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Learning and lifting up: AFT celebrates Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action

Seaton Elementary School staff celebrate Black Lives Matter at School. Stacie Dunlap is third from right.

Award-winning author Elizabeth Acevedo: Banning books is not about protecting kids

Award-winning and banned author Elizabeth Acevedo signs books for high school students in Washington, D.C.

The path to citizenship leads through the community

AFT member Mercedes Caceres, center, after her citizenship ceremony with HSEF President Iran Alicea, left, and Victor Moreno, also of HSEF, right.

Career and tech ed take center stage at collaborative conference

Long-term care nurses in New Jersey triumph in union win

Harborage nurses Yasmine Peralta, Veronica Mentor, and Mary Middleton have voted to join HPAE.

Destressing at the End of the Day

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What can I say? Free speech resources for educators

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Faculty/staff mission: Become more JEDI

JEDI participants play Finish Line, a board game where they adopt different student identities to understand student challenges on campus. Photo courtesy of FASCC.

Ohio nurses win insurance pricing arbitration against University of Cincinnati Medical Center

University of Cincinnati Medical Center

Micron partnership opens new career pathways for students

AFT President Randi Weingarten, fifth from left, joins regional officials and Micron executives at the groundbreaking in Syracuse. Photo courtesy of Gov. Hochul's office.

University of Hawaii faculty join the AFT family

UHPA Executive Director Christian Fern and AFT President Randi Weingarten.

Union spurs cleanup of dangerously toxic buildings

From left, John Sheridan, Kathi Knight and Michael Hennessey outside Grupp Hall.

Hospitalists in Oregon and Washington vote to unionize 

Photo of Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital

AFT’s healthcare Professional Issues Conference celebrates Code Red success 

Photo of AFT nurses and health professionals at this year's Professional Issues Conference in Baltimore.

AFT Public Employees take on short staffing, AI

Photo of AFT President Randi Weingarten, left, with Jill Cohenour of the Montana Federation of Public Employees, who chairs the AFT Public Employees program and policy council.