RIFTHP Lobbyist

Lobbyist for the Rhode Island Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals

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Thank you @RepCraven for moving our bill to protect school employees assaulted on the job out of committee today

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Thank you @SenatorFrank26 and @DawnEuer for moving a bill to protect teacher assistants and other school staff injured on the job out of Committee today.

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⁦@RIFTFrankFlynn⁩ , Clark Greene of ⁦@RICNews⁩ students, parents, teachers and others testifying today in support of a state budget line item for the RI Vision Services Program

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Today’s testimony against private school vouchers ⁦@RIFTFrankFlynn⁩

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Thank you ⁦@SANDRISCANO⁩ and ⁦@MrAcostruth⁩ for your bills to provide meals for RI students ⁦@RIFTFrankFlynn⁩ ⁦@RISenate⁩

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

I proposed a minimum billionaire tax because no billionaire should be paying a lower tax rate than a school teacher or a firefighter.

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Thank you ⁦@RISenate⁩ Labor Committee for passing municipal employee binding arbitration legislation this afternoon. On to the floor!

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Thank you ⁦@AlanaDimario⁩ for introducing a higher ed post-retirement employment bill that helps adjunct faculty

[Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies @weayonnoh]

This one is personal. I am in strong support of @RICNews Hope Scholarship Pilot Program as an alum and Ed of @EconProgressRI.

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⁦@RIFTFrankFlynn⁩ testifying in support of Hope Scholarship program at RIC in Senate Finance last night ⁦@RICNews⁩ ⁦@RICAlumni⁩ ⁦@RISenate⁩

[Evan Lundeen @EvanLundeen]

I would love to talk more about Sweden- a country that has paid family leave, national healthcare for all, paid time off, retirement security, significant labor/union rights etc.

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We testified against a bill today that would restrict elementary school suspensions. The bill does not provide any resources or support for students.

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RIFTHP President Frank Flynn testifying for increased education aid in House Finance today

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An honest charter school approval process would require RIDE to identify future school closures when voting to expand charters @EnriqueForRI @RebeccaKislak Rhode Island’s charter process lacks both transparency and honesty.

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Thank you @RebeccaKislak for conducting a fair hearing for the resolution on Providence school closures and by drawing out the cold hard truth that these school closures were triggered by charter expansion approved a few years ago

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IBEW Local 99 President Joe Walsh speaking in support of green schools

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⁦@hannagallo27⁩ talking about energy efficient school construction and renovation

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RIFTHP President Frank Flynn testified today on education funding issues in the Senate Finance Committee. ⁦@RIFTFrankFlynn⁩

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Even on a snow day, the RIFTHP is at the State House. Here is our testimony on creating a more fair tax system. Thanks @MelissaMurrayRI for working on this issue.