@leoecasey.bsky.social
@leoecasey.bsky.social
Teacher, Unionist, Citizen, Grandfather.
I aspire to be one of Bayard Rustin's angelic troublemakers.
Author, The Teacher Insurgency.
(He, Him)
I aspire to be one of Bayard Rustin's angelic troublemakers.
Author, The Teacher Insurgency.
(He, Him)
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING (NOT): This holiday season, @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social wants you to know that she's NOT thinking about Paraprofessionals. In fact, she's spending her last few weeks in office actively working AGAINST Paras by single-handedly blocking legislation that would raise Para salaries.
Keep the RESPECT check bill on track!
Our paraprofessional legislation has overwhelming support in the New York City Council, but we need it brought to committee and then put forward for a vote. City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams has the...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
HAPPY THANKSGIVING (NOT): This holiday season, @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social wants you to know that she's NOT thinking about Paraprofessionals. In fact, she's spending her last few weeks in office actively working AGAINST Paras by single-handedly blocking legislation that would raise Para salaries.
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Today-Trump and Musk endorsed Cuomo-Cuomo is the candidate of the billionaires. Mamdani is fighting for affordability for all of us-particularly working families. I disagree with ZM on Israel but I want a Mayor who fights for the strugglers & strivers- not for those who are taking away our freedoms
November 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Today-Trump and Musk endorsed Cuomo-Cuomo is the candidate of the billionaires. Mamdani is fighting for affordability for all of us-particularly working families. I disagree with ZM on Israel but I want a Mayor who fights for the strugglers & strivers- not for those who are taking away our freedoms
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It’s very simple. Republicans in congress created this crisis—and workers are paying the price. Healthcare costs are skyrocketing while families struggle to keep coverage. Instead of working to fix it, they chose to shut down the government. #TrumpHealthcareShutdown
October 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
It’s very simple. Republicans in congress created this crisis—and workers are paying the price. Healthcare costs are skyrocketing while families struggle to keep coverage. Instead of working to fix it, they chose to shut down the government. #TrumpHealthcareShutdown
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Trump, despite having a Republican trifecta in DC, is refusing to meet with Democrats. It shows his reckless disregard for the pain a shutdown will cause to American families. #TrumpsGovernmentShutdown www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...
Shutdown Tracker: Trump Calls Democrats ‘Crazy’—Says He Won’t Compromise
Trump has repeatedly targeted Democrats over gender-reassignment surgeries—without explaining what he means—in blaming them for a possible government shutdown.
www.forbes.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Trump, despite having a Republican trifecta in DC, is refusing to meet with Democrats. It shows his reckless disregard for the pain a shutdown will cause to American families. #TrumpsGovernmentShutdown www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...
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With Medicaid under attack & millions of hardworking Americans losing the health care services they depend on, @rweingarten.bsky.social, @aft.org & @uftnyc.bsky.social are standing up & speaking out on the National Mall tonight, part of a 60 hour vigil to save Medicaid, organized by Families First.
July 24, 2025 at 3:23 AM
With Medicaid under attack & millions of hardworking Americans losing the health care services they depend on, @rweingarten.bsky.social, @aft.org & @uftnyc.bsky.social are standing up & speaking out on the National Mall tonight, part of a 60 hour vigil to save Medicaid, organized by Families First.
Luddites always looking to smash the looms. It was a dead end in the early 19th century, and it is a dead end in the early 21st century.
Worse than even I imagined @AFT might do - and I've chronicled many of my union's mistakes and betrayals: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/t...
OpenAI and Microsoft Bankroll New A.I. Training for Teachers
www.nytimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Luddites always looking to smash the looms. It was a dead end in the early 19th century, and it is a dead end in the early 21st century.
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Good! Senate Republicans can’t use the Big Ugly Bill to end run the legislative process to slash Medicaid or create a national school voucher program. But they are still trying to find a way to do it so keep telling Congress how harmful these policies would be! www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
More Provisions Violate Byrd Rule in Republicans’ “One Big, Beautiful Bill” | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget
The Official U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget
www.budget.senate.gov
June 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Good! Senate Republicans can’t use the Big Ugly Bill to end run the legislative process to slash Medicaid or create a national school voucher program. But they are still trying to find a way to do it so keep telling Congress how harmful these policies would be! www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
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SCOTUS knee capped lower courts today while kicking the question of birthright citizenship down the road. Justices Sotomayor and Jackson are right to call out problems and dangers of this decision.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
Live Updates: Supreme Court Limits Nationwide Injunctions in Birthright Citizenship Case
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
SCOTUS knee capped lower courts today while kicking the question of birthright citizenship down the road. Justices Sotomayor and Jackson are right to call out problems and dangers of this decision.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
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Political violence isn’t a punchline. It isn’t an opportunity to mock a grieving community. Families’ lives have been shattered. Sen. Lee’s comments are disgusting. www.newsweek.com/mike-lee-ass...
GOP senator's Minnesota assassination comments spark backlash
"This is what happens...When Marxists don't get their way," Senator Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, said on X.
www.newsweek.com
June 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Political violence isn’t a punchline. It isn’t an opportunity to mock a grieving community. Families’ lives have been shattered. Sen. Lee’s comments are disgusting. www.newsweek.com/mike-lee-ass...
This is nothing short of pathological. Two prominent union leaders – a Jewish lesbian and a Black man – resign in a vote of no confidence of a white man who has completely mucked up the job in ways that we cannot afford, and draws this sort of mindless attack that does not even pass logical muster.
June 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This is nothing short of pathological. Two prominent union leaders – a Jewish lesbian and a Black man – resign in a vote of no confidence of a white man who has completely mucked up the job in ways that we cannot afford, and draws this sort of mindless attack that does not even pass logical muster.
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Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 78 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo (& today a video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
No one has heard from you in 78 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo (& today a video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
June 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 78 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo (& today a video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
No one has heard from you in 78 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo (& today a video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
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Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” includes a tax loophole for billionaires—practically paying them to “donate” to private school tuition for families earning up to $500,000 a year. It increases the deficit & weakens public schools.
Tell your lawmakers: Say NO to school vouchers.
aft.org/NoToVouchers
Tell your lawmakers: Say NO to school vouchers.
aft.org/NoToVouchers
May 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” includes a tax loophole for billionaires—practically paying them to “donate” to private school tuition for families earning up to $500,000 a year. It increases the deficit & weakens public schools.
Tell your lawmakers: Say NO to school vouchers.
aft.org/NoToVouchers
Tell your lawmakers: Say NO to school vouchers.
aft.org/NoToVouchers
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Education funding should not be used as a piggy bank to defund our already underfunded public schools. The bill includes $20 billion for vouchers in the guise of a tax shelter for the well-off. Vouchers syphon crucial funds away from public schools into private hands.
www.aft.org/press-releas...
www.aft.org/press-releas...
“A Big, Ugly, Betrayal”—AFT’s Weingarten on House Reconciliation Bill
WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed Donald Trump’s ruinous reconciliation bill.“A better name for this bill is the big, u...
www.aft.org
May 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Education funding should not be used as a piggy bank to defund our already underfunded public schools. The bill includes $20 billion for vouchers in the guise of a tax shelter for the well-off. Vouchers syphon crucial funds away from public schools into private hands.
www.aft.org/press-releas...
www.aft.org/press-releas...
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Rather than protect Medicare and Medicaid, this bill cuts them, denying healthcare to 14 million people. Rather than strengthen public education, it weakens it. Rather than feeding poor families, it rips food out of their mouths.
www.aft.org/press-releas...
www.aft.org/press-releas...
“A Big, Ugly, Betrayal”—AFT’s Weingarten on House Reconciliation Bill
WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed Donald Trump’s ruinous reconciliation bill.“A better name for this bill is the big, u...
www.aft.org
May 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Rather than protect Medicare and Medicaid, this bill cuts them, denying healthcare to 14 million people. Rather than strengthen public education, it weakens it. Rather than feeding poor families, it rips food out of their mouths.
www.aft.org/press-releas...
www.aft.org/press-releas...
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Not all students go to College - we need to make that ok. It’s time to scale up successful programs that create multiple pathways for students so high school is a gateway to both college and career.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/o...
Opinion | Not All Students Go to College. We Need to Make That OK.
www.nytimes.com
May 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Not all students go to College - we need to make that ok. It’s time to scale up successful programs that create multiple pathways for students so high school is a gateway to both college and career.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/o...
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Trump spent 100 days dismantling public ed, attacking universities, firing federal workers—including veterans—ending vital labor & health programs, and making it harder for retirees to access Social Security. It’s no wonder his public approval is tanking! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLa9...
‘Avalanche of polling’ shows 80-year low for Trump’s 100-day approval rating
YouTube video by MSNBC
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April 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Trump spent 100 days dismantling public ed, attacking universities, firing federal workers—including veterans—ending vital labor & health programs, and making it harder for retirees to access Social Security. It’s no wonder his public approval is tanking! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLa9...
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We won!! A nationwide preliminary injunction against McMahon's February Dear Colleague letter which tried to stop public schools & higher Ed from teaching honest history or enforcing student civil rights. It’s a win for students, families & educators. democracyforward.org/updates/harm...
Harmful Attacks on Educational Programs Paused by Court in Case Brought By Educators - Democracy Forward
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April 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
We won!! A nationwide preliminary injunction against McMahon's February Dear Colleague letter which tried to stop public schools & higher Ed from teaching honest history or enforcing student civil rights. It’s a win for students, families & educators. democracyforward.org/updates/harm...
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Why the UFT Opposition Is Missing in Action in the Fight to Defend Social Security and Medicare – And What It Could Mean For the Future of the UFT from @leoecasey.bsky.social www.unitycaucus.org/p/why-the-uf...
Why the UFT Opposition Is Missing in Action in the Fight to Defend Social Security and Medicare – And What It Could Mean For the Future of the UFT
On Monday, I examined in some detail the scare campaign that the opposition ABC slate, following the lead of the entrepreneur Marianne Pizzitola, had waged around our UFT pensions, and its failure to ...
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April 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Why the UFT Opposition Is Missing in Action in the Fight to Defend Social Security and Medicare – And What It Could Mean For the Future of the UFT from @leoecasey.bsky.social www.unitycaucus.org/p/why-the-uf...
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“Nayib Bukele is a minor strongman who will do whatever Donald Trump demands of him. If Trump wants Abrego Garcia in the United States, then Bukele will return him. If Bukele understands that Trump does not want Abrego Garcia returned, then he will keep the man.”
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Bukele, Abrego Garcia, and Red Lines
Emergency Triad: Are we now a country of political prisoners and gulags?
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April 14, 2025 at 1:18 AM
“Nayib Bukele is a minor strongman who will do whatever Donald Trump demands of him. If Trump wants Abrego Garcia in the United States, then Bukele will return him. If Bukele understands that Trump does not want Abrego Garcia returned, then he will keep the man.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/bukele-abr...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bukele-abr...
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If we really believe that Public Ed is essential for Americans, particularly our young people, we have to talk to and listen to everyone. My Fox Digital Op Ed
PresidentTrump is correct that states & local school boards should control students’ education. They do, and they have since the earliest days of our republic. But to gut the Department of Education—is about redistributing money & opportunity from the many to the few. www.foxnews.com/opinion/rand...
RANDI WEINGARTEN: Trump's decision to gut the Education Department is not only illegal, it's wrong
It is hard to imagine how 7.5 million kids with disabilities, 26 million kids from low-income families or 13 million young people who get financial aid for college won’t be disserved.
www.foxnews.com
April 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
If we really believe that Public Ed is essential for Americans, particularly our young people, we have to talk to and listen to everyone. My Fox Digital Op Ed
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A primer on what the widespread tariffs mean to workers, families & retirees.
✅ Economic & financial chaos
✅ Stock markets in free fall
✅ Business confidence at lowest level since '08 financial crisis
✅ Economists warning of likely recession
✅ Higher prices 4 Americans
aftvoices.org/keeping-our-...
✅ Economic & financial chaos
✅ Stock markets in free fall
✅ Business confidence at lowest level since '08 financial crisis
✅ Economists warning of likely recession
✅ Higher prices 4 Americans
aftvoices.org/keeping-our-...
Keeping our eye on the ball: Tariffs, tax cuts for billionaires and attacks on education and…
by Randi Weingarten and Damon Silvers
aftvoices.org
April 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A primer on what the widespread tariffs mean to workers, families & retirees.
✅ Economic & financial chaos
✅ Stock markets in free fall
✅ Business confidence at lowest level since '08 financial crisis
✅ Economists warning of likely recession
✅ Higher prices 4 Americans
aftvoices.org/keeping-our-...
✅ Economic & financial chaos
✅ Stock markets in free fall
✅ Business confidence at lowest level since '08 financial crisis
✅ Economists warning of likely recession
✅ Higher prices 4 Americans
aftvoices.org/keeping-our-...
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We’re taking the fight to the courts but you can help pressure Congress, build community, use consumer pressure, and keep influencing the court of public opinion. Check out HandsOff2025.com to get involved this weekend and stay tuned for more to come in May!
Hands Off!
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...
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April 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
We’re taking the fight to the courts but you can help pressure Congress, build community, use consumer pressure, and keep influencing the court of public opinion. Check out HandsOff2025.com to get involved this weekend and stay tuned for more to come in May!
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Increasing Para Pay: Making A Slogan into A Reality
By @leoecasey.bsky.social www.unitycaucus.org/p/increasing...
By @leoecasey.bsky.social www.unitycaucus.org/p/increasing...
Increasing Para Pay: Making A Slogan into A Reality
Neither ABC or ARISE have offered any ideas on how to improve para pay, just platitudes...but can’t bring themselves to endorse the only plan that exists – because it has been put forward by Unity
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March 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Increasing Para Pay: Making A Slogan into A Reality
By @leoecasey.bsky.social www.unitycaucus.org/p/increasing...
By @leoecasey.bsky.social www.unitycaucus.org/p/increasing...
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Our Union Needs Democratic Political Debate, But the UFT Opposition Gives Us Sectarian Self-Righteousness @leoecasey.bsky.social
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Our Union Needs Democratic Political Debate, But the UFT Opposition Gives Us Sectarian Self-Righteousness
Recently, I wrote about my political history in the UFT on the Unity Substack. As a new teacher who had political differences with Al Shanker, I ran on the New Action slate in my first UFT election. B...
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April 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Our Union Needs Democratic Political Debate, But the UFT Opposition Gives Us Sectarian Self-Righteousness @leoecasey.bsky.social
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