AFT President Randi Weingarten and Secretary-Treasurer Fedrick Ingram at George Floyd Square with activist and AFT member Marcia Howard.
AFT officers join FEA officers at Brentwood Elementary School in Florida to distribute free books to every child in the school as part of AFT’s Reading Opens the World literacy campaign.
AFT Executive Vice President Evelyn DeJesus and TEACH 2019 attendees march in the Lights for Liberty Vigil, Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C.
Just before their contract ended, Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals members were joined by hundreds of supporters from the community and organizations in their fight for safe staffing and a fair contract.
AFT members are partnering with Brighter Bites to distribute fresh produce and healthy foods to food-insecure families in Houston.
AFT Secretary-Treasurer Fedrick Ingram conducts a song with the Miami Carol City Marching Band in a school in Miami Gardens, Florida.
The AFT fights for the freedom to thrive for our members, our families and our communities—by caring, fighting, showing up, teaching and voting.
AFT President Randi Weingarten reads a book with a student at a Reading Opens the World event.
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