American Federation of Teachers

Read our full statement on President Obama’s actions to reduce gun violence. Read more about the the president’s actions .

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The AFT is a union of professionals that champions fairness; democracy; economic opportunity; and high-quality public education, healthcare and public services for our students, their families and our communities. We are…

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The AFT is a union of professionals that champions fairness; democracy; economic opportunity; and high-quality public education, healthcare and public services for our students, their families and our communities. We are…

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aflcio : > Learn more at http://americaworkstogether.us/ > 

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Members and staff of the Cook County College Teachers Union have spoken with more than a thousand members and gathered postcards expressing support for an elected school board to govern Chicago�...

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A new report provides detailed statistics on what it calls the “staggering gap between the retirement assets of Fortune 500 CEOs and the rest of America.” Perhaps most striking: The company-s...

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CAMPUS EQUITY WEEK The numbers are staggering. Contingent faculty teach most courses by far, but are paid a pittance. Here’s the math: $2,700 per course means if you’re lucky enough to get...

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The AFT is a union of professionals that champions fairness; democracy; economic opportunity; and high-quality public education, healthcare and public services for our students, their families and our communities. We are…

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Study says there's NO state where a single adult can live on less than $14/hr working a 40-hour week

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washingtonpost : > They made the long, rough journey to cross the U.S. border alone. > Here are their faces and voices. > 

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From school secretaries in Chicago to college classified workers and our first national officer, check out these great moments in the history of the AFT’s paraprofessionals and school-related p...

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Molly Pollak pages through a book of letters from her former students. Pollak pages through the book of letters from her former students npr : > In Molly Pollak’s second-floor Manhat...

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The AFT is a union of professionals that champions fairness; democracy; economic opportunity; and high-quality public education, healthcare and public services for our students, their families and our communities. We are…

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yougotschooled2016 : > The second GOP candidate debate is tomorrow evening > , > live from the Reagan Library in California. The 11 candidates >  > fortunate enough to m...

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think-progress : > 7 UNION HEROES TO REMEMBER THIS LABOR DAY >  >  > This Labor Day while >  you’re > enjoying the three-day-weekend, take a moment to celebrate the >...

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aflcio : > Happy #LaborDay from America’s Unions! #1u

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labor411 : > Yup. http://ift.tt/1JKXL88 

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The AFT is a union of professionals that champions fairness; democracy; economic opportunity; and high-quality public education, healthcare and public services for our students, their families and our communities. We are…

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On the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we take on the myth of the “New Orleans miracle” in the city’s privatized school system. Here are the facts .

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“Labor unions tend to raise wages and improve benefits for all represented workers, especially those at the middle and bottom of the wage distribution, who are disproportionately women.” Read...

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