Ohio Federation of Teachers

OFT members, please read this message from OFT President @mcropper.bsky.social about candidates for the Ohio state house and state senate, and make your plan to vote ASAP!

“Everyone is longing for public servants who actually solve problems instead of making problems” - @amyactonoh.bsky.social on why she’s running for governor and the kind of leadership she wants to bring to the office. @oftunion.bsky.social

Great to finish our time in Cleveland, OH with @oftunion.bsky.social, @mcropper.bsky.social, @lizshuler.bsky.social, @aflcio.org leaders and members, @amyactonoh.bsky.social, @davidpepperoh.bsky.social and so many others for a canvass kickoff!

Max Miller is looking out for himself. @poindexterforcongress.com is going to look out for working people -- because he is one of us. Vote early. Contact your friends and family and tell them to vote for working class champions like Brian Poindexter, Sherrod Brown, and Amy Acton!

WATCH: AFT President @rweingarten.bsky.social and @oftunion.bsky.social President @mcropper.bsky.social teamed up with @dropkickmurphys' Ken Casey to share a special message ahead of Nov. 3! #AFTvotes

Ohio ain’t for sale. The union members who packed tonight’s rally are making sure of it. Our brother Brian Poindexter spent 19 years as a union ironworker. He knows who he’s fighting for. Let’s send him to Congress. Knock doors. Vote early. Bring somebody with you.

"Let's elect someone who knows how to build bridges." - @rweingarten.bsky.social about @poindexterforcongress.com #AFTvotes @oftunion.bsky.social

Ohio: Are you ready to elect @poindexterforcongress so he can represent the Buckeye State in Washington? #AFTvotes @oftunion.bsky.social

Happening now: @oftunion.bsky.social President Melissa Cropper is introducing @rweingarten.bsky.social to the stage in Cleveland, Ohio for a rally supporting union member @poindexterforcongress.com ✊

AFT President @rweingarten.bsky.social joined Karen & Tiffiny from the Cleveland Heights Teachers Union to bring pizza to the Cleveland Heights Ohio Wins office, where they're working hard to elect Amy Acton & Sherrod Brown and to pass Issue 4 - funding Levy for Cleveland Heights schools;

Then on to Toledo with @oftunion.bsky.social, Toledo Federation of Teachers members & leaders and Rep. Marcy Kaptur. Educators have something powerful: the trust of their communities. Use that trust to connect with neighbors, listen to their concerns and help turn anxiety into action. #AFTvotes

The AFT Get-Out-the-Vote Bus is in Ohio! We’re spending the afternoon in Toledo with @oftunion.bsky.social, Toledo Federation of Teachers members & leaders, and Rep. Marcy Kaptur, discussing the issues facing working families and the importance of making their voices heard this November. #AFTvotes

@oftunion.bsky.social President Melissa Cropper is spot on—Ohio spending over a billion dollars on vouchers while failing to fully fund public schools is a disservice to students. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/19/o...

Great op-ed from Cleveland Heights Teachers Union educator Matt Meister on rejecting politicians who attack and villainize educators for standing up against vouchers that would harm their schools. @oftunion.bsky.social www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...

It says alot about Ramaswamy that he would use a birth mother who subject her child to abuse in an ad The abuser abusing the child -again It takes a special kind of cruelty to do this Disqualifying x.com/amyactonoh/s...

"We deserve elected officials who will support Ohio students…We don’t have time for politicians like Keith Faber, who would rather help their partisan colleagues privatize education and divide our communities."—Matt Meister, history teacher & Cleveland Heights Teachers Union member. Read his op-ed:

“It’s frustrating to see this amount of money going to vouchers when our public schools still are not fully and fairly funded.” — @mcropper.bsky.social

“We can have this fraud and grift, but not feed hungry kids?” — @rweingarten.bsky.social Dr. Amy Acton will heal Ohio. Grow Ohio. And put Ohio back on the right track. @amyactonoh.bsky.social @oftunion.bsky.social

@rweingarten.bsky.social talking to a packed house of Toledo Federation of Teachers and other Ohioans about why we need to elect @amyactonoh.bsky.social as governor to be a champion for public education and working people. @oftunion.bsky.social

Good step forward! The voucher scheme in Ohio funnels $1 billion in taxpayer funds to unaccountable private schools. We need the strengthen, not abandon public schools. bsky.app/profile/oftu...

All in For Ohio Kids (OFT @ohioea.bsky.social @policymattersohio.bsky.social @ohorganizing.bsky.social) on vouchers ruling: “Our students are counting on state leaders to finally do their job and deliver on the promise of the great public schools they all deserve – no exceptions.” Full statement:

OFT members: find all of OFT's endorsed candidates and levies here. It is essential that we vote to protect public education, public libraries, social services, and Ohio communities!

Today in honor of National Custodians' Day, let's make sure to thank all of our school custodians for coming to work every day to keep our schools clean & safe for learning! @psrp-aft.bsky.social

With OSU @ohnursesassoc.bsky.social , telling the university: no cuts, no compromises. Nurses won't tolerate staffing cuts. Patients before profits!

Solidarity with the caregivers at Cleveland Clinic's Lutheran Hospital, members of @seiu1199wvkyoh.bsky.social, who went on strike today to stand up for their patients and for a fair contract!

Today is strike day. Be ready Cleveland Clinic Lutheran Hospital; workers are standing up for the rights they deserve and they won’t back down.

In Cincinnati today with CFT & OFT at their political action breakfast. It was packed!!! We’re tired of the underfunding of our schools, the attacks on our students & their teachers & the corruption. It’s time for leaders that show us there’s a better path forward that puts working people first.

Packed house in Wyoming.

🗣️ VOTE YES ON 4! 🗳️ Issue 4 would deliver the funding Cincinnati Public Schools need and our students deserve. @oftunion.bsky.social

Cincinnati Federation of Teachers and @oftunion.bsky.social members are fired up and ready to hit the doors and turn out the vote for leaders who have the backs of working people and voting YES on Issue 4 to support the funding our students and schools need! 🗳️

All you need to know about voting for public schools this year, from @ohiocapitaljournal.com: Acton will “bring reform to our corrupt school voucher system,” and says “public money should be for public schools.” Ramaswamy says Ohio should “go further in the direction" of private school vouchers.

The Ohio Federation of Teachers, Local 8033 AFT, AFL-CIO seeks a Field Representative to be based in Ohio (travel anticipated). Details can be found at: www.unionjobs.com/listing/3116... #1u #UnionStrong @oftunion.bsky.social @aft.org

In Toledo, OH, hundreds of TFT & @oftunion.bsky.social members gave out thousands of free books to students and families at the annual Labor Day parade, continuing a Reading Opens the World tradition for the fourth year. #PublicSchoolProud 📚 bsky.app/profile/aft....

When we talk about SB 1's mandate to publicly post curriculum placing faculty in danger, this is exactly what we are talking about. This should not be happening. Not in North Carolina, not in Ohio, not anywhere.

Today, on the 25th anniversary of September 11th, we remember and mourn the lives lost that day and in the years that followed. We also honor the workers that helped New York respond, recover and rebuild. #NeverForget

Medical debt affects millions, including those with health insurance. Join us on Sept. 14 for a free webinar with Dr. Vin Gupta, Randi Weingarten and special guests on fighting inflated costs, abusive debt collection and expanding patient protections. sharemylesson.com/webinars/vit...

If you think good faculty shouldn’t be able to be fired without either just cause or exigency…sign! If you think tenured faculty should get more than a week of notice before they get fired without cause because it takes a year to get a replacement job…sign! actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

“By forbidding faculty from moving their courses outside, the university has turned what was otherwise going to be a celebration of our students & our teaching into a swell of faculty outrage about this unprecedented new edict.” — Theresa Kulbaga, English Professor & @famiamioh.bsky.social President