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Teachers and parents are calling for ‘devices down, eyes up, hands on’ learning.
Public employees keep our communities running, uphold our democracy and protect our common good. Public Service Recognition Week is a chance for us to celebrate our public employees for all that they do.
Teachers are helping every child in America lay the foundation for a better life. The work they do matters—now more than ever.
Across the country—from big cities to rural communities—AFT members showed up, loud, united, and ready to make one thing clear: there are no kings in America.
Just a week after Hungary’s landmark election, democracy advocates, scholars and labor leaders came together to analyze long-time Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s defeat and offer a broader lesson on what it takes to resist authoritarianism: persistence, courage, independent institutions and a refusal to give up on democracy.
Federal immigration actions are rapidly expanding, with deadly consequences.
Standing Up for the Care Our Communities Need
Learn how we’re standing up for the care our communities need. AFT members share how they won $1.1 billion to save SUNY Downstate Medical Center, and we learn how to fight the predatory contracts that trap healthcare professionals in unsafe work environments.
Together, we are America
Americans want us to treat each other with dignity, not inhumanity.
SOMOS: Service, solidarity and strategy
It was total immersion at this year’s SOMOS, the annual Puerto Rico power gathering of New York legislators and other elected officials, unionists, civic groups and political activists.
No crowns, no thrones, no kings.
This is what loving America looks like.
AFT members joined with millions of people across the country for the "No Kings" day of action to stand up for the promise of America for ALL.
Fighting for Our Patients and Our Democracy
Learn how we’re rising up to protect patients and our democracy as the Trump administration slashes funding for healthcare access, public health, and research.
We, the people, say: ‘No Kings’
Democracy and economic opportunity are inextricably linked.
Core Concepts, New Twists
In the Winter 2025-2026 American Educator, learn how the AFT is committing to creating safe, relevant and engaging public schools and highlighting core concepts that support all students.
We rise up to save higher education
It is clear that higher education is under attack.
With SNAP in limbo, public employees stitch together the safety net
Trump spurs federal government shutdown
Carrying through on earlier threats, President Donald Trump has encouraged congressional Republicans not to negotiate with Democrats on a budget for the new fiscal year, prompting a shutdown of the federal government that began Oct. 1. At the heart of the funding fight, Republicans are trying to take away healthcare from 15 million Americans by making the largest cuts in history to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, while Democrats are trying to protect and extend Americans’ healthcare benefits.