AFT Public Employees

09/30/2026

09/30/2026

The deal softens a proposed deductible spike, but leaves monthly premium increases in place.

09/23/2026

Fighting in the courts to protect our members with Commercial Drivers Licenses!

09/18/2026

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About one week out from the negotiation deadline, bargaining still has a “long way to go,” according to an MFPE representative. ⤵️ Find a link to the story in the comments.

09/06/2026

We are stretched thin. Public safety is at risk.

09/01/2026

AFT President Randi Weingarten spoke at the March on Washington last week. Weingarten encouraged AFT members and caring people from across the United States to defend the vote. Learn how to be an AFT Democracy Defender at AFTvotes.org

08/24/2026

A unified approach to global corporate tax rules could raise US$500 billion a year in additional revenue - money that is needed for hospitals, schools, social care and the workers who provide them. New research from the Tax Justice Network and PSI 🌍 ✊

https://publicservices.international/resources/news/500bn-for-public-services-if-un-adopts-fairer-corporate-tax-rules?id=16681&lang=en

08/24/2026

Public service unions took workers' demands to the UN tax talks in New York this month. The demand: name labour in the convention, and let workers put evidence in front of the people writing the rules.

"Without humans, there is no economic creation, there is no profit, there is no 'value'," Severine Picard of the Network of Unions for Tax Justice told delegates 🌍 ✊

https://publicservices.international/resources/news/public-service-unions-demand-radical-reform-of-global-tax-rules-at-the-un?id=16676&lang=en