Teachers Union Counters Trump Lies With Coronavirus Road Map
The president of the American Federation of Teachers on Wednesday referred to as out the Trump White House’s chaotic response to the coronavirus pandemic ― and its complicated messaging ― because the union laid out its personal highway map for safely reopening the nation’s colleges.
“Our blueprint serves as a stark contrast to the conflicting guidance, bluster and lies of the Trump administration,” Randi Weingarten, president of the 1.7 million-member AFT, mentioned of its five-stage plan in an announcement.
The 22-page proposal — titled the “Plan To Safely Reopen America’s Schools and Communities” — is “based on the science as well as educator and health care expertise ― not on politics or wishful thinking,” the union mentioned.
It is a “living document” that shall be guided and up to date “by constantly evolving expert advice,” it added.
The plan requires social distancing measures to be maintained “until the number of new cases declines for at least 14 consecutive days”; the suitable infrastructure “to test, trace and isolate new cases”; the deployment of public well being instruments to stop the additional unfold of the contagion; the involvement “of workers, unions, parents and communities in all planning”; and the funding in public well being and schooling as “a priority” within the CONTINUE READING: Teachers Union Counters Trump Lies With Coronavirus Road Map | The Union Journal