Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT)
@pftlocal3.bsky.social
The PFT represents 14,000 educators working in the School District of Philadelphia. We're fighting for more public education funding & a better world for workers. Nothing about us, without us ✊🏽
PFT.org #PHLed
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Solidarity is how we win! Gorgeous day to fight for our democracy, shoulder to shoulder with friends and allies. As our LeShawna Coleman told the crowd: Protest is powerful and fortifying. Now, go AND do! #NoKings
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A $1.1 billion loss to the U.S. economy.
International student enrollment rates at American colleges and universities fell sharply this year, driven by visa application issues as prospective students are caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
New international student enrollment fell sharply this year amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown
Higher ed institutions reported a 17% drop in new international enrollees this year.
nbcnews.to
November 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
A $1.1 billion loss to the U.S. economy.
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Not really sure how much clearer Republicans can be about not wanting international tourism, but here you go. Yes, the World Cup is here. Yes, you can pay exorbitant prices to come here and see it. But we don’t want you here and you need to get out immediately.
Kristi Noem on FIFA tourists: "Then they would go home. And go home in a timely manner."
November 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Not really sure how much clearer Republicans can be about not wanting international tourism, but here you go. Yes, the World Cup is here. Yes, you can pay exorbitant prices to come here and see it. But we don’t want you here and you need to get out immediately.
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Shameful!
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Shameful!
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NEW—US Park Police w/ DHS officers near DC are increasingly pulling over Black and brown men, leaving their work vans on the side of the parkway + immediately calling a local towing company to take them. Families who just lost their breadwinner are stuck with the bill.
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
Families of DC-area immigrant drivers snatched by feds stuck with tow bill
Elected officials and activists note work vehicles removed lightning fast, resulting in hundreds in fees.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
NEW—US Park Police w/ DHS officers near DC are increasingly pulling over Black and brown men, leaving their work vans on the side of the parkway + immediately calling a local towing company to take them. Families who just lost their breadwinner are stuck with the bill.
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
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Xzavier Gregory was shot and killed Oct. 11 near Northeast Philadelphia High. His parents want the city to know the vibrant teen behind the headline.
🔗 www.inquirer.com/crime/xzavie...
🔗 www.inquirer.com/crime/xzavie...
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Xzavier Gregory was shot and killed Oct. 11 near Northeast Philadelphia High. His parents want the city to know the vibrant teen behind the headline.
🔗 www.inquirer.com/crime/xzavie...
🔗 www.inquirer.com/crime/xzavie...
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Good morning from DAY FIVE of our national ULP strike!
We're ready to escalate if we don’t see substantial progress toward finalizing contracts that address pay, hours/staffing & the resolution of 100s of ULPs.
RT if you're with us ✊🔥 #NoContractNoCoffee
We're ready to escalate if we don’t see substantial progress toward finalizing contracts that address pay, hours/staffing & the resolution of 100s of ULPs.
RT if you're with us ✊🔥 #NoContractNoCoffee
November 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Good morning from DAY FIVE of our national ULP strike!
We're ready to escalate if we don’t see substantial progress toward finalizing contracts that address pay, hours/staffing & the resolution of 100s of ULPs.
RT if you're with us ✊🔥 #NoContractNoCoffee
We're ready to escalate if we don’t see substantial progress toward finalizing contracts that address pay, hours/staffing & the resolution of 100s of ULPs.
RT if you're with us ✊🔥 #NoContractNoCoffee
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...
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November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
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Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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This is getting a lot of attention in NC. Here in Durham, even the neighborhood forum is lighting up with indignation. When you have a space where bots don’t go, you don’t see the messages of support for this action that you do on X or FB.
November 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This is getting a lot of attention in NC. Here in Durham, even the neighborhood forum is lighting up with indignation. When you have a space where bots don’t go, you don’t see the messages of support for this action that you do on X or FB.
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It’s pretty simple.
When you do a huge armed midnight raid on an apartment building rounding up and terrorizing children and later find out there were no criminals there everyone involved resigns in shame and we have loud showy Congressional hearings.
When you do a huge armed midnight raid on an apartment building rounding up and terrorizing children and later find out there were no criminals there everyone involved resigns in shame and we have loud showy Congressional hearings.
November 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It’s pretty simple.
When you do a huge armed midnight raid on an apartment building rounding up and terrorizing children and later find out there were no criminals there everyone involved resigns in shame and we have loud showy Congressional hearings.
When you do a huge armed midnight raid on an apartment building rounding up and terrorizing children and later find out there were no criminals there everyone involved resigns in shame and we have loud showy Congressional hearings.
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For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
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So let me get this straight: The President’s plan to lower prices is to roll back some of his own tariffs?
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
So let me get this straight: The President’s plan to lower prices is to roll back some of his own tariffs?
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Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
We 💞 that PFT members at Kenderton Elementary model empathy and kindness for their students every day. Public educators don't just shape minds; they inspire future leaders, organizers, and healers. Thank you for all that you do, and enjoy your well-deserved weekend! #RedFriday #PhlEd #PTFproud
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
We 💞 that PFT members at Kenderton Elementary model empathy and kindness for their students every day. Public educators don't just shape minds; they inspire future leaders, organizers, and healers. Thank you for all that you do, and enjoy your well-deserved weekend! #RedFriday #PhlEd #PTFproud
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We’re all trying to find the guy who did this.
November 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
We’re all trying to find the guy who did this.
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A Black Hawk helicopter. SWAT teams repelling to the roof. 300 agents. Flash-bang grenades. A TV crew.
“It’s 20,000 of them running through my house like we got Saddam Hussein in the closet."
For all that, fed prosecutors filed no criminal charges against anyone who was arrested.
Stunning report.
“It’s 20,000 of them running through my house like we got Saddam Hussein in the closet."
For all that, fed prosecutors filed no criminal charges against anyone who was arrested.
Stunning report.
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A Black Hawk helicopter. SWAT teams repelling to the roof. 300 agents. Flash-bang grenades. A TV crew.
“It’s 20,000 of them running through my house like we got Saddam Hussein in the closet."
For all that, fed prosecutors filed no criminal charges against anyone who was arrested.
Stunning report.
“It’s 20,000 of them running through my house like we got Saddam Hussein in the closet."
For all that, fed prosecutors filed no criminal charges against anyone who was arrested.
Stunning report.
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I was honored to join the prayer vigil and procession organized outside ICE's Philadelphia field office, organized as part of a national day of public witness to the dignity of migrants and to celebrate the feast day of St. Frances Cabrini, the patron saint of immigrants.
November 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I was honored to join the prayer vigil and procession organized outside ICE's Philadelphia field office, organized as part of a national day of public witness to the dignity of migrants and to celebrate the feast day of St. Frances Cabrini, the patron saint of immigrants.
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We’ve passed a #PaBudget that delivers for our schools, families, and communities with equitable education funding, cyber charter reform, and stronger support for working families.
November 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We’ve passed a #PaBudget that delivers for our schools, families, and communities with equitable education funding, cyber charter reform, and stronger support for working families.
PFT President @artsteinberg-pft.bsky.social "said he was 'glad' that the budget impasse was resolved, but also criticized the legislature for forcing local school districts to find stopgap measures to keep things running." #PAbudget #PhlEd whyy.org/articles/pen...
‘Immense relief and gratitude’: Philadelphia organizations react to state budget
Education leaders are applauding new funding increases that promise to bridge the divide between high- and low-income school districts.
whyy.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
PFT President @artsteinberg-pft.bsky.social "said he was 'glad' that the budget impasse was resolved, but also criticized the legislature for forcing local school districts to find stopgap measures to keep things running." #PAbudget #PhlEd whyy.org/articles/pen...
Solidarity with @sbworkersunited.org. No contract, no coffee! #1u
Don't forget to NOT BUY STARBUCKS while we're on ULP strike, tomorrow and beyond!
Pledge to not cross a picket line - nocontractnocoffee.org
Pledge to not cross a picket line - nocontractnocoffee.org
No Contract, No Coffee | Starbucks Workers United
Starbucks baristas brewing change. Join the movement for fair contracts, better wages, and worker protections.
nocontractnocoffee.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Solidarity with @sbworkersunited.org. No contract, no coffee! #1u
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We're grateful to @pahousedems.com @pasenate.com for holding the line on public education funding. Governor Shapiro’s education priorities are largely intact, with badly needed increases approved for historically underfunded districts like ours. pft.org/press/pft-pr... #PhlEd #PAbudget
PFT President Steinberg Statement on Passage of State Budget
pft.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
We're grateful to @pahousedems.com @pasenate.com for holding the line on public education funding. Governor Shapiro’s education priorities are largely intact, with badly needed increases approved for historically underfunded districts like ours. pft.org/press/pft-pr... #PhlEd #PAbudget
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While we @pftlocal3.bsky.social are disappointed that GOP lawmakers continue to insist on sending more than half a billion in public dollars to private & religious schools that discriminate, we're incredibly relieved to have a state budget at last. My full statement: pft.org/press/pft-pr...
PFT President Steinberg Statement on Passage of State Budget
pft.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
While we @pftlocal3.bsky.social are disappointed that GOP lawmakers continue to insist on sending more than half a billion in public dollars to private & religious schools that discriminate, we're incredibly relieved to have a state budget at last. My full statement: pft.org/press/pft-pr...
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Thanks to the leadership by House and Senate Democrats, PA finally has a state budget after more than 4 months of delay. We’re relieved this impasse has ended, but the fact of the matter is that Republicans’ refusal to do their jobs caused unnecessary damage and expenses. @aft.org
Our statement on the Pennsylvania Legislature passing a budget after more than 130 days of impasse.
November 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Thanks to the leadership by House and Senate Democrats, PA finally has a state budget after more than 4 months of delay. We’re relieved this impasse has ended, but the fact of the matter is that Republicans’ refusal to do their jobs caused unnecessary damage and expenses. @aft.org
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From @senvincenthughes.bsky.social: Fixing Pennsylvania’s broken school funding system is one of the legislature’s most important responsibilities. I’m proud Democrats remain committed to fighting for that funding. www.senatorhughes.com/senator-vinc...
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
From @senvincenthughes.bsky.social: Fixing Pennsylvania’s broken school funding system is one of the legislature’s most important responsibilities. I’m proud Democrats remain committed to fighting for that funding. www.senatorhughes.com/senator-vinc...
After more than four months of political dysfunction and gridlock, Pennsylvania has a budget!
✅ More K-12 & adequacy gap funding
✅ More student teacher subsidies
✅ Cyber charter reform
❌ More private school voucher $
✅ More K-12 & adequacy gap funding
✅ More student teacher subsidies
✅ Cyber charter reform
❌ More private school voucher $
November 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
After more than four months of political dysfunction and gridlock, Pennsylvania has a budget!
✅ More K-12 & adequacy gap funding
✅ More student teacher subsidies
✅ Cyber charter reform
❌ More private school voucher $
✅ More K-12 & adequacy gap funding
✅ More student teacher subsidies
✅ Cyber charter reform
❌ More private school voucher $