AFT Report on Teacher and School Staff Shortages
Boston, Mass. — After seven months of meeting, listening to members, and sharing our on-the-ground experiences, the AFT’s national Teacher and School Staff Shortage Task Force—made up of 25 leaders
Boston, Mass. — After seven months of meeting, listening to members, and sharing our on-the-ground experiences, the AFT’s national Teacher and School Staff Shortage Task Force—made up of 25 leaders
New York, NY – No one less than the head of the biggest union inside the AFL-CIO believes the future of the American Labor Movement depends on the independent Amazon
NEW YORK, N.Y.—More than 350 graduate-student workers at Fordham University will vote this week on being represented by the Fordham Graduate Student Workers union. The vote will take place Tuesday,
Editor’s Note: Judith Wishnia, a retired professor of history and women’s studies at Stony Brook University, is former editor of United University Professions’ The Active Retiree newsletter. She is also
SCRANTON, Pa.—Members of the Scranton Federation of Teachers approved a six-year contract agreement on Nov. 23, ending a strike that began Nov. 3. The union described the vote as “overwhelming.”
SCRANTON, Pa.—Fed up after working more than four years without a raise and being under a state-imposed austerity regime that eliminated pre-kindergarten, some 800 teachers in Scranton, Pennsylvania went on
New York, NY – Dissenting teachers challenging the safety of in-person learning during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic remain skeptical about fully returning to the classroom later this fall, despite AFT
WASHINGTON—With in-person voting hampered by social distancing, a group of 14 major labor unions is urging Congress to direct the National Labor Relations Board [NLRB] to develop procedures for electronic
MADISON, Wisc.—Three Wisconsin labor unions filed a lawsuit Feb. 4 asking state courts to block the bevy of laws the Republican-controlled legislature rushed through in a lame-duck session last December
WASHINGTON—Arkansas and Missouri voted to raise the minimum wage, and Scott Walker and Bruce Rauner, two of the nation’s most anti-union governors, were defeated for re-election.