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AFT Announces $100,000 Investment in Faculty Effort to Help College Students in Need

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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 ...

Vaccinate to stem the tide of COVID-19

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Nursing Unit at University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center Wins Majority Support for Union

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Leading Teachers Union Passes Resolution on Workplace Vaccine Policies

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AFT President Randi Weingarten Mourns the Sudden Passing of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka

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A blueprint for healthcare advocacy

Ten years ago, when the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Institute of Medicine put together the first Future of Nursing report, it was intended to provide a blueprint for the profession’s future. The intent behind the newly released Future of Nursing ...

AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to Updated CDC Guidance

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