AFT-RI

With all the misinformation around the charter moratorium/cap law, we need to remember that facts matter. With the pause in effect, let’s take a look at one fact per day. As always, DM for a conversation. 1. AFT started the charter school movement.

🚨 BIG NEWS FROM OUR CONVENTION! 🚨 We are proud to announce that convention delegates have voted to officially change our name from RIFTHP to AFT-RI! A new name. The same unwavering commitment to our members, our professions, and the power of organized labor.

A strong voice for Rhode Island in Washington! Congressman @gabeamo takes the stage at the RIFTHP Convention, connecting with the workers who make a difference in our communities every day. Thank you for being part of today’s celebration of solidarity and collective strength!

A warm RIFTHP welcome to U.S. Senator @SenWhitehouse! Thank you, Senator Whitehouse, for joining educators and health professionals at our convention and for your continued engagement on issues that matter to Rhode Island’s working families. #RIFTHP #UnionStrong

Rhode Island General Treasurer @JamesDiossa addresses the RIFTHP Convention! We appreciate Treasurer Diossa joining members today and engaging with the issues that matter to working people, including retirement security and the future of our public pension system.

From the classroom to the Senate President’s office! 🍎🏛️ We’re proud to welcome @RISenate President @Val_Lawson, a teacher and union member who knows firsthand the importance of public education and the voices of working people, to the RIFTHP Convention! #UnionStrong

A great welcome for Rhode Island Secretary of State @GreggAmore1 at our Convention! A lifelong educator, union member, & champion of public ed & working families, He has never forgotten his roots in the classroom or labor movement. Always great to have one of our own with us!

The RIFTHP Convention is underway! Prez Maribeth Calabro kicks off a day of solidarity, shared purpose, & commitment to building a stronger labor movement. Together, we’re organizing, advocating, & fighting for the respect & dignity every worker deserves. Stronger Together! ✊

The @RIHouseofReps joined rank and file members and local leaders at our convention today. As a long time educator, Chairman McNamara understands what our schools need so students can thrive!

Thank you @SethMagaziner for always standing with educators!

Teachers are forced to follow bad mandates from unqualified bosses, political appointees, & educrats then blamed when the bad mandates fail. Let’s try listening to the actual teachers.

For 7 1/2 yrs, @AInfanteGreen prioritized data manipulation in order appeal to out-of-state think-tanks. She & her bloated layer of bosses put their own galavanting ahead of students. The new commissioner must put students ahead of their own ambitions.

The next @RIDeptEd commissioner can set RI on a path towards student success by eliminating directives created in think-tanks by consultants. Give teachers their planning time back & let them teach using known best practices. Also allow orderly classrooms.

There is a competent professional staff at @RIDeptEd. Over the past five years, @AInfanteGreen has neglected these qualified workers & created a bloated admin layer of less qualified, resume-building, galavanting bosses. Time to clean house.

For 25 years, educrats w/ little teaching experience have stripped actual teachers of autonomy. These bosses failed our students by mandating unproven theories developed by the consultant class. Let’s get back to what teachers know will work for kids!

There is a world of difference between candidates who believe a vote must be earned and those who believe it is owed.

RI will soon have a new ed commissioner. The intergalactic searches haven’t worked. This time, let’s choose an actual educator who understands RI students, teachers, & public schools—not another outsider more interested in building a personal brand than improving public education

3/5 You can’t have it both ways. You can’t claim teachers are so essential that we can’t afford to let them retire while refusing to treat them like the valued professionals they are.