SVFTunion

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

[AFT Connecticut @AFTCT]

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

[SVFTunion @SVFTunion]

Thanks to @UnionMatt @AFTCT for all the great shots today #FundOurFuture

[SVFTunion @SVFTunion]

CT Ed Commissioner and @WilcoxTHS grad Miguel Cardona points out that PreK-12 public ed is THE top economic driver in the state

[AFT Connecticut @AFTCT]

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

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

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.

[AFT Connecticut @AFTCT]

#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

[AFT Connecticut @AFTCT]

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

[SVFTunion @SVFTunion]

SVFT members attending the annual @AFTCT Legislative Conference to encourage the legislature to #FundOurFuture

[SVFTunion @SVFTunion]

That’s our guy, Billy Zisk!

[Matt Lesser @MattLesser]

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

[AFT Connecticut @AFTCT]

By empowering them to "exceed & accelerate beyond heights" in STEM fields @SVFTunion members coached female students to nat'l @GGCyberStart championship: https://t.co/ib4GJfaF9z #AFTCTEProud @AFTunion @AFT_PE @AFTteach @CTTechHS @EducateCT @thechroniclect

[SVFTunion @SVFTunion]

Yes I was going to ask......

[Stuart Savelkoul @savelkoul]

@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?

[SVFTunion @SVFTunion]

Name a more powerful labor and education trio in DC right now. @hochadel_jan @rweingarten @RepJahanaHayes #TEACH19

[SVFTunion @SVFTunion]

SVFT delegates and retirees at the AFT-CT convention #AFTCT19

[SVFTunion @SVFTunion]

Thanks Joe!

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

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. https://t.co/aaU10GNjOB

[AFL-CIO ✊ @AFLCIO]

@SVFTunion Here are some alternates

[SVFTunion @SVFTunion]

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!!!!!

[AFT Connecticut @AFTCT]

#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

[AFT Connecticut @AFTCT]

#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

[AFT Connecticut @AFTCT]

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

[Stuart Savelkoul @savelkoul]

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