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Students at UT-Rio Grande Valley are fired up and ready to vote for pro-education, pro-worker candidates like @ginafortexas.bsky.social, to build more opportunities for Texas families. Let’s get to the polls and make our voices heard! #AFTvotes

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@rweingarten.bsky.social: In this country, we have a serious question: Do we believe in opportunity for all? But attacks on education or labor show that there are people in charge of TX that want two Americas. This election is our chance to do something. We have the power if we use it. #AFTvotes

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What do you think needs to change to ensure Texas teachers are paid what they deserve? 👇 Polls are open from 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM now through Friday, October 30. Election Day is Tuesday, November 3. Have you made your plan to vote yet? @texasaft.org @aft.org

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“There are such clear choices between candidates who want to keep the status quo, or candidates who want to prioritize working people. That’s why I show up this week. It’s clear what the choice is.” @rweingarten.bsky.social driving home the importance of turning out to vote! #AFTvotes

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“You see how aggressively they push these vouchers through?…We have a bigger voice than their money.” Thank you Bobby Pulido for standing up for public education and fully funded public schools! #AFTvotes

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“If we believe in the America dream, we must believe that Texas - as the 8th largest economy of the country - must be at the front end of education, not the back.” Right, @rweingarten.bsky.social! Education unlocks opportunities for a better life and we must invest in our public schools. #AFTvotes

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@rweingarten.bsky.social: What I’m seeing across the country, and what I saw in McAllen, was a willingness to change the status quo. They see the challenges we face, but instead of getting angry, people are willing to take action.

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@rweingarten.bsky.social: In countries where you don’t see change, people gave up. But in countries like Hungary, the voters overturned a government. Just this week in Serbia & Brazil, we saw students and voters stand up for lawmakers who want to fight for workers. It’s our turn to do the same.

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“If we believe in the America dream, we must believe that Texas - as the 8th largest economy of the country - must be at the front end of education, not the back.” Right, @rweingarten.bsky.social! Education unlocks opportunities for a better life and we must invest in our public schools. #AFTvotes

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Right, @rweingarten.bsky.social. No one should be one illness away from financial ruin. No one should be afraid to go to the doctor or pick up groceries for fear of detention. People just want to live a decent life, but good people are being smashed. This is what we must vote to alleviate.

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“This election is about 3 things: Common sense, common decency, and the common good. Not all of us will agree all the time, but that’s the beautiful mess of our democracy.” - @zephcapo.bsky.social @texasaft.org #AFTvotes

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America’s unions are knocking on doors, talking with our union family to make sure they know what’s at stake in these midterm elections. Our jobs, our unions, our essential services - it’s all on the line! Make your plan to vote: betterinaunion.org/vote

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Americans’ outlook on the economy has reached a new low. Consumer sentiment is now 10% lower than a year ago. Prices are increasing everywhere, including food, gas, fuel, and rent; families are struggling to cope. They deserve action that produces helpful results. bsky.app/profile/aflc...

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Everything is too expensive, but we have an opportunity in 8 days on Election Day to win real change for working families and create an economy and country that we all can afford. Vote - early, if possible.

reuters.comUS consumer sentiment near record low ahead of midterm electionsUS consumer sentiment edged down to near a record low in October as rising prices because of the Middle East conflict ​soured households' views of the economy on the doorstep of midterm congressional ...
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General Motors will be investing $500,000 in AFT’s newest initiative called Manufacturing Futures, introducing thousands of Detroit and Dearborn students to careers in manufacturing before they enter high school. www.mlive.com/news/detroit...

mlive.comGM invests $500K to introduce 2,800 Detroit-area students to manufacturing careersThe new program will bring hands-on manufacturing lessons, equipment and career exploration opportunities to eight middle schools in Detroit and Dearborn.
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“This is election is about taking power back.” @ginafortexas.bsky.social is right. The elections are our chance to vote for a future that works for all of us - and early voting is open in TX. Get out to the polls!

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Up next in McAllen: We’re visiting the Achieve Early College High School to visit the CTE program. Today we got to see students’ culinary work - chicken parmesan is on the menu today. Students make everything from scratch and even grow some ingredients in the garden. 🍝 @rweingarten.bsky.social

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The culinary students here are working on opening a cafe in partnership with McAllen’s S.T.R.I.D.E.S. program, for students 18+ with different learning abilities. S.T.R.I.D.E.S. students will run the front of the cafe, getting hands on experience in hospitality as well. 🍳

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Achieve offers students the chance to earn associates’ degrees in high school, and they also offer CTE options in the culinary field, in forensic science, in medical assistance and EMT training, and more. Today we got to visit a forensic science class. 🧪

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Up next in McAllen: We’re visiting the Achieve Early College High School to visit the CTE program. Today we got to see students’ culinary work - chicken parmesan is on the menu today. Students make everything from scratch and even grow some ingredients in the garden. 🍝 @rweingarten.bsky.social

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As instructor Monica Flores pointed out, the program’s culinary students are one of only 2 schools in the area with the TX PROSTART culinary curriculum - each year they compete in Waco to cook 3 courses for judges. This is a huge opportunity for students to show off their skills!

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Good morning from McAllen, TX! We’re excited to join educators and students at the McAllen Flight Academy, where the next generation of pilots are learning to take flight. ✈️

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The students in this room are preparing to take their pilot licensing test to be FAA certified, which the school district is funding. Students like Ramiro want people to know that great CTE opportunities are available for folks in McAllen, and he wants to see more programs like this one.

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The school not only trains students to be pilots but also drone pilots and instructors themselves. They’re also training students on new planes with safety features. Many students are on path to start jobs as soon as junior year. Thanks to McAllen’s students for showing us the equipment!

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“We will not go back!” — @rweingarten.bsky.social draws parallels between voter intimidation tactics in DeKalb County today and those used to suppress voters in the 1960s.

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"You're creating a sense of connection and community. You're telling voters that they really matter... This is the essence of what makes American democracy work." - @rweingarten.bsky.social

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Our issues are in the ballot. We need to elect governors who won’t accept Trump’s voucher scheme. - AFT EVP Evelyn DeJesus

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People listen to people they trust. We have to have conversations with our family and friends any why you have to show up to vote. We have the power. - DFT President Lakia Wilson-Lumpkins

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We have to make sure there is quality public education in every neighborhood. - AFT Michigan President Terrence Martin

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Liz Shuler
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Ohio ain’t for sale. The union members who packed tonight’s rally are making sure of it. Our brother Brian Poindexter spent 19 years as a union ironworker. He knows who he’s fighting for. Let’s send him to Congress. Knock doors. Vote early. Bring somebody with you.