urges No Vote on #HR9495
November 12, 2024
"#Amnesty International USA warns that language in H.R. 9495 poses an alarming threat to the work of U.S. civil society organizations who document #HumanRights abuses around the world and urges members of Congress to vote against it.
"If enacted, this legislation would grant the Secretary of the Treasury broad discretionary powers to terminate the tax-exempt status of nonprofit organizations based solely on a subjective declaration that they are 'terrorist supporting organizations.'
"'In any other context, this legislation would be seen for what it is, a play from the #authoritarian leader’s playbook,' said Paul O’Brien, Executive Director at Amnesty International USA.
"The broad and vague authority to terminate non-profit status in the name of 'counterterrorism' is a practice that many governments have used to target civil society organizations. There are no safeguards to prevent H.R. 9495’s broad authority from being misused to harass or intimidate organizations for exercising their rights.
"The bill includes no due process for organizations deemed to be supporting 'terrorist' groups. The Secretary of the Treasury can use 'classified information' to make these designations without permitting nonprofits to review or challenge such evidence in federal courts. The loss of tax-exempt status similarly has no due process guarantees and would inflict economic harm and legally burden nonprofit organizations.
"Amnesty International USA joins more than 100 #CivilSociety groups, including #ACLU, #BrennanCenter, #PublicCitizen, #AFT, #NEA, #LCV, #CAP, #Indivisible, #NAACP, #ReproductiveFreedomForAll, and #NationalWomensLawCenter to oppose this legislation.
"'This bill, if it becomes the law, would not require officials to explain the reason for designating a group, nor does it require any evidence,' continued O’Brien. 'Members of Congress must recognize the danger posed and vote down this bill that could shrink civic space and silence civil society organizations.'"
https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/amnesty-international-usa-urges-no-vote-on-h-r-9495/
#StopHR9495 #CriminalizingDissent #CharacteristicsOfFascism #Fascism #HumanRights
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American Federation of Teachers chants “Bring it on!” as VP Harris notes the challenges ahead.
#uspol #politics #uspolitics #harris #election #election2024 #aft
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I am gobsmacked by VP Harris’s speaking skills.
I haven’t really watched a speech from her since 2020’s primary and she has come a long, long, long way.
The crowds are full with energy.
#uspol #politics #uspolitics #harris #election #election2024 #aft
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@rightardia
She should be here in about 10 minutes
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#AAUP, #AFT, and other organizations are planning a National Day of Action on April 17th, 2024.
Old Dominion University's AAUP chapter will participate in the event.
We are looking for someone to speak via Zoom to our local on that day about higher education policy in Virginia.
If you are interested - or you know of someone who might be, please email me - [email protected]
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#AAUP, #AFT, and other organizations are planning a National Day of Action on April 17th, 2024.
Old Dominion University's AAUP chapter will participate in the event.
We are looking for someone to speak via Zoom to our local on that day about higher education policy in Virginia.
If you are interested - or you know of someone who might be, please email me - [email protected]
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A new bill signed on Saturday will require schools to teach students about child labor, workplace safety, and rights to organize.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7bp39/child-labor-is-such-a-big-problem-that-california-will-teach-kids-their-rights-at-school
#childlabor #childlaborlaws #California #Union #GavinNewsom #AFT
