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How you can help pass the Build Back Better Act

AFT President Randi Weingarten leveled with members during our union’s Sept. 28 telephone town hall: Major legislation forming the centerpiece of a prosperous American future faces “lots of obstacles” right now. Weingarten directed members to aft.org/actio ...

Guiding faculty to student debt relief

As student loan debt soars nationally, the AFT is reaching out to adjunct faculty who often have staggering debt and not enough income to cover it. At a webinar organized jointly with the Student Borrower Protection Center and the American Association of U ...

Florida humanities faculty fear for the profession

When a professor and union leader learned his contract would not be renewed at Lake-Sumter State College in Florida, his union stepped right up, not just to try to save his job—which was all but tenured—but also to protect the social science courses he tau ...

Educator health and well-being campaign kicks off

The AFT launched an educator health and well-being campaign on Sept. 20, offering a workshop full of practical, education-related techniques to manage the stress educators face—even as they try to help students manage their own stress. The multiyear campai ...

AFT grant helps Perth Amboy Federation promote vaccinations, literacy

AFT-NJ’s Perth Amboy Federation of Teachers is using its Return, Recover and Reimagine grant from the national union for a vaccination and literacy campaign, teaming up with an ever-growing group of community organizations to do trusted, effective outreach ...

Words of wisdom mark AFT back-to-school town hall

Five top experts on education and health met with AFT President Randi Weingarten for a virtual town hall Aug. 31 to offer insights on how to make this year’s return to school safe, meaningful and productive for all students. U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek ...

Member town hall showcases ‘Back to School for All’ campaign

As students and staff head back to school, AFT activists gathered Monday evening, Aug. 23, for a telephone town hall with AFT President Randi Weingarten. Teachers have done everything society has asked of them to contend with the pandemic, she said, but be ...

Nurses work in coalition to save their maternity unit

Last summer, executives at Windham Hospital in Willimantic, Conn., announced that it would seek approval from the state to end labor and delivery services at the facility, citing that the request for closure was the result of years of declining births and ...

Weingarten: ‘The right to vote is sacred for all of us’

AFT leaders and members turned out for voting rights rallies in four cities over the weekend as the Fighting for Our Vote coalition kicked off a long-term campaign against voter suppression and for passage of sweeping federal voting rights legislation. “Th ...

Back to School for All tour emphasizes safe return to classrooms

As she crisscrosses the country on the Back to School for All tour, AFT President Randi Weingarten has carried the message that students need to be in schools this fall and that we must continue to advocate for health and safety mitigation measures. Along ...