AFT Massachusetts

Everyone did a great job, but those kids really shine through with their homemade signs. bsky.app/profile/aftm...

AFT MA is at the State House today with our friends for Common Start Lobby Day! Massachusetts families deserve quality, affordable, accessible child care!

AFT Massachusetts, Lynn Teachers Union 1037, Chelsea Teachers' Union #1340, and Boston Teachers Union joined Massachusetts Education Justice Alliance and fellow advocates to raise awareness of the devastating impacts of immigration-related enrollment declines are having on our school communities.

At schools across Boston, @btu66.bsky.social members & families are taking action today by passing out immigration rights leaflets to ensure our students, parents, & neighbors know their rights.

Stay tuned for more actions across the Commonwealth today! #March4Communities @aft.org

We’re kicking off @aft.org's Protect Our Communities day of action with @btu66.bsky.social at the Curley & Bates Schools!

#March4Communities is a national day of action mobilizing union educators, students, & communities to protect our kids, our families, and our communities.

“And it is teachers themselves who have been integral to the fight when there has been authoritarian backsliding.”

Thank you for having us, HKS!

“I don’t think it’s a coincidence when you study authoritarianism in other countries that it is the universities that are attacked first. It is public education system that is impacted at the very beginning,” President @jessjtang.bsky.social told Harvard Kennedy School students. (2/3)

President @jessjtang.bsky.social joined Harvard Kennedy School’s Labor Rights Caucus, Education Caucus, and Professor Archon Fung today for a discussion of public education and unions’ roles in combating rising authoritarianism. (1/3)

Greenhalge Elementary’s adoption of the community school model has been transformative for its students and families, and we’re always eager for a chance to show our support and gratitude to the amazing educators there!

Thank you for hosting us, UTL, and thank you to the educators of Lowell!

Starting off Read Across America Week right at the Greenhalge!

President @jessjtang.bsky.social, Secretary-Treasurer Duncan, and AFT MA staff joined United Teachers of Lowell’s own Mickie Dumont today in Lowell to read some of our favorite books to classes across Greenhalge Elementary School.

One union. One community. Countless words.
#AFTStrong #UnionProud @aft.org

CASA literacy gets $10k boost LYNN– The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and AFT Massachusetts donated $10,000 to CASA for a new library that will be opened in the fall. In addition to the library, students were able to pick ...

Reading and literacy are always a priority to us at AFT MA. It was such a joy to partner with @aft.org's Reading Opens the World & Lynn Teachers Union to help make CASA Lynn’s first school library possible!

Check out the full story at itemlive.com/2026/02/13/c...

Together, we are America Americans want us to treat each other with dignity, not inhumanity.

In her new column, @rweingarten.bsky.social writes about how Americans want us to treat each other with dignity, not inhumanity, and seeing reasons for hope in challenging times.
www.aft.org/column/toget...

"If federal authorities are ignoring court orders from our own federal government and our justice system, then who’s going to stand up and stop it, if it’s not our own usual system of checks and balances? The only answer is the people.” - AFT MA President @jessjtang.bsky.social (3/3)

“In the labor movement, we understand this idea of due process—if you’re on the job & you get accused of something, our job is to make sure you have due process.

So if we believe in the Constitution and due process, can we agree those things are being violated?" -@jessjtang.bsky.social (2/3)

Due process is a bedrock of union values—when our due process rights are violated by an employer, we always fight back.

President @jessjtang.bsky.social spoke to unions’ role in fighting back against federal overreach at BC Law. (pc: Reba Saldhana) (1/3)

Check it out at tinyurl.com/rappaport2526!

In Boston, MA, I joined @btu66.bsky.social @aftmass.bsky.social members in welcoming students for story time and book giveaways through Reading Opens the World, showing how literacy, joy, and community come together in public schools.
#PublicSchoolProud bsky.app/profile/aft....

Love for Local 3954 💙

The incredible educators of the LEA Professional Assn. at Shore Education Collaborative provide essential special education services to students in Chelsea & surrounding communities.

Thanks for hosting President Tang at your monthly meeting! Keep up the amazing, work, LEA!

AFT MA lobby team in the (State) House! Another day of making sure your voices are heard on Beacon Hill 💪

Last year’s One Big “Beautiful” Bill is already wreaking havoc on health insurance plans and offerings in unions across the country.

Tune in tomorrow night for the latest on what’s happening, how it’s impacting our locals, & how we’re fighting for your benefits.

RSVP to join at tinyurl.com/WTH26

Every educator—every local—is feeling the effects of MA’s school funding crisis.

Join us tomorrow night for all the news you need on what’s happening, why, and how our union is tackling the funding crisis.

RSVP to join at tinyurl.com/WTH26

Join us tonight at 6pm to learn more about what's happening in MN, ways to stand in solidarity with MN, & build our capacity to keep our communities safe and fight back against federal attacks on our rights.

Who keeps us safe? We keep us safe.

RSVP at tinyurl.com/MA2MNwebinar

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This is what solidarity looks like ✊ Union leaders and members are here in Minnesota standing together in solidarity in response to ICE’s assault on our communities. #ICEOUT

@educationmn.bsky.social @mfelocal59.bsky.social #SPFE28 @aftmass.bsky.social @ctulocal1.bsky.social @neatoday.bsky.social

This is not normal.

ICE out of MN.

Yesterday, after a lawsuit backed by the AFT, the Trump administration dropped its appeal, ending its attempt to force schools to censor lessons, abandon student supports, and rewrite civil rights law.

Read more about this victory for public ed & students everywhere: www.aft.org/press-releas...

It’s time to TURN OUT!!

Join AFT MA & 20+ unions, plus community ally groups, for a Solidarity with Minnesota standout this Friday at 3pm.

Bring your coworkers, friends, and family and meet us at Boston’s South Bay Mall between Home Depot & Target! Look for the AFT MA flag ✊

@btu66.bsky.social

This weekend President @jessjtang.bsky.social presented at the @aflcio.org Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Human & Civil Rights Conference.

Thank you, AFL-CIO, for convening this annual event! Gathering to share best practices with fellow unions & AFT locals is a fitting way to embody Dr. King’s legacy.

Passing S.2132/H.3427 will ensure that MA joins the seven states that commemorate his courage and civil right advocacy with the celebration of Fred Korematsu Day. Thank you to Sen. Eldridge and Rep. Uyterhoeven for filing this legislation and to Fred's daughter, Dr. Karen Korematsu, for joining us.

81 years ago, Fred Korematsu stood up to injustice and cruelty by challenging Japanese internment during WWII.

President Tang was honored to speak at Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties & the Constitution, lifting up our collective work as educators to help pave the path to more justice & equity.

Workers must UNITE!

If you’re a union member—get active in your union! If you’re not in a union—join one or form one!

The opponent isn’t just masked ICE vigilantes terrorizing schools and communities, it’s the billionaire corporations profiting from terror.

But WE THE WORKERS have the power.