Marisol Garcia
@marisolgarciaaz.bsky.social
Proud AZ Union Educator
President of THE AEA.
Chingona’s Unite.
Organize or Die.
Mom, Wife, Sister and Daughter first.
President of THE AEA.
Chingona’s Unite.
Organize or Die.
Mom, Wife, Sister and Daughter first.
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Congratulations to our amazing president @marisolgarciaaz.bsky.social on being named to the Power 50 — Capitol Times' annual list of the changemakers who hold the power and influence to shape Arizona's present and future.
There's power in a union — and Arizona educators aren't afraid to use it. 💪
There's power in a union — and Arizona educators aren't afraid to use it. 💪
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Congratulations to our amazing president @marisolgarciaaz.bsky.social on being named to the Power 50 — Capitol Times' annual list of the changemakers who hold the power and influence to shape Arizona's present and future.
There's power in a union — and Arizona educators aren't afraid to use it. 💪
There's power in a union — and Arizona educators aren't afraid to use it. 💪
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During this fall’s elections, union educators fought hard to pass bonds and overrides to fund safe schools and great programs.
@azcentral.com spoke to local leaders in the Phoenix Union, Phoenix Elementary, Isaac, and Deer Valley districts about what the results mean to them. Read their stories 👇
@azcentral.com spoke to local leaders in the Phoenix Union, Phoenix Elementary, Isaac, and Deer Valley districts about what the results mean to them. Read their stories 👇
Valley voters backed school bonds, overrides. What does that mean for public education?
Many school districts across the Valley saw huge wins among voters with the majority of funding questions on Tuesday's ballot on track to pass.
www.azcentral.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
During this fall’s elections, union educators fought hard to pass bonds and overrides to fund safe schools and great programs.
@azcentral.com spoke to local leaders in the Phoenix Union, Phoenix Elementary, Isaac, and Deer Valley districts about what the results mean to them. Read their stories 👇
@azcentral.com spoke to local leaders in the Phoenix Union, Phoenix Elementary, Isaac, and Deer Valley districts about what the results mean to them. Read their stories 👇
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“It’s a clear indicator that the lack of investments in our public schools results in quality educators leaving the profession,” Arizona Education Association president @marisolgarciaaz.bsky.social said.
Arizona teachers are poorly paid and Arizona's schools are chronically underfunded. Would you stick around?
More than 1,000 Arizona teachers have quit since July. Why?
Arizona teachers are poorly paid and Arizona's schools are chronically underfunded. Would you stick around?
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
“It’s a clear indicator that the lack of investments in our public schools results in quality educators leaving the profession,” Arizona Education Association president @marisolgarciaaz.bsky.social said.
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ICE is targeting our schools and terrorizing our communities, and we are already seeing the impacts. Students deserve safe and stable schools.
Prop 50 is helps fight us back against these attacks and protect our communities.
✅ Vote #YESonProp50
Prop 50 is helps fight us back against these attacks and protect our communities.
✅ Vote #YESonProp50
November 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
ICE is targeting our schools and terrorizing our communities, and we are already seeing the impacts. Students deserve safe and stable schools.
Prop 50 is helps fight us back against these attacks and protect our communities.
✅ Vote #YESonProp50
Prop 50 is helps fight us back against these attacks and protect our communities.
✅ Vote #YESonProp50
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More messaging like this please
October 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
More messaging like this please
Here we are— The2025 Arizona Education Association NEA Representative Assembly Delegates!
We came, worked hard, advocated, built community and prepared for work ahead of us.
We are the ones We have been waiting for!
#solidarity #OrganizingForPower #UnionStrong
We came, worked hard, advocated, built community and prepared for work ahead of us.
We are the ones We have been waiting for!
#solidarity #OrganizingForPower #UnionStrong
July 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Here we are— The2025 Arizona Education Association NEA Representative Assembly Delegates!
We came, worked hard, advocated, built community and prepared for work ahead of us.
We are the ones We have been waiting for!
#solidarity #OrganizingForPower #UnionStrong
We came, worked hard, advocated, built community and prepared for work ahead of us.
We are the ones We have been waiting for!
#solidarity #OrganizingForPower #UnionStrong
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There is a reason why millions of workers want to join unions.
There is a reason why greedy corporations oppose unions.
Union membership means higher wages and better benefits.
Let’s grow the trade union movement.
There is a reason why greedy corporations oppose unions.
Union membership means higher wages and better benefits.
Let’s grow the trade union movement.
May 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
There is a reason why millions of workers want to join unions.
There is a reason why greedy corporations oppose unions.
Union membership means higher wages and better benefits.
Let’s grow the trade union movement.
There is a reason why greedy corporations oppose unions.
Union membership means higher wages and better benefits.
Let’s grow the trade union movement.
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Why do we march on May Day?
This year, we march because certain politicians are defunding our schools and attacking our communities.
We are speaking up. We are protecting our freedoms. We are reclaiming our power.
This year, we march because certain politicians are defunding our schools and attacking our communities.
We are speaking up. We are protecting our freedoms. We are reclaiming our power.
April 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Why do we march on May Day?
This year, we march because certain politicians are defunding our schools and attacking our communities.
We are speaking up. We are protecting our freedoms. We are reclaiming our power.
This year, we march because certain politicians are defunding our schools and attacking our communities.
We are speaking up. We are protecting our freedoms. We are reclaiming our power.
Unions are the anecdote to authoritarianism!
NEA members and their local unions refused to comply in advance and will do everything they can to protect public education. #UnionStrong #ProudUnionEducator
NEA members and their local unions refused to comply in advance and will do everything they can to protect public education. #UnionStrong #ProudUnionEducator
Today's ruling is a victory for students and schools! Trump, Musk, and McMahon are using politically motivated attacks to stifle educators, harm students & destroy public education—but NEA and @aclu.org aren't going to let that happen. apnews.com/article/trum...
Judge blocks Trump push to cut funding to public schools over diversity programs
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s guidance forbidding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in K-12 public schools.
apnews.com
April 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Unions are the anecdote to authoritarianism!
NEA members and their local unions refused to comply in advance and will do everything they can to protect public education. #UnionStrong #ProudUnionEducator
NEA members and their local unions refused to comply in advance and will do everything they can to protect public education. #UnionStrong #ProudUnionEducator
SOLIDARITY FOREVER ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
Our voices are stronger when we howl together 🐺🐺
April 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
SOLIDARITY FOREVER ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
Finished an amazing retreat with NEA leaders today in Maryland. Feeling refreshed, peaceful & ready to continue to organize for worker dignity & educator respect. A reminder as we greet these monsters & the F’d up policies, there are more of us and united with focus will win! #UnionProud #Solidarity
April 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Finished an amazing retreat with NEA leaders today in Maryland. Feeling refreshed, peaceful & ready to continue to organize for worker dignity & educator respect. A reminder as we greet these monsters & the F’d up policies, there are more of us and united with focus will win! #UnionProud #Solidarity
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NEA’s new Faculty Pay Report shows pay gaps in higher ed remain deep:
👩🏫 Women earn less
🏫 HBCU faculty face pay penalties
📚 Adjuncts are underpaid
But unionized faculty earn more—and collective bargaining is driving gains. Read more: buff.ly/2heqsN7
👩🏫 Women earn less
🏫 HBCU faculty face pay penalties
📚 Adjuncts are underpaid
But unionized faculty earn more—and collective bargaining is driving gains. Read more: buff.ly/2heqsN7
Eight Charts that Tell You Everything About Faculty Pay | NEA
The 2025 NEA Faculty Pay Report shows a small uptick in faculty purchasing power, but it still hasn’t recovered to pre-pandemic levels.
buff.ly
March 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
NEA’s new Faculty Pay Report shows pay gaps in higher ed remain deep:
👩🏫 Women earn less
🏫 HBCU faculty face pay penalties
📚 Adjuncts are underpaid
But unionized faculty earn more—and collective bargaining is driving gains. Read more: buff.ly/2heqsN7
👩🏫 Women earn less
🏫 HBCU faculty face pay penalties
📚 Adjuncts are underpaid
But unionized faculty earn more—and collective bargaining is driving gains. Read more: buff.ly/2heqsN7
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Gutting the Department of Education will impact everything from internet access to school buses.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
March 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Gutting the Department of Education will impact everything from internet access to school buses.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
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🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
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Starbucks paid its CEO $800K a day last year, while workers are fighting for a fair contract. They can definitely afford to pay a livable wage. No contract, no coffee! #ToBeAPartner #UnionsForAll
Tomorrow is Shareholders Day for Starbucks. Union allies are holding 100+ "union solidarity sip-in" events to send a strong message to shareholders:
Starbucks needs to finalize fair contracts with the wages, staffing, & protections baristas need to thrive NOW. Enough is enough, Starbucks.
Starbucks needs to finalize fair contracts with the wages, staffing, & protections baristas need to thrive NOW. Enough is enough, Starbucks.
March 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Starbucks paid its CEO $800K a day last year, while workers are fighting for a fair contract. They can definitely afford to pay a livable wage. No contract, no coffee! #ToBeAPartner #UnionsForAll
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PRIVATIZING SCHOOLS: “Billionaires created the groundwork for Trump to expand charter schools and promote federal vouchers. Those who benefit from this privatization scheme are not students, families, or taxpayers who support neighborhood public schools.” coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/03/bill...
March 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
PRIVATIZING SCHOOLS: “Billionaires created the groundwork for Trump to expand charter schools and promote federal vouchers. Those who benefit from this privatization scheme are not students, families, or taxpayers who support neighborhood public schools.” coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/03/bill...
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Immigrants are vital to the fabric of our communities, our economy and our labor movement.
Stoking fear about immigrants and mass deporting people whose labor makes our country prosper is a betrayal of our values, and a recipe for economic disaster.
Stoking fear about immigrants and mass deporting people whose labor makes our country prosper is a betrayal of our values, and a recipe for economic disaster.
Immigration
One in five workers in America wasn’t born here. Immigrants are America’s workers, vital to the fabric of our communities, our economy and our labor movement.
deptofpeoplewhowork.org
March 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Immigrants are vital to the fabric of our communities, our economy and our labor movement.
Stoking fear about immigrants and mass deporting people whose labor makes our country prosper is a betrayal of our values, and a recipe for economic disaster.
Stoking fear about immigrants and mass deporting people whose labor makes our country prosper is a betrayal of our values, and a recipe for economic disaster.
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If federal education funding is cut, it would be devastating to students with disabilities and their families. Parents are speaking out about how eliminating the Department of Education would harm their children. Read what they're saying 👉🏽 buff.ly/iAJbuoj
March 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
If federal education funding is cut, it would be devastating to students with disabilities and their families. Parents are speaking out about how eliminating the Department of Education would harm their children. Read what they're saying 👉🏽 buff.ly/iAJbuoj
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NEW: At tribal colleges, scholarships funded by a USDA grant have been suspended amid the Trump administration’s widespread cost-cutting.
Now some students are facing their final weeks on campus.
Now some students are facing their final weeks on campus.
She’s on a Scholarship at a Tribal College in Wisconsin. The Trump Administration Suspended the USDA Grant That Funded It.
Tribal colleges and universities, which ProPublica last year found are perpetually underfunded by Congress, say it’s illegal to withhold financial support from them. Their funding is protected by trea...
propub.li
March 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
NEW: At tribal colleges, scholarships funded by a USDA grant have been suspended amid the Trump administration’s widespread cost-cutting.
Now some students are facing their final weeks on campus.
Now some students are facing their final weeks on campus.
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Voters have repeatedly rejected school vouchers that take funding from public schools. Yet, anti-public education politicians are forcing them through executive orders—hurting millions of students. Public funds belong in public schools. Tell Congress to stop attacks on our students👉🏽 buff.ly/4hYMx7e
March 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Voters have repeatedly rejected school vouchers that take funding from public schools. Yet, anti-public education politicians are forcing them through executive orders—hurting millions of students. Public funds belong in public schools. Tell Congress to stop attacks on our students👉🏽 buff.ly/4hYMx7e
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Every student deserves a great public school. But great schools are only possible because of the educators who show up ready to make a difference. This #PublicSchoolsWeek, and every week, we celebrate those who inspire, support, and prepare our students for the future. #PSW25 publicschoolproud.org
February 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Every student deserves a great public school. But great schools are only possible because of the educators who show up ready to make a difference. This #PublicSchoolsWeek, and every week, we celebrate those who inspire, support, and prepare our students for the future. #PSW25 publicschoolproud.org
As an elected union leader & veteran history educator, I live in a mental spiral of both fear & hope. We have seen this before, attacks on the public good & the vulnerable, the racism & fear-mongering. And we know the antidote, solidarity, collective action, & disruption. Y’all stretch, it’s time. ✊🏽
February 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
As an elected union leader & veteran history educator, I live in a mental spiral of both fear & hope. We have seen this before, attacks on the public good & the vulnerable, the racism & fear-mongering. And we know the antidote, solidarity, collective action, & disruption. Y’all stretch, it’s time. ✊🏽
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NEA President Becky Pringle joined CBS to break down how the Dept. of Education supports our students—and the devastating impact dismantling it would have on students, educators, and communities.
📺 Watch here: www.cbsnews.com/newyork/vide...
📺 Watch here: www.cbsnews.com/newyork/vide...
Trump attempting to dismantle the Deptartment of Education
Becky Pringle, President of the National Education Association joins CBS New York to discuss what dismantling the DOE would mean for schools and students.
www.cbsnews.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
NEA President Becky Pringle joined CBS to break down how the Dept. of Education supports our students—and the devastating impact dismantling it would have on students, educators, and communities.
📺 Watch here: www.cbsnews.com/newyork/vide...
📺 Watch here: www.cbsnews.com/newyork/vide...
DAY TWO of Isaac Educators working without pay! — we have hope…. But hope doesn’t pay for our rent, food and gas.
These public educators are literally holding this AZ community together.
🔗 to help —
linktr.ee/ArizonaEA
These public educators are literally holding this AZ community together.
🔗 to help —
linktr.ee/ArizonaEA
January 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
DAY TWO of Isaac Educators working without pay! — we have hope…. But hope doesn’t pay for our rent, food and gas.
These public educators are literally holding this AZ community together.
🔗 to help —
linktr.ee/ArizonaEA
These public educators are literally holding this AZ community together.
🔗 to help —
linktr.ee/ArizonaEA