Identity Theft Protection – Free to AFT Members

Dear AFT Guild Members,   We are pleased to offer you this new member benefit, free of charge to you! Please contact our AFT Guild Membership Benefits Coordinator Tina Solórzano at aftTina@mac.com for details on how to apply. Id theft...

Register for an AFT Student Debt Miniclinic

AFT Members, We are offering a free webinar on managing student loan debt.   If you or a member of your family is among the millions of Americans struggling with student loan debt, please join us on Thursday, Oct. 11, or Wednesday, Oct. 17, at 8 p.m. Eastern...

November 2018 General Election Recommendations

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dear Colleagues, Vote by mail ballots will begin arriving at voters’ homes this week. Hence, the November general election season is officially underway! Below please find three sets of recommendations: Your AFT Guild recommendations...

This Week in Labor History: 10/8 – 10/14

Thirty of the city’s 185 firefighters are injured battling the Great Chicago Fire, which burned for three days – 1871   In Poland, the union Solidarity and all other labor organizations are banned by the government – 1982  ...

AFT National Files Class Action Lawsuit Over Student Loans

Dear Jim,   Today, AFT members from California, Florida, Maryland and New York—on behalf of all similarly situated public servants—filed a nationwide class-action lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against one of the largest...