Open Position Interviews Information
Open Position Interview period June 25- July 26.
Important survey
NEO AFT 279-R Member Survey
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Food service worker makes the case for higher minimum wage
A Florida food service worker and AFT member was one of the witnesses at a hearing of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee on the minimum wage and other economic issues affecting individuals, families and communities.
A hand up is not a handout
In her latest column appearing in the New York Times, AFT President Randi Weingarten urges lawmakers to strengthen the rungs on America's ladder of opportunity.
Exciting Leadership Training Opportunity!
Want to learn how to build a more powerful local union and become a more effective union activist? Take advantage of the special AFT Leadership, Education and Development (LEAD) training opportunity in St. Louis on April 5-6. The day-and-a-half-long event includes courses such as Managing with Labor’s Values; Training Worksite Leaders; Union-Management Partnerships; Being the Public Face of Your Union; The Common Core: What, When, Where and How; Engaging Our Members through Activism and Better Communications; and Researching Your Employer’s World and How to Use the Information for Good. For more information contact the AFT’s Union Leadership Institute at 202-879-4497.
Tom Mooney Scholarship deadline April 30
Have a child whose college plans are to study education, history, labor studies or political science? He or she could be a Mooney Scholar.