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02/28/22

Ohio retirees aren’t waiting another year for a COLA

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02/24/22

AFT report: Pandemic intensified job insecurity for adjuncts

Woman reading report
02/15/22

Bilingualism is a superpower

NABE conference
02/03/22

AFT members press for gun safety

AFT members pushing for gun safety
02/03/22

Soothing stress and growing the teacher workforce

Corpus Christi AFT
01/28/22

Washington state nurses join coalition to demand safe staffing legislation

Safe Staffing Standards Now!
01/24/22

Keeping students enrolled, one emergency fund grant at a time

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01/14/22

Experts provide insight on omicron, boosters and schools during town hall

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01/06/22

AFT among a coalition of unions calling for permanent COVID protections

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12/16/21

Reducing barriers to voting for people with disabilities

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12/16/21

Fighting to teach honest history in New Hampshire

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12/14/21

Black, Hispanic students shortchanged on faculty

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12/14/21

Reading Opens the World: Connecting Families, Educators and Communities in the Love of Reading

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12/07/21

Cancel student debt now

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11/22/21

Vaccines for children could be the ‘game changer’

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