AFT Voices
Raising up the voices of AFT members in preK-12 public education, higher education, healthcare and public services.
AFT
We’re 1.8 million teachers, paraprofessionals/school-related personnel, higher ed faculty, public employees, & healthcare workers making a difference every day.
Randi Weingarten
American Federation of Teachers president, committed to improving schools, hospitals and public institutions for children, families and communities.
Mary Cathryn Ricker
Mom, @NBPTS ELA teacher, @SPFT28 member serving as @AFTUnion Executive Vice-president who loves working in the community for good ideas. Photo credit: @Cud_mags
Virginia Myers
Telling stories of higher education and labor for and about the fascinating college faculty and staff members of the American Federation of Teachers. #LoveMyJob
PSRP Editor
Editor of AFT’s PSRP Reporter, a publication for paraprofessionals and school related personnel
AFT Public Employees
AFT works to bring meaningful collective bargaining rights to public employees at all levels of government -
Latest Posts
Hands-on internships change lives
Mike Brix has been teaching the construction trades to high school students for nearly a decade. Although the skills he’s conveyed are…
From public service to policy change
By Donna Rehm
A ‘cup of joe’ for democracy
By Jeff Whittle
Science research benefits everyone; withholding funds hurts us all
In early March the Trump administration froze $400 million in federal funding for scientific research at Columbia University, citing…
Keeping our eye on the ball: Tariffs, tax cuts for billionaires and attacks on education and…
by Randi Weingarten and Damon Silvers
Schools urgently need federal dollars
By Dennis Wheatley
Becoming a paraprofessional
By Jeff Whittle
‘We the people’ are losing invaluable educational opportunities
By Brian Grindrod
Less school funding exactly where we need more
By William Schwandt
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