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A new national TV ad campaign launched on Labor Day highlights the critical issues facing America's struggling middle class. The ads—produced by American Rights at Work—are part of a coordinated effort among labor unions, workers' rights advocates and other groups to build on broad public support for the Employee Free Choice Act as a way to help create better jobs. Get more information and sign the online petition.
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West Virginia's independent union of more than 7,800 school service personnel has affiliated with the AFT and AFT-West Virginia. The two state organizations together represent about 15,000 workers, and, if approved by AFT's executive council in September, the agreement will make the AFT the largest union in West Virginia.
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Delegates to the 2008 AFT convention elected a new slate of national officers on July 14 in Chicago, voting to install Randi Weingarten as president, Antonia Cortese as secretary-treasurer and Lorretta Johnson as executive vice president.
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The AFT Seattle Community Colleges, Local 1789 represents ALL faculty in the Seattle Community Colleges. Teachers, librarians, and counselors are all faculty and all proudly represented.
We are affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers WA; the American Federation of Teachers; and the AFL-CIO. |
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Our active and involved membership makes us strong! The AFT Seattle is one of the most active labor unions in King County. Our member activism builds our profession, our power and our position - in our district, and statewide. Become a member. Become an active member! |
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The Union MATTERS (initially called the ADVANCE) is our new bi-weekly publication - just one page, and supplements our Faculty VOICE |
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Winter Quarter Faculty VOICE |
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Every year the state legislature passes laws that have a tremendous impact on your salary, health care, retirement benefits, academic freedoms, and much more. Want to find out about what's going on? Sign up for our GetActive email!
When you sign up, you will also receive the AFT Washington Legisletter at your personal or home address. |
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Here is our 2007-2010 Contract
You can view the Word document by clicking on the link above. |
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Why join a Union? This Washington State Labor Council link had lots of information and notes Albert Einstein was a founding member of the Princeton faculty union - American Federation of Teachers, Local 522!
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Check out our flyer by clicking on the link!
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Our salaries and benefits, as well as many of the policies for our colleges, are set at the state level. |
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Contact information for your 2007-2009 SCCFT Executive Board Officers |
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Over a period of just seven weeks, from Jan. 14-March 3, a total of 26,419 people took the online 2008 Health Care for America Survey sponsored by the AFL-CIO and Working America. Most are insured and employed. Most are college graduates. More than half are union members.
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Photographs and illustrations, as well as text, cannot be used without permission from the AFT.