@SVFTunion

This is the official Twitter feed of the State Vocational Federation of Teachers (AFT4200A) in Connecticut

Joined May 2012
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Providing activists report on #pensions for #PublicEd professionals & #CTStateWorkers @CtPensions coordinator @doulalisha urges advocacy for #RetirementSecurity to prevent "strain on underfunded public srvs." #FundOurFuture @AFTUnion @AFTTEACH @PSRP_AFT @AFT_PE @ProtectPensions
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Thanks to @UnionMatt @AFTCT for all the great shots today #FundOurFuture
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CT Ed Commissioner and @WilcoxTHS grad Miguel Cardona points out that PreK-12 public ed is THE top economic driver in the state
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CT #CompleteCount cmte chair @LGSusanB connects role of #union activists mobilizing fellow "trusted voices in every community" for #Census2020 to ensuring resources to #FundOurFuture; $2900 in federal $ lost for each undercounted resident. #BeCounted @AFTUnion @uscensusbureau – at Hartford, CT
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President Obama set up anti-pandemic programs in 47 vulnerable countries, as a way to protect against something just like Coronavirus breaking out across the world. Experts begged Trump to keep them open. He closed 37 of them.
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#Union activists arrive at #CTGeneralAssembly for '20 legislative conf; ready to be part of fight to #FundOurFuture for all #PublicEd professionals, #HospitalStaff, #HigherEd faculty, #CTStateWorkers & retirees! @AFTUnion @AFTTEACH @PSRP_AFT @AFTHigherEd @AFT_PE @AFTHealthcare
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This week @SVFTUnion member Bill Zisk's electrical class students at @VinalTechHS demonstrated #CareerTechEd skills at work for Sen @MattLesser, Rep @quewp1 installing energy efficient lighting at #AFTCT HQ. #AFTCTEProud @AFTUnion @AFT_PE @AFTTeach @CTTechHS @EducateCT
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SVFT members attending the annual @AFTCT Legislative Conference to encourage the legislature to #FundOurFuture
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That’s our guy, Billy Zisk!
Matt Lesser@MattLesser24 Feb 2020
Students from ⁦@VinalTechHS⁩ in #Middletown are on the job installing new high efficiency LED lights at the ⁦⁦@AFTCT⁩ office in #RockyHill - great to meet with them this am, huge fan of our ⁦@CTTechHS⁩. ⁦⁦@SVFTunion⁩
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By empowering them to "exceed & accelerate beyond heights" in STEM fields @SVFTunion members coached female students to nat'l @GGCyberStart championship: ow.ly/Ew7d50vZKSu #AFTCTEProud @AFTunion @AFT_PE @AFTteach @CTTechHS @EducateCT @thechroniclect
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Yes I was going to ask......
Stuart Savelkoul@savelkoul12 Jul 2019
Replying to @SVFTunion @hochadel_jan @rweingarten @RepJahanaHayes
I wanted to reply with a joke about the Jordan-led Wizards of the early 2000's but not even Google seems to have a picture of Rip Hamilton, Jerry Stackhouse, & MJ together. How was I going to tie it back to education you ask?
Name a more powerful labor and education trio in DC right now. @hochadel_jan @rweingarten @RepJahanaHayes #TEACH19
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SVFT delegates and retirees at the AFT-CT convention #AFTCT19
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Thanks Joe!
Joe Biden
@JoeBiden18 Apr 2019
My wife Jill always reminds me that any country that out-educates us will out-compete us. Our teachers must have the resources they need & the wages they deserve so that America will continue to lead the world. Great speech today on this from @rweingarten. aft.org/freedomtoteach

The Freedom to Teach

AFT president Randi Weingarten National Press Club Washington, DC April 18, 2019 Consider what teachers have recently said about why they teach: “I teach because I want to change the world, one child...

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@AFLCIO13 Apr 2019
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PLEASE support our UFCW brothers and sisters as they strike at Stop & Shop in Southbury and around New England #UnionYes #StopAndShopWorkers DO NOT CROSS THEIR PICKET LINES!!!!!
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#AFTCT prez @Hochadel_Jan opens @AFTUnion #CareerTechEd mtg at #PrinceTech, kicking off panel w/@CTTechHS asst sprntndt Nikitola Menounos & @SVFTUnion prez @edleavygmailco1 on how #CTE is "best kept secret in #PublicEd." #CTEMonth @AFT_PE @AFTTeach @EducateCT
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#CTE not just about workforce readiness; @SVFTUnion prez @edleavygmailco1 shares w/@AFTUnion leaders in #CareerTechEd across nation how "50% of @CTTechHS students go on to college, many in related fields." #CTEMonth @AFT_PE @AFTTeach @EducateCT
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Nat'l @AFTUnion prez @RWeingarten shares how @SVFTUnion members' results make case for #CareerTechEd as more than alternative to traditional #HigherEd; "@CTTechHS providing pathways to better future for 1000s of #CTE students." #CTEMonth @AFT_PE @AFTTeach @EducateCT
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When @edmuir speaks, @AFTunion members listen all over the country. Today, the Artist Formerly Known as Dr. Doom talked about the path forward for all of us at @AFTCT. #ThriveTogetherCT – at Hartford, CT
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