Lompoc Federation of Teachers, AFT Local 3151

👀 Looks like our old superintendent got himself in some trouble recently

Today dozens of new Lompoc Unified employees start orientation! We hope everyone has a great first day, and LFT is so excited to meet everyone tomorrow morning to provide breakfast and share more about our union. Welcome to Lompoc Unified!

‘It’s harsh. It’s mean, brutal’: Trump bill to cause most harm to America’s poorest President embraces Robin-Hood-in-reverse policies to benefit wealthiest and hurt those earning under $50,000

The Trump admin is ripping health care away from 17 million people, cutting hundreds of thousands of jobs & giving families higher bills—all to pay for tax breaks for the rich.

Working people will hear the truth of what happened in Washington last week.

Ten full days of bargaining and 17 TAs later…negotiations are over!!!

Parents of students with disabilities concerned about Education Department cuts While the Department of Education does not run America’s schools or make curriculum decisions, it does play a significant role

“The kids that need the most help are going to be hurt the worst,” warns AFT President Randi Weingarten, pointing to the millions of students who rely on Individuals with Disabilities Education Act funding for essential special education services.

#ProtectOurKids

Way to go, Fillmore Elementary!

Here’s a great opportunity to support our undocumented students and other undocumented community members!

It’s official—your 2025-26 LFT officer team!

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#ProtectOurKids
#ProtectDemocracy

Help us spread the word about the danger of the Trump administration's cuts to public education.

RT to share & visit aft.org/protectourkids for more. #ProtectOurKids

Love the homemade signs!

#ProtectOurKids

TOMORROW!

Join @aftunion.bsky.social, educators, parents, and students across the country for a day of action to protect our kids from plans to gut the Department of Education!

We will always fight to protect our children’s futures. Find an event near you:
www.aft.org/ProtectOurKids

Public education is worth fighting for #unionstrong
Website: lompocfederationofteachers.org

Teacher union head taking fight to Elon Musk through Tesla stock American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten is urging top Tesla investors to review the company’s current valuation on behalf of her union’s members. Weingarten, who heads one of the la...

The American Federation of Teachers, and its 1.8 million members, has an estimated $4 trillion of retirement security assets. Now the union is reaching out to six giant assets managers and asking them to reconsider investments in Tesla.

finance.yahoo.com/news/teacher...

The very real impacts of the proposed shutdown of the Department of Education. Please share!

Teachers union sues over Trump administration's deadline to end school diversity programs A new federal lawsuit in Maryland is challenging a Trump administration memo giving the nation’s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate “race-based” practices of any kind or risk losing their...

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The Trump administration sent a “Dear Colleague” letter to school districts and universities that receive federal funds and threatened to cut off funding if diversity programs weren’t ended. @aftunion.bsky.social says, Not on our watch ✊

Join us in wearing red on March 4 to show your support for public education! #redfored

Pass it on

Congress is about to make a choice: protect school meals or have more kids go hungry. We are proud to join @fracposts.bsky.social and over 40 groups to tell Congress to oppose any cuts to the school meal programs—the time is now to #ProtectOurKids. frac.org/wp-content/u...

Protect—don’t wreck—our children’s futures As President Donald Trump and Elon Musk swing a wrecking ball at the U.S. Department of Education, I’m wondering if it’s due to a lack of understanding of the department’s vital functions, or because funding tax cuts for the wealthy is more important to them than building our future, or because they simply don’t care about the collateral damage to our students, public schools and country. As a civics teacher, I want to use this teachable moment to describe what the Education Department does (and doesn’t do)—and what’s at risk if Trump and Musk succeed.

The Department of Education supports:
✅ 7.5M students with disabilities
✅ 26M kids living in poverty
✅ 12M kids in CTE programs
✅ Protecting civil rights
✅ Pell grants

This proposed letter is on next week’s LUSD Board agenda. LFT stands with our CSEA colleagues, the LUSD Board, and District administration in pushing back against the recent change in the long-standing policy to keep schools free from immigration enforcement actions.

AFL-CIO, Affiliate Unions, Economic Policy Institute File Emergency Lawsuit Against DOGE to Protect Privacy of Worker Data | AFL-CIO In addition to the AFL-CIO, lawsuit plaintiffs include AFGE, AFSCME, SEIU, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the Economic Policy Institute.

We’ve filed an emergency lawsuit to stop Musk’s DOGE from unlawfully accessing the Department of Labor’s systems and information.

Elon Musk has NO business raiding the Department of Labor to obtain the sensitive personal information of working people. aflcio.org/press/releas...

* Demonstrators hold signs that read "Workers over billionaires" during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump and the actions he has taken in the first weeks of his presidency, outside of the Department of Labor in Washington.

@reuters.com

YouTube video by AFT Weingarten on Trump's First 100 Days: This is not what voters want

The Dept of Education helps kids—including 26m in Title I schools, 7.5m getting assistance through IDEA, 13m with PELL grants, and 5.5m learning English as a second language. (1/4) www.youtube.com/watch?v=thHs...

From the North Side to the South Side, from the West Side to downtown—Chicago is UNITED! 🌎💥

Our educators held walk ins today with parents and students to say NO to Trump’s attacks on Black history, immigrant students, LGBTQIA+ rights and public education.

Don’t agonize. Organize, mobilize, and stand in solidarity with working people everywhere fighting for their fair share.

Join the movement:
Aflcio.org/formaunion

Regardless, LFT rejects any kind of violent behavior against peacefully demonstrating protesters in our community or anywhere.