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AFT Public Employees Grow in Numbers and Strength
AFT Public employees see growth in membership over the past two years and successfully activate members to challenge harmful anti worker initiatives across the country.
New Montana Law Requires Accountability in Privatization
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer signed into law April 19, 2005 legislation that will result in greater transparency and accountability in state contracting procedures. Passing such "clean contracting" legislation is a top priority of the AFT Public Employees division.
N.Y. Affiliate Launches Broad-Scale Attack on Privatization
The New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) is launching a campaign to curb the contracting out of public services to the private sector and "shadow" agencies. The goal is to improve the quality, value, and accountability of public services, say PEF leaders.
Connecticut Public Employee Union Wins Big in Arbitration
In a groundbreaking arbitration victory, the Administrative & Residual Employees Union won 3.5 percent general wage increases in 2004, 2005 and 2006, retroactive to July 1 of last year. Read more about how the union broke the prevailing wage pattern for public employees in the state.
Task Force Tackles Communication Challenges
More effective communications can help the union respond to privatization and other major challenges facing public employees today, says the AFT Public Employees newly created communications task force.
Unionists Challenge Schwarzenegger During Fundraising Tour
Before Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger could fall into the warm embrace of his pharmaceutical industry friends at the upscale St. Regis Hotel in Washington, D.C., on March 8, he had to pass through a lunchtime demonstration of angry union members.
Montana Public Employees Secure Pay Raises
The pay freeze for Montana public employees is over. More than 100 people, including MEA-MFT members, state legislators and local officials, gathered last month for Gov. Brian Schweitzer's bill-signing ceremony of the new employee pay plan.
Two Governors Rescind Bargaining Rights
Newly inaugurated Republican governors in Indiana and Missouri have repealed collective bargaining rights for state employees, negating or threatening current contracts for thousands of workers in those states.
