You can always spot a teacher’s kid. They get it. “I feel very at home in this room,” Sara Nelson, international president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA—and a teacher’s daughter and form...

Read my 2026 AFT convention keynote address

In a Friday morning session on democracy, belonging and power, delegates to the AFT’s convention turned their attention to one of the biggest questions facing us: What are we going to do to protect ou...

Across the country, voters are facing confusion, intimidation, disinformation and attacks on their freedom to vote, and we are not sitting on the sidelines. Sign up to help protect access to the ballo...

Organizing is the lifeblood of our union—and the inspiring examples offered by AFT state and local leaders on Friday afternoon showed that our union’s heart is beating strong. From Hawaii to Michigan ...