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AFT campaign addresses staffing shortages that pose significant risk to patient care

Healthcare worker at laptop

Bilingual education conference embraces language as a superpower

NABE conference group

New AFT task force tackles public sector staff shortages

Marine biologist

Newly organized, Vermont health professionals are ready to negotiate their first contract

Vermont health professionals standing together

Bernie Sanders partners with teachers to demand higher pay

Town Hall on Educator Pay panel

AFT celebrates Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action

Members of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers

AFT innovation grants support educators across the country

AFT President Randi Weingarten at a podium talking about the Innovation Fund

The AFT lifts up new film about the ‘real Rosa Parks’

Mugshot photo of Rosa Parks

Temple University graduate workers on strike

Randi Weingarten with striking Temple University graduate workers

Healthcare workers implore lawmakers to enact staffing laws

Connecticut nurses

Faculty strike in Chicago draws wide support

Randi Weingarten supporting strike

Link between labor and racial justice strengthens at MLK conference

MLK Conference

Educators fight to keep their Social Security benefits

Jane Maloney and Beth Roth

Student loan relief, one program at a time

Student debt

New poll: Voters prioritize school basics over culture wars

Poll on culture wars