Thread by @AFTunion

Investing in electric school buses will help our students breathe easier. Building buses union will enable communities to thrive. We must do both.

Together with @UAW, we’re calling for a #cleantransition that includes electric school buses made with union labor.

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@UAW This press conference shows you what is possible, what can be done. - @rweingarten #cleantransition

.@rweingarten: We need to ensure that students, educators and bus drivers are safe. #cleantransition

@rweingarten .@rweingarten: The transition between diesel and election has to be done in a just way, in a way that grows our economy with good union jobs.

@rweingarten we need to make sure that every one of the electric buses built in America are built by unions. - @rweingarten

The workers who build the buses, who work in the plants, we want them to be the focus of this #cleantransition. - @rweingarten

@rweingarten We can’t compromise on a #cleantransition, the workers who will power it, or the children who will live through it. Investing in union-built electric school buses will ensure we won’t have to.

Pictured here is an electric school bus outside DC's John Lewis Elementary.

@rweingarten We stand here because the power of collective bargaining. We are committed to having an EV line. - Chris Pratt, @UAW 5287 President #cleantransition

A #cleantransition must include the workers who are powering that shift. We’re calling for union-built electric school buses that provide good, green jobs for thousands of @UAW members.

AFT president @rweingarten toured the new John Lewis Elementary School before speaking at the #cleantransition event with @UAW.