AFT

29/08/2026

Happening tomorrow at 6 PM! Join Randi Weingarten and author Skye Perryman for our monthly AFT Book Club discussion. We'll be chatting about Perryman's book "Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times: How to Reclaim Your Power, Fight for Freedom & Reimagine Democracy."

Register here:

Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 6:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time.

28/08/2026

Happy Friday!

After a year of sharing these weekly stories, AFT members continue to give us new reasons to celebrate. This week, they’re welcoming a new school year, building connections and helping students honor a music legend.

Check out this week’s stories and tell us a Public School Proud story you want to see featured → https://go.aft.org/proud

28/08/2026

“The vote is how we make sure the economy works for working people!”

Randi Weingarten is right. Voting is a vehicle for strengthening public schools, getting good healthcare, and opportunities for all.

28/08/2026

In this week’s video, AFT President Randi Weingarten discusses defending the vote at the March on Washington, shopping local instead of Target this back-to-school season, and why humans—not AI—should be in charge of our kids' education.

Plus, a first-ever union contract at Baltimore City Community College, Meta's $18 billion settlement over children's safety and remembering Dolly Parton.

28/08/2026

MOVE stands for “Mobilize, Organize, Vote, Empower”—the AFT’s grant program which has awarded $3 million in grants to 70 locals and state federations to take on new challenges and exercise their activist muscles.

During our national convention in July, leaders shared just some of the ways that these grants have made an impact for our locals in communities across the country.

MOVE stands for the AFT’s “Mobilize, Organize, Vote, Empower” program—a whopping $3 million in grants to 70 locals and state federations to take on new challenges and exercise their activist muscles. As AFT Vice President and AFT Massachusetts President Jessica Tang noted in Sunday morning.....

28/08/2026

The AFT's Democracy Defenders will make sure every eligible voter can cast a ballot and have it counted.

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 ballot and support voters in your community ⤵️

Democracy Defenders are AFT members who commit to helping voters get the information, support and protection they need to cast their ballots and have them counted.

28/08/2026

Explore iconic U.S. destinations and bucket-list international tours with Collette. Union members can save up to $500 on select tours, plus get an extra Union Plus discount of up to $100 per traveler with code UNIONSAVE. Start planning your next adventure today! https://www.gocollette.com/en/partner/union-plus

27/08/2026

Yesterday, the AFT and Florida Education Association hosted a roundtable in Orlando with our Executive VP Evelyn DeJesus and elected officials, community groups, and union members to discuss working together on issues impacting the Latino community—from education to immigration enforcement to the economy.

27/08/2026

Sixty-three years ago, AFT members traveled to Washington, D.C., because they understood that the fight for freedom was inseparable from the fight for working people. Tomorrow, we’re marching again to defend the vote.

Join the AFT at the March on Washington this Friday ⤵️
https://marchonwashington2026.com/

24/08/2026

Voting rights and democracy are at risk. Too many families are still fighting for fair wages. And civil rights and opportunity are under attack.

This Friday, August 28, we're joining the March On Washington to fight back. Join us here: https://marchonwashington2026.com/