Every eligible voter should be able to cast a ballot and have it counted. But across the country, voters are facing confusion, intimidation, disinformation, registration problems and other attacks on ...

For exemplifying what it means to be a great union member, a school bus assistant and AFT member in West Virginia has placed second as a Unions Power America Hometown Hero. The winner, Becky Turner, r...

New CAP analysis of demographic data shows that union men under age 35 are more likely to get married, have kids, and own their own homes—especially young men without college degrees.

This is a five-alarm fire exacerbating America’s affordability crisis.Summer should be a time to take a well-earned vacation and enjoy being with family and friends. But for millions of Americans, sum...

The AFT is bigger, badder, big-hearted—and America’s fastest-growing union.I am writing this as the AFT’s convention gets underway in our nation’s capital. Years ago, when we decided to gather in Wash...

In her 2026 State of the Union address, AFT President Randi Weingarten reflects on the state of the nation, celebrates the power of working people, and calls on members to organize, vote and fight for...

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Bill Text (PDF) Washington (June 23, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the...

Faced with a series of companies that brought disastrous private food service into their Oklahoma public schools, AFT Tulsa President Nancy Leonard and school cafeteria manager Ginnie Holly used their...

AFT Member Town Hall on Student Debt On July 1, some of the harshest changes to the federal student loan system in decades take effect. This is no accident. These rules were pushed through by an admin...

Over the last five years, workers have won unions in several high-profile campaigns, including Amazon workers in Staten Island and Starbucks workers in Buffalo. These examples are a testament to worke...

Once a year, with support from the AFT's Reading Opens the World initiative, Melissa Bartolomei loads a full-size school bus with thousands of books and delivers them straight into the hands of childr...

The Working Americans’ Tax Cut Act is based on the simple idea that workers should be able to pay for daily essentials before they are taxed.

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Prices related to travel, recreation and food saw particularly steep increases, stretching Americans' wallets as they celebrate the unofficial start of summer.

When AFT Tulsa member Tyseeke Edwards and her husband followed his new job as a firefighter to Oklahoma in 1998, Tyseeke wasn’t planning on…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 14, 2026Virginia AFL-CIO Statement on Governor Spanberger’s Veto of Collective Bargaining LegislationRichmond, VA -- Today, Governor Abigail Spanberger turned her back on work...

The new Jim Crow uses rigged maps and partisan Supreme Court decisions to disenfranchise voters of color.

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Workplace violence doesn’t just hurt — it terrifies. It turns everyday tasks — like caring for patients or working in a community or…

The first lady's AI rollout wasn't about innovation. It was a window into an education agenda built on privatization, profit, and devaluation of teachers.

The AFT PSRP leadership conference last month came chock-full of advice from activists on how to optimize campaigns, whether they focus on organizing, politics, a living wage or community service. PSR...

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WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais, gutting the Voting Rights Act:

If passed, the Working Americans Tax Cut Act would put real money back into the pockets of working families by exempting the first $46,000 of income for an individual—or $92,000 for a married couple—f...

The federal government is supposed to protect, not endanger, Americans. However, the Department of Homeland Security is imperiling the basic rights of all people in this country. Immigration enforcem...

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This is Trump's 56th visit to his course in West Palm Beach and 110th golf day in just over 14 months in office, keeping him on track to spend $300 million on golf.

St. Paul educators are helping define what it means to keep AI in its proper place: as a tool, not a substitute for teachers. When district leaders could not rule out future job cuts tied to artificia...

Working-class Americans need a tax cut now.Americans are paying nearly 60 cents a gallon more to fill up their gas tanks following President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, a war seemingly of choice, no...

Join AFT President Randi Weingarten and Share My Lesson for a candid look at the state of public education as we open the 2026 Virtual Conference. Across the country, life is getting harder for workin...

If passed, the Working Americans Tax Cut Act would put real money back into the pockets of working families by exempting the first $46,000 of income for an individual—or $92,000 for a married couple—f...

If passed, the Working Americans Tax Cut Act would put real money back into the pockets of working families by exempting the first $46,000 of income for an individual—or $92,000 for a married couple—f...