The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers represents nearly 14,000 working education professionals. Nothing about us, without us. #PHLed #FundOurFacilities
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18 Nov 2024
#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/opinion-tru…
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18 Nov 2024
RT @art_steinberg: You can also find me there (bsky.app/profile/artsteinber…) as well as @AFTPA (bsky.app/profile/aftpa.bsky.…)
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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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15 Nov 2024
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…
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15 Nov 2024
"Hope Walz gets it: It’s the small things that sustain the fight, the ways we connect and build power together." 🫶🏽💪🏽
15 Nov 2024
Tim Walz' daughter Hope Walz is showing us how to process anger, sadness, and fear without losing our humanity. teenvogue.visitlink.me/77gg8…
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15 Nov 2024
“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/philadelphia/2…
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15 Nov 2024
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. chalkbeat.org/philadelphia/2… #PHLed
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15 Nov 2024
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
ALT PFT members at Catharine School wear red in solidarity for a new contract
ALT PFT members at Catharine School wear red in solidarity for a new contract
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PFT (@pftlocal3.bsky.social) retweeted
14 Nov 2024
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.
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PFT (@pftlocal3.bsky.social) retweeted
14 Nov 2024
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.
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14 Nov 2024
We 💚 @JalenHurts but his generosity doesn't mean the PA legislature's off the hook for decades of underfunding our schools! #PHLed #FundOurFacilities
14 Nov 2024
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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PFT (@pftlocal3.bsky.social) retweeted
14 Nov 2024
.@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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PFT (@pftlocal3.bsky.social) retweeted
14 Nov 2024
‘A stunning public rebuke’: When voters had the choice, they rejected private school vouchers keystonenewsroom.com/2024/11…
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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: nasponline.org/research-and-…
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PFT (@pftlocal3.bsky.social) retweeted
13 Nov 2024
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.
13 Nov 2024
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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PFT (@pftlocal3.bsky.social) retweeted
13 Nov 2024
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.
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14 Nov 2024
"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."
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PFT (@pftlocal3.bsky.social) retweeted
13 Nov 2024
🚨 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. cbsloc.al/40OpjuX
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PFT (@pftlocal3.bsky.social) retweeted
13 Nov 2024
States that went to Trump stand to lose much more from his plan to abolish the Dept of Education. They receive more federal funds than blue states despite contributing fewer tax dollars.
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