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89th Legislature in Review: Your Right to Healthy, Safe Working Conditions 

Texas AFT United members visit a lawmaker’s office during the 89th legislative session and discuss the need for our Educator’s Bill of Rights.   This plank in your Educator’s Bill of Rights states that “safety is a prerequisite for learning.” If our educators and students do not feel secure in their classrooms, then teaching and learning cannot take place effectively....

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March 8, 2025: Every Voice Matters

Saturday, March 8, 2025 Left to Right: Texas AFT Retiree Plus Member Margaret Daniels with Education Austin Members Megan Vasquez, Taylor Cavin, Megan Holden, and Mallory Vinson. Every Voice Matters “Every staff cut directly harms students. The rising cost of living is overwhelming. Without salary raises to match inflation, I'm...

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Feb. 28, 2025: History repeats itself

Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 History repeats itself Gov. Greg Abbott has done a marvelous job manufacturing momentum for private school vouchers, a policy “solution” that is bankrupting other states, has provided no tangible benefit to student learning outcomes, and is manifestly unpopular when put directly to voters.   If it feels...

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