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
Losing a leader: A tribute to Derryn Moten
The AFT has lost a beloved leader, unionist, historian and activist: Derryn Moten, co-president of the AFT Faculty-Staff Alliance at…
How we teach: Black History Month
Every year, Black History Month reminds us of what we should be teaching every day of every year: Just how significantly the Black people…
Career tech is building community
Toledo, Ohio, needed new workers. Kids needed a reason to stay in school. Now, thanks to an unusual collaboration of the teachers union…
Why I love driving a school bus
By Tony Ybarra
A grassroots victory for public service workers
In January 2025, history was made: the long-dreaded Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) — two laws…
Don’t panic, organize: Karen Reyes on the fight for immigrant rights
Karen Reyes is one of the cheeriest people you’ll ever meet. Even in the face of strife and struggle — and she experiences plenty as an…
How cultivating a love of reading in my students may have cost me my job
By Leonce Hall III
Armed guards or adequate staffing?
Nurses debate the best solution to hospital violence
Dear Providence
Nearly 5,000 healthcare professionals from Providence Health & Services in Oregon, who are represented by the Oregon Nurses Association and…
Our union creates a win-win situation
By Melissa Pfleiger
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