WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement on the results of Election Day 2025:“Tonight, in race after race across the country, voters sent a clear message: They want the...

While the college and the faculty union have traditionally operated as partners, new state legislation ostensibly geared toward rolling back DEI initiatives has left the two groups at an impasse.

Statement from the All in For Ohio Kids coalition: Four years ago, lawmakers promised to fully implement the Fair School Funding Plan in the 2026-27 budget. Since then, we have been waiting for state ...

Choice laws have now passed in every major Republican state. Congress and President Trump are now aiming at blue states that have resisted vouchers for decades.

“Whether it’s providing students with a quiet place to do homework and parents with a safe and enriching place to bring young kids, serving as a community hub for resources on social services, employm...

Americans didn’t vote for deep cuts to services that we need—and our taxes pay for.Elon Musk will never need to look to the federal government for Social Security benefits, to apply for a student loan...

As President Donald Trump and Elon Musk swing a wrecking ball at the U.S. Department of Education, I’m wondering if it’s due to a lack of understanding of the department’s vital functions, or because ...

A coalition of labor unions filed a lawsuit Monday asking a federal court to stop Elon Musk’s team from accessing private data at the Education Department, the Treasury Department and the Office of Pe...

“As currently written, SB 1 will put Ohio’s world-class system of higher education at risk by stifling academic freedom, raising administrative costs, impeding recruitment and retention of talented fa...

School funding in Ohio is at a crossroads. One direction – fully funding the Fair School Funding Plan – leads toward adequate and predictable school funding that finally complies with our state consti...

School funding in Ohio is at a crossroads. One direction – fully funding the Fair School Funding Plan – leads toward adequate and predictable school funding that finally complies with our state consti...

Commentary: Social Security is not a handout; it’s an earned benefit paid into by workers and their employers. But for decades, millions of public employees, including more than 100,000 Ohioans, have ...

The legislature will begin discussing the budget in the next few weeks.

As Ohio’s 136th General Assembly begins, the newly minted House Speaker has already taken a stand on education, saying spending for the state's public school funding model is “unsustainable.”

Legislation granting full Social Security benefits to nearly 3 million retirees will soon get become law, advocates say.

The November election created undeniable headwinds for the labor movement, but in a series of recent interviews local union leaders spoke of drawing upon lessons from the past to help carry the fight ...

We all want a better future for ourselves and our families, regardless of how we voted in the recent presidential election. That’s why I believe there is a unifying path forward for all Americans—a pa...

Today on TAP: Yesterday, S&M voted to hand the NLRB over to union-busting Republicans.

The Wisconsin law, a poster child for efforts to curb collective bargaining over the past decade, was deemed unconstitutional.

Faculty and librarians at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, have been negotiating a contract for as long as they’ve been in a union—about a year and a half. Still, there is no agreement, and members o...

Republicans are pivoting away from abortion and same-sex marriage — a promising sign for liberals.

The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) threaten the Social Security benefits of millions of retired teachers, support staff and other public employees every day. ...

Captive audience meetings are a key tool for bosses to destroy union drives. With last week’s outlawing of such meetings by the National Labor Relations Board, labor has a window to take advantage bef...