Texas AFT

@TexasAFT

Yes, Texas has unions. We represent all non-administrative public school employees. Affiliated w/ , . Tweets by President Zeph Capo signed ZC. ✊

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jul 15

    Since the & state leaders are all of a sudden eager to talk about benefits and pensions for retired educators, let's have the discussion. Thread 🧵

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  2. 6 hours ago

    These bills were never about critical race theory. They're about classroom censorship and whitewashing our curriculum and our history.

    Texas Republicans, who are trying to ban the teaching of accurate history, have voted to stop the teaching of MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech and his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
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  3. 20 hours ago

    We should call bills like and what they are: a new extreme, partisan campaign to distort history, limit learning, and stoke fears about our public schools. ?

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  4. 23 hours ago

    ⬇️ An update from TRS' first in-person board meeting since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  5. Retweeted
    Jul 20

    Attn: Employees A proposed $2,000 retention stipend for ALL Employees. (Funded by ESSER II) A public hearing on our ESSER II plan will be held August 17, 2021 This is in ADDITION to $1000 COVID-19 Stipend (May), $1000 Retention Stipend (Aug 2021)

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  6. Retweeted
    Jul 21

    Every student should be able to learn in a safe, modern learning environment. We're calling on the Senate to include $130 billion to repair and replace our nation’s public schools in their next budget bill.

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  7. Jul 21

    📅 Spread the word about this free citizenship clinic in the on Aug. 28, open to permanent residents seeking full citizenship. Información en Ingles o Español:

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  8. Retweeted
    Jul 20

    Texas Senate Bill 3, a thread 🧵 We’ve seen a lot of the news around , the Curriculum Whitewashing Bill that the Senate just passed, and we’d thought we would revisit how we got here👇

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  9. Retweeted
    Jul 21

    “Anti-CRT” laws are not only racist, they are a sexist attempt to control women and their work.” bringing the 🔥on the role that gender discrimination plays into recent bills like

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  10. Jul 20

    This is what's really happening with .

    HuffPo: Texas Senate Bill Drops Teaching Requirement That Ku Klux Klan Is 'Morally Wrong’
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  11. Jul 20

    [VIDEO] Last week, educators, students, & parents testified against , a bill that would expand the classroom censorship of . Among them was President Ken Zarifis, whose testimony was direct and fierce. 🔥

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  12. Retweeted
    Jul 20

    A day I will never forget....as I was getting ready to fist bump him, President said to me “oh, you’re trouble. I can tell”...and I have never been prouder. Happy to be causing some

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  13. Jul 20

    The first monthly Child Tax Credit payment from the hits banks accounts this week. Here's what you need to know.

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  14. Retweeted
    Jul 20

    The AAP has issued new guidance regarding schools reopening amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The AAP said everyone older than age 2 should wear a mask in school, regardless of vaccination status, to reduce transmission, and protect those who are not vaccinated.

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  15. Retweeted
    Jul 19

    The Pediatricians want universal masking this fall because: many students are not yet eligible 4 vaccines; masking reduces transmission of & protects those not vaccinated; schools may not have a system to monitor vaccine status & low vaccine rates

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  16. Retweeted
    Jul 19

    Call your senators & tell them to include schools, job training, broadband internet, & green infrastructure priorities in the upcoming budget reconciliation bill to make a bold investment in our country’s future. ☎️

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  17. Jul 19

    [VIDEO] Last week, Texas AFT President testified against and , two discriminatory anti-trans student bills.

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  18. Retweeted
    Jul 19

    Get the full wrap-up from , including the truth about the 13th checks and video testimony from .

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  19. Retweeted
    Jul 19

    🗣A recap ❌ The Senate passed the Curriculum Whitewashing Bill () this past Friday. ✅ After teachers, students, and parents came to the Capitol to testify against it. ❌ is an attack on students/teacher freedoms and erases our history.

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  20. Retweeted
    Jul 19

    We can't whitewash our education. These books & authors shed light on history, both good & bad. It's important for our children to learn about both. Another reason to be away from Texas. Texas Senate Votes to Remove Required Lessons

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  21. Retweeted
    Jul 19

    DACA recipients had a promise made to them, & turning our backs on them now is fundamentally unfair—its effects are cruel & will be felt not just in Texas but throughout every community in the country. Read & 's statement here:

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