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[email protected]. WHERE WE STAND still choosing remote instruction, prioritize Tools, Time, and Trust vaccines for teachers and staff who will be The Keys to Reopening and Recovery working in schools. Educators want what students need, RANDI WEINGARTEN, AFT President but they deserve to be safe. And there are ways to do so.† In New York City, the United “Where Do I Start?” Federation of Teachers (UFT) has worked THE AFT IS COMMITTED to ensuring that our experiences: science is important, but with the district on a massive testing and every person in America has the freedom to so are common sense and collaboration.