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  1. 7 hours ago

    Join us in welcoming our new affiliate Bricolage Academy Educators United, who have voted to unionize and are now part of .

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  2. 8 hours ago

    . Pres : “I call on all UUP-represented employees to get the vaccine. It’s the only way to make sure that our members, our students, our families and our communities are protected.”

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  3. 9 hours ago

    "You’re not just teaching classes during a regular school day anymore... If I’m a first grade teacher and I know that three of my kids can’t log on until the mother gets home at seven o’clock, I’m teaching those kids at seven.”

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  4. 10 hours ago

    “The best way to grow our economy is not from the top down, but from the bottom up and the middle out."

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  5. 11 hours ago

    Read about how member and adjunct professor Melissa Smith had her primary course shut down due to the recent passage of an Oklahoma law banning the teaching of critical race theory.

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    11 hours ago

    Today is the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre. takes us through the history of Tulsa's Greenwood district&the devastation that occurred in 1921 when a white mob attacked the community.

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    11 hours ago

    Tune in as I deliver remarks to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre.

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    12 hours ago

    .'s local on the island, , supports the  bill that would automatically extend all government collective agreements, which expire on July 1.  

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  9. 12 hours ago

    Artist Unions are Organizing in Support of the

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    12 hours ago

    Today would be a great day for to cancel up to $50,000 of student debt per borrower.

    Today, the student debt crisis reached $1,819,774,442,341
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    12 hours ago

    We are glad to see the FDA has updated its recommendations. Facilities must transition away from using non-NIOSH-approved respirators and stop decontaminating N95 respirators.

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    12 hours ago

    June is and ’s has resources to help teachers support and celebrate LGBTQ students.

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  13. 13 hours ago

    Check out 's free lesson plan for teaching the :

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    13 hours ago

    The stands in solidarity w 's historic strike authorization vote. For too long administration has disrespected the critical work of UC lecturers. Simple: *consistent review & rehiring processes *enforceable workload standards *fair compensation.

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    13 hours ago

    Prez reminds us that “for far too long the has disrespected .” He states that consistent reviews and rehiring rights are basic faculty employment protections and . But why not ?

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    14 hours ago

    "There’s definitely something wrong with our system; you shouldn’t have to have a law degree to navigate all of this." Summer is proud to partner with organizations like to help members simplify and reduce their .

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  17. 14 hours ago

    "Democracy, that’s the soul of America. And I believe it’s a soul worth fighting for." -

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    15 hours ago

    We remember the community that was destroyed and the lives that were lost 100 years ago. Here are resources for teaching about the destruction of Black Wall Street

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    15 hours ago

    is 5/31-6/1. Use this book discussion guide to open the discussion about one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history:

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