AFT Pres. Weingarten: ‘We’re Not Going to Let Putin Terrorize People; the Schools Are Closed’

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WEINGARTEN: “So, you know, we’ve been in Zamosc for the last couple of hours, and checking in on the people that we were visiting in Ukraine and Lviv. And we made a decision that we’re going to go to Lviv, then talk to the union leaders there and that we’re not going to let Putin get away with terrorizing people. People — Putin terrorized people today with this wave of indiscriminate bombings throughout the cities of Ukraine, as he has terrorized people since February. So, our trip of solidarity and bearing witness is probably more important today than it was when we planned it. And so, the schools are closed. Children are learning remotely or in bunkers right now, but the union leadership wants to meet with us and we want to meet with them. And so, we’re on our way to Lviv.”