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Jessica Smith retweeted
Happy #WorldCatDay! 😺🌍 Celebrate these amazing creatures w the captivating story of Pyro The WWII Cat 🐾. Discover how Pyro accompanied his owner on daring missions as a Marine Air pilot🛩️😻! sharemylesson.com/teaching-r…
#SSchaht #Edchat #catlover #cat #CatDay @AFTunion @AFTteach
Jessica Smith retweeted
"From labor rights to civil rights, the UAW is back in the fight!” — #UAW International President Shawn Fain, at the MLK 60th Commemorative Freedom Walk in Detroit
@NAACP @DETROITNAACP
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When you see negative news coverage of the writers/actors strike, remember this:
The major news networks are owned by the companies they're striking against.
Jessica Smith retweeted
The tired corporate, right-wing tropes about the labor movement being dinosaurs get almost no traction anymore. If you're wondering why, just watch this. Or spend a few minutes talking to literally just about anyone under 25 about unions
Kids chanting “Strike” from the school bus as they pass Fox Studios in LA today #ActorsStrike #WritersStrike
Jessica Smith retweeted
Here’s the right headline: Corporations cause damage to small businesses by not properly compensating and protecting their actors and writers.
Strike by Hollywood actors, writers causing collateral damage to small businesses in SoCal abc7.la/3DeZ4AQ
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This article and headline misleads people to only blame SAG and WAG members for the downturn in business due to the strikes .
It fails to mention that the guilds are striking against the AMPTP, which ABC7’s parent company, Disney, is part of.
latimes.com/entertainment-…
wgacontract2023.org/the-campaign/w…
sagaftrastrike.org
Jessica Smith retweeted
Organizing under the watch of Andrew Carnegie. This is the future of unionizing. The Scoopers continue to prepare for upcoming bargaining meetings, ethically served ice cream tastes better 🍦
Jessica Smith retweeted
Meet childhood hero of mine @BillNye. Why he's striking: Nowadays people talk about the gig economy. If you're a guild writer or a screen actor, you're a gig worker your whole career. This is about fairness. These are regular people that work for a living... 1/2 🧵
Jessica Smith retweeted
Kids chanting “Strike” from the school bus as they pass Fox Studios in LA today #ActorsStrike #WritersStrike
Jessica Smith retweeted
Philadelphia Starbucks baristas stood up to management over wage-theft happening at their store for months.
With a union, workers weren’t afraid to stand up for themselves & their co-workers.
Jessica Smith retweeted
TOMORROW AT 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT: Join me for a one-on-one livestream discussion with @frandrescher, President of @sagaftra, on the ongoing strike and the fight against corporate greed. Tune in at live.berniesanders.com.
Jessica Smith retweeted
NYC's educators have been working for 262 days without a contract. We've shown up to fight all along. But our fight still isn't over — not until we get a fair contract. #UFTFairContractNow ✊
ALT UFT members wear green and black in solidarity with DC 37.
ALT An educator speaks to others in a classroom as a part of the UFT's teach-ins.
ALT Educators hold signs reading "This is a UFT Grade-In!" and "Educators are doing work in public spaces to highlight our fight for a fair contract!" during the UFT's grade-in actions.
ALT Educators stand on a crosswalk holding signs and leaflets during the UFT's leafleting actions.
Jessica Smith retweeted
.@AFTunion Thank you Representative Mr. Frost for speaking the truth today about really caring for our kids.
Jessica Smith retweeted
GOP strategy:
1) Cut taxes for the rich & corporations, claiming they'll pay for themselves
2) Explode the deficit
3) Use the debt & deficit as an excuse to demand cuts to programs that millions rely on
4) Repeat
They're trying to get away with it again. We can't let them.
Jessica Smith retweeted
They are completely incomprehensible.. they spit out a number and they do nothing to help inform practice which is what teacher evaluation should be about
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Guess Pompeo is running on culture wars, not helping peole. Just fyi, we fight 4 freedom, democracy,an economy that works 4 all & what kids & communities need-strong public schools, that are safe & welcoming where kids learn how to think & work w/others.That’s the American Dream!
Jessica Smith retweeted
Major news: Rob Manfred said MLB notified the MLBPA today that MLB is prepared to voluntarily recognize the minor league players’ union
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Parents and educators have been advocating for smaller class sizes for decades. We’re grateful to the UFT members, parent activists and community advocates who were instrumental in raising their voices to get this bill passed.
ALT Today is a historic day for New York City public schools: Gov. Kathy Hochul has just signed into law a landmark piece of legislation that will lower class sizes in every grade in New York City over the next six years. It will take work to implement this law, but its effects on our school system will be transformative.
Jessica Smith retweeted
Teacher shortage=shortage of good pay? The teacher retention crisis is only getting worse and children are suffering for it. Our latest report reveals the pay gap between teachers and similarly educated non-teachers grew to a record 23.5% in 2021. epi.org/publication/teacher-…
