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AFSA Calls on FCC to Preserve and Strengthen E-Rate

School leaders say reliable broadband is basic school infrastructure.

AFSA Board Focuses on Organizing, Union Operations and Issues Facing School Leaders

These meetings give us the opportunity to listen to one another, identify where our members need support and turn those conversations into action.

Pam Farrell: Championing the Arts and Her Members

Pam says of AFSA, "As soon as we met the team, we knew we had found a home. They have been so instrumental as a resource and a feeling that we are not alone. As AFSA 151, we are part of a larger union family, and that means a lot when you are doing this work.”

Remembering Workers Who Died Because of the Job

Fifty years ago, Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and more than 40 years ago, Congress passed the Mine Safety and Health Act, promising every worker the right to a safe job.

Trumka: President Has Made COVID-19 Crisis Worse

GOP President Donald Trump “has made this crisis worse,” so organized labor “must do what the federal government has refused to do: Protect America’s workers” during the coronavirus pandemic, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says.

Safety First: Opening the Economy the Right Way

Workers are being exposed to the coronavirus in U.S. workplaces. Hundreds of thousands of workers have been infected and thousands have died.

The Pandemic’s Lessons for Schools

We are adapting our old rules and practices for short-term shutdowns like hurricanes and snowstorms and trying to make them work for long and indefinite closures.

COVID-19: Need More College Financial Aid—New Tool

SwiftStudent guides college students through the formal process of requesting additional financial aid when their economic circumstances have changed.

'Unnecessary Deaths and Economic Disaster'

“The truth is that Donald Trump dismantled the infrastructure handed to him which was meant to plan for and overcome a pandemic, resulting in unnecessary deaths and economic disaster.”