Jessica J. Tang
@jessjtang.bsky.social
Teacher, organizer, activist, unionist and president of AFT Massachusetts; also an AFT VP, MA AFL-CIO VP and former president of Boston Teachers Union. Fighting for a better future for all.
This act of war should should be universally condemned.
The US attack on Venezuela is an illegal act of aggression against a sovereign country (with lots of oil). Venezuela has become a more deeply repressive dictatorship & urgently needs democratic solution but this is unjustified & unjustifiable. Look forward to seeing swift UK Government condemnation.
January 3, 2026 at 12:15 PM
This act of war should should be universally condemned.
The US Ed Dept is harming students across the country. We need more community schools not fewer, and cutting funding that was already approved is both unlawful and irresponsible. Proud that @aft.org is fighting the harm directed at our schools and students in every way possible. #communityschools
Today we filed a lawsuit against the Dept of Ed's abrupt & unlawful decision to stop millions of $$ in funding 4 Full-Service Community Schools in the middle of approved, multi-year projects-projects that give students tutoring and after school & health care at school. www.aft.org/press-releas...
AFT and Chicago Nonprofit Organization Sue U.S. Department of Education for Unlawful Public Education Funding Cuts
WASHINGTON — The AFT and the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council (BPNC) filed a lawsuit today challenging the U.S. Department of Education’s abrupt and unlawful decision to terminate millions of dollar...
www.aft.org
December 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The US Ed Dept is harming students across the country. We need more community schools not fewer, and cutting funding that was already approved is both unlawful and irresponsible. Proud that @aft.org is fighting the harm directed at our schools and students in every way possible. #communityschools
So many gems in this article from @jessehagopian.bsky.social!
“Against this project of forgetting, educators across the country have responded with something far more powerful than compliance or retreat: organized remembering…It is a refusal to normalize mandated lying to children about the past.”
“Against this project of forgetting, educators across the country have responded with something far more powerful than compliance or retreat: organized remembering…It is a refusal to normalize mandated lying to children about the past.”
December 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
So many gems in this article from @jessehagopian.bsky.social!
“Against this project of forgetting, educators across the country have responded with something far more powerful than compliance or retreat: organized remembering…It is a refusal to normalize mandated lying to children about the past.”
“Against this project of forgetting, educators across the country have responded with something far more powerful than compliance or retreat: organized remembering…It is a refusal to normalize mandated lying to children about the past.”
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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Parents should never have to worry about their kids having nightmares after witnessing an ICE raid in the school parking lot or be rushed in from recess to avoid tear gas. Schools must be ICE-free zones.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
ICE Arrests Disrupt Schools, Prompting Fear Among Families
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Parents should never have to worry about their kids having nightmares after witnessing an ICE raid in the school parking lot or be rushed in from recess to avoid tear gas. Schools must be ICE-free zones.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
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I had to watch Alabama's ban on gender affirming care for minors go into effect. It impacted multiple people in my life. It is cruel beyond words.
Pick up the phone. Call all of your reps. Don't tell me it won't matter--I call Tommy Tuberville. EVERY FUCKIN' TIME. I won't gift them silence on this.
Pick up the phone. Call all of your reps. Don't tell me it won't matter--I call Tommy Tuberville. EVERY FUCKIN' TIME. I won't gift them silence on this.
This is possibly the most significant attack on trans rights in this country yet, and I can count the number of posts on my timeline about this on my hands.
If you're trying to dismiss this thinking "It'll die in the senate," DON'T! Sound the alarms now!
If you're trying to dismiss this thinking "It'll die in the senate," DON'T! Sound the alarms now!
Bluesky tonight is neatly divided between trans people and family members appropriately angry and freaking out and everyone else who has barely noticed.
December 18, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I had to watch Alabama's ban on gender affirming care for minors go into effect. It impacted multiple people in my life. It is cruel beyond words.
Pick up the phone. Call all of your reps. Don't tell me it won't matter--I call Tommy Tuberville. EVERY FUCKIN' TIME. I won't gift them silence on this.
Pick up the phone. Call all of your reps. Don't tell me it won't matter--I call Tommy Tuberville. EVERY FUCKIN' TIME. I won't gift them silence on this.
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The LEAP Act, introduced today by @reptimkennedy.bsky.social, will restore respect and borrowing power for these advanced degree programs to keep them accessible for all students. You can tell your lawmakers to support this legislation here ⤵️
actionnetwork.org/letters/dont...
actionnetwork.org/letters/dont...
Don’t deprofessionalize our jobs! Respect those who teach and heal our students and our communities.
On Nov. 6, the Department of Education proposed a new framework of professional degree programs—one that strips advanced degrees for nurses, physician assistants, physical therapists, audiologists, ar...
actionnetwork.org
December 18, 2025 at 5:52 AM
The LEAP Act, introduced today by @reptimkennedy.bsky.social, will restore respect and borrowing power for these advanced degree programs to keep them accessible for all students. You can tell your lawmakers to support this legislation here ⤵️
actionnetwork.org/letters/dont...
actionnetwork.org/letters/dont...
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I'm proud Amy Pacholk, nurse practitioner and leader with @nyspef.bsky.social, was on Capitol Hill today to speak out about why deprofessionalizing degrees like nursing, education & social work would make these admirable & in demand career pathways unaffordable & out of reach for so many Americans.
December 18, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I'm proud Amy Pacholk, nurse practitioner and leader with @nyspef.bsky.social, was on Capitol Hill today to speak out about why deprofessionalizing degrees like nursing, education & social work would make these admirable & in demand career pathways unaffordable & out of reach for so many Americans.
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President @jessjtang.bsky.social joined the Board of Elementary & Secondary Education to celebrate the 2026 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year: Lowell’s own Dr. Tara Goodhue!!
A three-year United Teachers of Lowell member, Dr. Goodhue is an exceptional science teacher. (1/2)
A three-year United Teachers of Lowell member, Dr. Goodhue is an exceptional science teacher. (1/2)
December 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
President @jessjtang.bsky.social joined the Board of Elementary & Secondary Education to celebrate the 2026 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year: Lowell’s own Dr. Tara Goodhue!!
A three-year United Teachers of Lowell member, Dr. Goodhue is an exceptional science teacher. (1/2)
A three-year United Teachers of Lowell member, Dr. Goodhue is an exceptional science teacher. (1/2)
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We are grieving. We grieve with the Brown University community, with our Rhode Island AFT & AAUP siblings there, with every student who was scared to go to school today, and with every parent and educator worrying about their children and students today.
Read AFT MA’s statement at ma.aft.org/brownu
Read AFT MA’s statement at ma.aft.org/brownu
December 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
We are grieving. We grieve with the Brown University community, with our Rhode Island AFT & AAUP siblings there, with every student who was scared to go to school today, and with every parent and educator worrying about their children and students today.
Read AFT MA’s statement at ma.aft.org/brownu
Read AFT MA’s statement at ma.aft.org/brownu
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This is a remarkable show of courage from Indiana state lawmakers who in the face of threats and personal attacks from the President stood strong in their principles. It’s an example many can and should follow. apnews.com/article/indi...
Indiana Republicans defy Trump and reject his House redistricting push in the state
In a resounding rejection of a pressure campaign from the White House, Indiana Republican Senators voted down a new congressional map created to give the GOP an advantage in the upcoming 2026 election...
apnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
This is a remarkable show of courage from Indiana state lawmakers who in the face of threats and personal attacks from the President stood strong in their principles. It’s an example many can and should follow. apnews.com/article/indi...
The lies need to stop. The cruelty needs to stop.
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The lies need to stop. The cruelty needs to stop.
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America’s unions celebrate the long-awaited release of SMART union member Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Welcome home, brother.
Welcome home, brother.
Federal judge orders release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration detention — General President Coleman responds - SMART Union
General President Coleman responded to a federal judge ordering Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release from immigration detention.
www.smart-union.org
December 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
America’s unions celebrate the long-awaited release of SMART union member Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Welcome home, brother.
Welcome home, brother.
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HUGE NEWS: the Protect America’s Workforce Act, our bill to restore union rights for 1 million federal workers, is getting a vote in the House THIS WEEK!
Call your rep NOW and tell them to stand with America’s workers and pass this bill.
📲855-493-4407
https://bit.ly/4r6Ep9M
Call your rep NOW and tell them to stand with America’s workers and pass this bill.
📲855-493-4407
https://bit.ly/4r6Ep9M
December 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
HUGE NEWS: the Protect America’s Workforce Act, our bill to restore union rights for 1 million federal workers, is getting a vote in the House THIS WEEK!
Call your rep NOW and tell them to stand with America’s workers and pass this bill.
📲855-493-4407
https://bit.ly/4r6Ep9M
Call your rep NOW and tell them to stand with America’s workers and pass this bill.
📲855-493-4407
https://bit.ly/4r6Ep9M
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💯 @jessjtang.bsky.social: “Spreading services across multiple departments has nothing to do with increasing efficiency. It is just the latest effort to sow confusion.. (&) makes it harder for our students...to access the support they need.” @AFTMass.bsky.social www.masslive.com/politics/202...
‘Chaos and fear’: Mass. officials raise alarms over Trump’s move to dismantle US Dept. of Education
"Our students and educators need a supportive federal education agency," one top Healey administration official said Wednesday.
www.masslive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
💯 @jessjtang.bsky.social: “Spreading services across multiple departments has nothing to do with increasing efficiency. It is just the latest effort to sow confusion.. (&) makes it harder for our students...to access the support they need.” @AFTMass.bsky.social www.masslive.com/politics/202...
All of this is gross and outrageous. And why we need more leaders like Bernie Sanders who put #WorkerOverBillionaires and continue to expose the global oligarchy’s greed and destruction of democracy everywhere.
Last night’s lavish White House dinner showed us the global oligarchy coming together in plain sight.
By cozying up to MBS, Trump has signaled to the world that the United States is now on the side of authoritarianism, not democracy.
By cozying up to MBS, Trump has signaled to the world that the United States is now on the side of authoritarianism, not democracy.
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
All of this is gross and outrageous. And why we need more leaders like Bernie Sanders who put #WorkerOverBillionaires and continue to expose the global oligarchy’s greed and destruction of democracy everywhere.
Join us Monday! So much to learn, so much to inspire us as we confront our own crises. @aftmass.bsky.social @btu66.bsky.social
Unions worldwide are standing up for democracy. ✊
Join AFT, ASI & APALA for Defending Democracy: The Role of South Korean Labor Unions
🗓️ Nov. 17 | 5–6 PM ET
🔗 Save your spot tinyurl.com/3hwaftf6 @shankerinst.bsky.social @aft.org @aftmass.bsky.social @aftintlaffairs.bsky.social @jessjtang.bsky.social
Join AFT, ASI & APALA for Defending Democracy: The Role of South Korean Labor Unions
🗓️ Nov. 17 | 5–6 PM ET
🔗 Save your spot tinyurl.com/3hwaftf6 @shankerinst.bsky.social @aft.org @aftmass.bsky.social @aftintlaffairs.bsky.social @jessjtang.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Join us Monday! So much to learn, so much to inspire us as we confront our own crises. @aftmass.bsky.social @btu66.bsky.social
SNAP may be on the way to being restored, for now, but so should the federal worker fired for sounding the alarm. Solidarity to Ellen and all of our federal workers! See her story below, too! @fedworkersunited.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
SNAP may be on the way to being restored, for now, but so should the federal worker fired for sounding the alarm. Solidarity to Ellen and all of our federal workers! See her story below, too! @fedworkersunited.bsky.social
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Don’t miss this chance to hear first-hand, on-the-ground observations from leaders of the teachers' union, the metal workers' union and the South Korean labor federation who were in the street mobilizing their union members and the public! Register to join at tinyurl.com/11-17-SKorea
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Don’t miss this chance to hear first-hand, on-the-ground observations from leaders of the teachers' union, the metal workers' union and the South Korean labor federation who were in the street mobilizing their union members and the public! Register to join at tinyurl.com/11-17-SKorea
This video explains why there should be a wealth cap. And Elon Musk should never become a trillionaire. Income inequality is totally out of control and is the reason regular working people can no longer afford basic needs like food, housing, healthcare and retirement. #WorkersOverBillionaires
Wealth Inequality and Redistribution
YouTube video by Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This video explains why there should be a wealth cap. And Elon Musk should never become a trillionaire. Income inequality is totally out of control and is the reason regular working people can no longer afford basic needs like food, housing, healthcare and retirement. #WorkersOverBillionaires
This is gross and makes no sense in so many ways. Also, literally no one needs to be a trillionaire. #TeslaTakedown still needed.
Tesla shareholders approved a pay package that gives their part-time CEO up to $1 trillion. Not only is this level of compensation absurd, it's entirely undeserved: Tesla sales are down, safety risks are up, and Elon is driving customers away in droves. www.businessinsider.com/tesla-shareh...
Tesla shareholder meeting recap: Elon Musk gets his $1 trillion pay package
Tesla shareholders approved Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay package. A vote to authorize an investment in xAI was less conclusive.
www.businessinsider.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This is gross and makes no sense in so many ways. Also, literally no one needs to be a trillionaire. #TeslaTakedown still needed.
This #VeteransDay, those who have served are organizing and holding events across the nation to encourage other veterans to join them and speak out. Boston event link and flyer:
www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
National website: www.vetssayno.org
www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
National website: www.vetssayno.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This #VeteransDay, those who have served are organizing and holding events across the nation to encourage other veterans to join them and speak out. Boston event link and flyer:
www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
National website: www.vetssayno.org
www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
National website: www.vetssayno.org
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NO loyalty oaths in higher ed!
AFT MA staff joined the national higher ed walk-out today to show solidarity with the students leading the actions today and the higher ed faculty on campuses joining them.
Next, join the @edufreedomproj.bsky.social higher ed rally on 11/15! tinyurl.com/11-15-rally
AFT MA staff joined the national higher ed walk-out today to show solidarity with the students leading the actions today and the higher ed faculty on campuses joining them.
Next, join the @edufreedomproj.bsky.social higher ed rally on 11/15! tinyurl.com/11-15-rally
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
NO loyalty oaths in higher ed!
AFT MA staff joined the national higher ed walk-out today to show solidarity with the students leading the actions today and the higher ed faculty on campuses joining them.
Next, join the @edufreedomproj.bsky.social higher ed rally on 11/15! tinyurl.com/11-15-rally
AFT MA staff joined the national higher ed walk-out today to show solidarity with the students leading the actions today and the higher ed faculty on campuses joining them.
Next, join the @edufreedomproj.bsky.social higher ed rally on 11/15! tinyurl.com/11-15-rally
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Say NO to the Loyalty Oath @aaup.org ! Scenes from UMass Amherst. @studentsriseup.org @jessjtang.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Say NO to the Loyalty Oath @aaup.org ! Scenes from UMass Amherst. @studentsriseup.org @jessjtang.bsky.social
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Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."