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Federal immigration actions are rapidly expanding, with deadly consequences. The killings of poet Renee Nicole Good and nurse Alex Pretti by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minneapolis have brought intense focus on the use of excessive force. An AFT webinar, co-hosted by AFT President Randi Weingarten and AFT Massachusetts President Jessica Tang on Jan. 28, featured experts on immigration and the law. It highlighted AFT resources and showcased how our locals are showing up to minimize fear and trauma.

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It is clear that higher education is under attack. The Trump administration has frozen funding for science, from cancer research to reproductive care; has hamstrung student financial aid programs; has stripped colleges and universities of diversity, equity and inclusion programming; has strangled affirmative action designed to expand access to college; and is demanding that some institutions sign a “compact” that forces them to adopt Trump’s ideology in exchange for federal funding.

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Mikie Sherrill

See endorsements for Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill for Governor, Assembly candidates and labor candidates throughout the state. 


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College Council Voice

See merger article on page 3 and news about New Jersey's higher education community.

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2025 Fall Calendar

Update your calendar and get involved. 

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Voice April 2025
Voice April 2025

KFT Voice April 2025 edition

3 - We Told You So

5 Jasmine Jaywant Profile

6 Faculty and Staff Promotions

7 Thank You Vazquez; Welcome Gomez

8 AFT Benefits

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Harris Walz 2024

CNJSCL Endorsements for November 2024 General Election

President: Kamala Harris (D) and Tim Walz (D)

United States Senator: Andy Kim (D)

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The Kean Federation of Teachers (Local 2187, AFT, AFL-CIO) stands in solidarity with people and institutions throughout the nation who are voicing and demonstrating their commitment to racial justice and equality. Enjoying peace, living free of discriminatory treatment, and remaining alive when interacting with the police are fundamental human rights inextricably linked to racial justice. 
 
We grieve the loss of life, miscarriage of justice, and discrimination inflicted on Black Americans and other people of color and we decry the deep-seated racism at the core of the violence that has
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Historic Partnership Will Strengthen Both Organizations and Advance American Higher Education

WASHINGTON—Delegates to the biennial meeting of the American Association of University Professors voted today to affiliate with the American Federation of Teachers, joining forces to build a more powerful and inclusive academic labor movement that will be better able to take on the challenges facing higher education as well as the threats to our democracy.

The vote brings together two organizations representing more than 300,000 higher education faculty members overall, the largest such alliance in the

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