Access to Graduate Education: What's at Stake
Republicans in Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and now its consequences are putting essential careers out of reach for working people. By cutting access to federal student loans for graduate programs, this law is making it harder for working people to enter and stay in professional careers that our communities depend on.
ICE Funding and Accountability: What's at Stake
Republicans in Congress are pushing funding bills that would expand and empower U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement without the reforms and accountability our communities need. Across the country, ICE operations are tearing families apart, traumatizing children, and creating fear that reaches into schools, hospitals and workplaces. AFT members see the consequences every day: Students are afraid to come to school. Families are afraid to seek medical care. Communities are living in fear. This doesn’t make us safer; it weakens trust and harms the very institutions that hold our communities together.
Protect America's Workforce Act (PAWA): What's at Stake
The bipartisan Protect America’s Workforce Act would restore collective bargaining rights to federal workers after President Donald Trump stripped those rights away through executive order. Roughly 1 million federal workers lost their voice on the job overnight. This bill would reverse that action and ensure that the workers who support our country can once again advocate for themselves, their professions and the communities they serve.
Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE): What's at Stake
Republicans in Congress have passed the SAVE America Act, a revamped version of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, which failed last year. This dangerous bill threatens the freedom to vote. Instead of strengthening our democracy, it creates unnecessary barriers that would make it harder for millions of eligible Americans to register and cast a ballot. Working people, seniors, students, military families and married women who have changed their names would be among those most affected. At a time when we should be expanding participation, this bill moves our country backward.
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