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Student Teacher From Illinois Elected NEA Aspiring Educators Chairperson
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The National Education Association issued the following news release on June 30, 2026:
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Student teacher from Illinois elected NEA Aspiring Educators Chairperson
Stephanie Chavez, member of NEA Board of Directors, will mobilize future teachers to shape the direction of public education and grow our movement
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DENVER -- Future teachers from across the country came together today to elect Stephanie Chavez, a student teacher from the suburbs of Chicago, to serve as the next chairperson of NEA Aspiring Educators. She will serve a two-year term.
"It is so important that
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WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The National Education Association issued the following news release on June 30, 2026:
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Student teacher from Illinois elected NEA Aspiring Educators Chairperson
Stephanie Chavez, member of NEA Board of Directors, will mobilize future teachers to shape the direction of public education and grow our movement
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DENVER -- Future teachers from across the country came together today to elect Stephanie Chavez, a student teacher from the suburbs of Chicago, to serve as the next chairperson of NEA Aspiring Educators. She will serve a two-year term.
"It is so important thatyoung people get involved early and make their voices heard," said NEA President Becky Pringle. "Stephanie has been instrumental in bringing the voices of future teachers to the forefront while serving on NEA's Board of Directors, and I have no doubt she will continue to lead and grow our movement as chairperson of NEA Aspiring Educators."
Chavez, a leader on the local, state and national level, has represented aspiring educators on NEA's Board of Directors for the past year, amplifying the voices of young people. She hopes to use her new role to make membership more accessible and inclusive.
"My goal of making membership accessible and union education a priority will set us up to build the inclusive program we all dream of," said Chavez. "Coalition building begins with us. Together, let's build a program that is inclusive for the leaders that will come after us."
"Stephanie is just getting started, with a promising career ahead of her. Even before reaching this point, she has already established herself as a respected organizer, advocate, and trusted voice, said Illinois Education Association President Karl Goeke. "Whether she's addressing racial and social justice issues or shaping conversations around education policy, people listen when Stephanie speaks. She is an exceptional leader today, and her impact will only continue to grow. We're fortunate to have her in the profession."
The Aspiring Educators Program supports, develops and empowers diverse, pre-service teachers with the resources, networks and opportunities to excel as educators and leaders, both as students and throughout their career. More than 40,000 Aspiring Educators are already part of the National Education Association - the nation's largest union of 3 million teachers and school staff.
Nearly 7,000 educators, education support professionals, retired teachers and aspiring educators are in Denver for the 169th Annual Meeting and 105th RA, the organization's top decision-making body, which sets Association policy for the coming year. Delegates will complete an agenda, which includes adopting a budget, electing executive committee members and addressing new business items.
For more information on NEA's Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly, go to www.nea.org/ra
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The National Education Association is the nation's largest labor union, representing nearly 3 million elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty, education support professionals, school administrators, retired educators, students preparing to become teachers, healthcare workers, and public employees. Learn more at www.nea.org.
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Original text here: https://www.nea.org/about-nea/media-center/press-releases/student-teacher-illinois-elected-nea-aspiring-educators-chairperson
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NEA: In a Win for U.S.-Born Children, Supreme Court Reaffirms Birthright Citizenship
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The National Education Association issued the following news release on June 30, 2026:
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In a win for U.S.-born children, Supreme Court reaffirms birthright citizenship
Court rejects Trump's attempt to redefine who is American
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Today, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the Trump administration's attempt to strip the constitutional guarantee of citizenship from children born in the United States via executive order. Earlier this year, the National Education Association, on behalf of its 3 million members, joined a coalition of labor unions in filing an amicus brief with
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WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The National Education Association issued the following news release on June 30, 2026:
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In a win for U.S.-born children, Supreme Court reaffirms birthright citizenship
Court rejects Trump's attempt to redefine who is American
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Today, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the Trump administration's attempt to strip the constitutional guarantee of citizenship from children born in the United States via executive order. Earlier this year, the National Education Association, on behalf of its 3 million members, joined a coalition of labor unions in filing an amicus brief withthe Supreme Court, outlining the harm ending birthright citizenship would cause to students and educators nationwide.
The following statement can be attributed to NEA President Becky Pringle:
"For generations, birthright citizenship has embodied the promise at the heart of America--that all children born here can grow, contribute, and pursue their dreams without limitation. This administration sought to undermine that promise by casting doubt on the belonging of children whose only home is the United States.
"In its decision, the Court stood by the Constitution and more than a century of Supreme Court precedent, reaffirming that every child born on American soil is entitled to the full rights and protections of citizenship. Trump's executive order would have created a permanent underclass of people who have always called this country home. The Court rightly rejected this unconstitutional power grab.
"Educators have a moral responsibility to confront this unprecedented and unprovoked attack on our students and American values. We see through their attempts to turn us against each other based on where we were born or the language we speak. As this administration continues its attacks against our communities, from Arizona to Arkansas, and Colorado to the Carolinas, we will continue to organize and stand together to protect our students, our families, and this place we call home."
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The National Education Association is the nation's largest professional employee organization, representing more than 3 million elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty, education support professionals, school administrators, retired educators, students preparing to become teachers, healthcare workers, and public employees. Learn more at www.nea.org.
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Original text here: https://www.nea.org/about-nea/media-center/press-releases/win-us-born-children-supreme-court-reaffirms-birthright-citizenship
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NEA President: Supreme Court Decision Will Impact Not Only Transgender Student-Athletes But Students of All Genders
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The National Education Association issued the following news release:
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NEA President: Supreme Court decision will impact not only transgender student-athletes but students of all genders
The U.S. Supreme Court today issued decisions in West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox, two high-profile cases challenging laws in West Virginia and Idaho that bar transgender student-athletes from joining the same sports teams as peers who express the same gender. The National Education Association filed an amicus brief advocating for inclusive athletics for every student.
The
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WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The National Education Association issued the following news release:
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NEA President: Supreme Court decision will impact not only transgender student-athletes but students of all genders
The U.S. Supreme Court today issued decisions in West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox, two high-profile cases challenging laws in West Virginia and Idaho that bar transgender student-athletes from joining the same sports teams as peers who express the same gender. The National Education Association filed an amicus brief advocating for inclusive athletics for every student.
Thefollowing statement can be attributed to NEA President Becky Pringle:
"As a nation, we long ago decided that discrimination is wrong and that everyone, regardless of their gender, race, or place, deserves an equal opportunity to succeed. That commitment must include transgender youth, who, like all students, deserve the chance to fully participate in school, thrive, and prepare for their future. Sports teach young people leadership, confidence, self-discipline, and teamwork, lessons no child should be denied because of who they are.
"Today's Supreme Court decision in B.P.J and Hecox. ignores the voices of educators, who understand the value of access to school sports and the importance of inclusion and belonging. This decision will inflict real, lasting harm not only on transgender student-athletes, who are already marginalized and vulnerable to bullying and violence, but students of all genders. It will subject cisgender girls and women to invasive gender-policing and scrutiny. And it will enable politicians to erect new barriers that prevent every student from having equal opportunity in education, as our country's civil rights laws have long mandated.
"We will not rest until every student has fully resourced, inclusive, and supportive schools--including where LGBTQ+ youth are free to be their authentic selves and pursue their dreams."
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The National Education Association is the nation's largest professional employee organization, representing more than 3 million elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty, education support professionals, school administrators, retired educators, students preparing to become teachers, healthcare workers, and public employees. Learn more at www.nea.org.
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Original text here: https://www.nea.org/about-nea/media-center/press-releases/nea-president-supreme-court-decision-will-impact-not-only-transgender-student-athletes-students-all
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Southern ReadyMix Drivers in Georgia Join Teamsters
WASHINGTON, June 30 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release:
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Southern ReadyMix Drivers in Georgia Join Teamsters
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Press Contact: Lena Melentijevic Phone: (347) 208-2279 Email: lmelentijevic@teamster.org
(LUTHERVILLE, Ga.) - In a historic vote, 70 concrete ready-mix drivers for Southern ReadyMix have joined Teamsters Local 528, becoming the first group of concrete truck drivers to unionize in Georgia in 25 years. The drivers provide concrete services to residential properties and businesses in Metro Atlanta and across the state
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WASHINGTON, June 30 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release:
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Southern ReadyMix Drivers in Georgia Join Teamsters
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Press Contact: Lena Melentijevic Phone: (347) 208-2279 Email: lmelentijevic@teamster.org
(LUTHERVILLE, Ga.) - In a historic vote, 70 concrete ready-mix drivers for Southern ReadyMix have joined Teamsters Local 528, becoming the first group of concrete truck drivers to unionize in Georgia in 25 years. The drivers provide concrete services to residential properties and businesses in Metro Atlanta and across the stateof Georgia.
"We could not be prouder of Southern ReadyMix drivers for having the courage to join the Teamsters," said Tom Gesualdi, Director of the Teamsters Building Material and Construction Trade Division. "They have proven once again that if construction industry workers want the best chance at building a livelihood, the only way to go is with the Teamsters."
"Southern ReadyMix Teamsters overcame an intense anti-union campaign from the company and have shown that solidarity will always beat lies and misinformation," said Chuck Stiles, Representative of Teamsters Local 528. "We look forward to bargaining a first union contract that recognizes the hard work and dedication Southern ReadyMix drivers bring to the job every single day."
The newest members of Local 528 joined the Teamsters in search of higher pay, fair work rules, and better health care for their families.
"I voted to become a Teamster because one person can be ignored, but united workers can't be denied," said Tony Johnson, a Southern ReadyMix driver and new member of Local 528. "If Southern ReadyMix tries to ignore us now, we will have the full power of the Teamsters behind us. We can't wait to get to the bargaining table to win our first Teamsters contract."
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents over 1.3 million hardworking people in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. Visit Teamster.org for more information. Follow us on X @Teamsters and on Facebook at Facebook.com/teamsters.
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Original text here: https://teamster.org/2026/06/southern-readymix-drivers-in-georgia-join-teamsters/
NTEU Sues to Protect Reasonable Accommodations
WASHINGTON, June 30 [Category: Union] -- The National Treasury Employees Union issued the following news release:
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NTEU Sues to Protect Reasonable Accommodations
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Washington, D.C.-The IRS and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are disregarding federal law and internal policies when employees with disabilities submit requests for reasonable accommodation (RA), according to a new lawsuit the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) filed Monday.
NTEU is asking that the court compel the IRS, Treasury Department and HHS to perform the threshold procedural steps that federal law
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WASHINGTON, June 30 [Category: Union] -- The National Treasury Employees Union issued the following news release:
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NTEU Sues to Protect Reasonable Accommodations
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Washington, D.C.-The IRS and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are disregarding federal law and internal policies when employees with disabilities submit requests for reasonable accommodation (RA), according to a new lawsuit the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) filed Monday.
NTEU is asking that the court compel the IRS, Treasury Department and HHS to perform the threshold procedural steps that federal lawand the agencies' own internal procedures require when employees with disabilities submit requests for reasonable accommodation. Failure to process employees' requests for reasonable accommodation violates the Rehabilitation Act, regulations and the agencies' own internal procedures.
"Agencies must ensure the reasonable accommodation process works as the law intends, which is to support federal employees with disabilities," said National President Doreen Greenwald. "NTEU is committed to fighting to ensure every employee has the dignity they deserve in the workplace."
When the administration issued its 2025 broad return-to-work directive, many employees' telework and remote work agreements were canceled even though they had long been used by agencies as reasonable accommodation for a qualifying disability or medical condition.
HHS flat out failed to process RA requests for thousands of employees, causing them to lose pay, exhaust their leave and report to worksites while their requests remain pending. Some employees whose requests were delayed were wrongly compelled to disclose sensitive medical information to their supervisors, face AWOL notices, and leave federal employment. Others not completely ignored were subjected to review processes so "backlogged and opaque that, for practical purposes, the required processing steps remain unavailable to employees," NTEU's lawsuit asserts.
"This lawsuit is about these agencies' indifference and apathy towards employees with medical needs," said Greenwald. "It's about treating employees with common human decency."
NTEU represents employees in 38 different federal agencies and departments.
Contact: NTEU-PR@nteu.org, 202-572-5500
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Original text here: https://www.nteu.org/media-center/News Releases/2026/06/30/RAlawsuit
Farm Workers Oppose Legislation Lowering Farm Worker Wages and Displacing American Workers
KEENE, California, June 30 [Category: Union] -- The United Farm Workers issued the following news release:
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Farm Workers Oppose Legislation Lowering Farm Worker Wages and Displacing American Workers
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Washington, D.C. -The United Farm Workers and UFW Foundation are opposed to the Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act (SAWA), introduced by Representative GT Thompson (R-PA), which will undercut U.S. farm workers, impoverish rural communities, and expand the exploitative H2A guest worker program.
SAWA would make permanent the Trump administration's farm worker wage cut, which the UFW and
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KEENE, California, June 30 [Category: Union] -- The United Farm Workers issued the following news release:
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Farm Workers Oppose Legislation Lowering Farm Worker Wages and Displacing American Workers
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Washington, D.C. -The United Farm Workers and UFW Foundation are opposed to the Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act (SAWA), introduced by Representative GT Thompson (R-PA), which will undercut U.S. farm workers, impoverish rural communities, and expand the exploitative H2A guest worker program.
SAWA would make permanent the Trump administration's farm worker wage cut, which the UFW andUFW Foundation are currently challenging in federal court. The last time that the Trump administration issued a similar rule, the same federal court ruled that it was unlawful in 2020.
SAWA will:
* codify key elements of the Trump administration's wage cut rule, which cuts farm worker wages by $3-7 dollars an hour, depending on the state. SAWA will specifically allow employers to charge workers for housing and ensure that the majority of farm workers receive the lowest 17th percentile of wages;
* expand the exploitative H-2A program to year-round jobs, displacing U.S. farm workers from stable jobs;
* expand the definition of agriculture so that other non-agricultural employers can use the H-2A program, displacing other U.S. workers; and
* weaken Congressional authority by allowing the Secretary of Labor, currently unconfirmed by Congress, to rewrite and eliminate statutory protections in the H-2A program and by allowing the Secretary of Agriculture to further expand the statutory definition of agriculture.
" This twisted piece of legislation would have long term impacts on America's rural communities, displacing long time resident farm workers who raise families and pay taxes with a huge underclass of foreign guest workers living on company property, unable to change jobs, and permanently excluded from citizenship," said Teresa Romero, President of the United Farm Workers. "Under the terms of this legislation every American job in agriculture is at risk. American agricultural wages will stagnate. Schools in rural areas will face declining enrollment. Entire communities will wither on the vine. Efforts like this put a target on the backs of working class rural Americans, leaving only the biggest growers to rule over the armies of disenfranchised captive workers this bill allows them to import. Every member of Congress supporting this legislation should be ashamed of themselves."
"The UFW Foundation condemns the Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act as a brazen attempt to make permanent the Trump administration's wage cuts rule, " said Erica Lomeli Corcoran, Chief Executive Officer of the UFW Foundation. " This bill reads like a wishlight of the corporate agriculture lobby, placing corporate greed over domestic U.S. workers who feed this country. The bill is also illegal-giving the Executive Branch unchecked power to rewrite the minimal legal protections in the H-2A program and expand that abusive program to non-agricultural workers. We encourage Congressional offices to stay off of this bill and stand with farm workers as we challenge the administration's cruel wage cuts rule in federal court."
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Original text here: https://ufw.org/farm-workers-oppose-legislation-lowering-farm-worker-wages-and-displacing-american-workers/
AFT's Weingarten on Final Supreme Court Rulings of the Term
WASHINGTON, June 30 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Teachers issued the following news release:
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AFT's Weingarten on Final Supreme Court Rulings of the Term
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WASHINGTON -AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement responding to the year's final slate of opinions from the Supreme Court:
"This court is on a mission to shamelessly shift the balance of power in the country toward big money and corporate interests and away from the American people.
"In nearly every decision of consequence this term, whether on campaign finance rules, LGTBQIA+ rights,
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WASHINGTON, June 30 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Teachers issued the following news release:
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AFT's Weingarten on Final Supreme Court Rulings of the Term
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WASHINGTON -AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement responding to the year's final slate of opinions from the Supreme Court:
"This court is on a mission to shamelessly shift the balance of power in the country toward big money and corporate interests and away from the American people.
"In nearly every decision of consequence this term, whether on campaign finance rules, LGTBQIA+ rights,refugee rights or the right of independent agencies to regulate in the public interest, the conservative supermajority has taken the side of dark money billionaires against regular citizens-and then reverse engineered a legal rationale to fit its ideological priors.
"And even though Americans can breathe a sigh of relief today on the issue of birthright citizenship, it is truly shocking that three justices simply do not believe in a right plainly spelled out in the text of the Constitution.
"While the White House rails against 'activist judges,' it is clearer than ever that the real politicians-the real threat to our democracy-wear robes and reside on the Supreme Court bench. It's why the American people have lost all faith in the court as an institution, an erosion of trust that will likely never be rebuilt without fundamental reforms."
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Original text here: https://www.aft.org/press-release/afts-weingarten-final-supreme-court-rulings-term
