Delegates to the biennial meeting of the American Association of University Professors voted June 18 to affiliate with the American Federation of Teachers, joining forces to build a more powerful and inclusive academic labor movement that will be be…

It’s Pride Month, but as people are flocking to parades and celebrations, this year the joy is coupled with fear, as attacks on LGBTQIA+ freedom increase—from the attempt to violently disrupt a Pride event in Idaho to threatening educators for teach…

From Newtown, Conn., to Parkland, Fla., from Lansing, Mich., to Oakland, Calif., AFT members marched with the nation June 11 to end gun violence. On the main stage in Washington, D.C., which drew at least 50,000 participants, students who survived t…

It’s been a long and winding road, but Renaissance Village—a sleek, union-built complex of teacher housing and retail shops—is open for business. More than a decade in the making and part of a massive AFT-led campaign called Reconnecting McDowell, t…

After years of enduring fraud, students who were bilked out of billions of dollars in student loan money are finally getting some measure of justice. On June 1, the U.S. Department of Education announced it will discharge all remaining federal stude…

A group of Oregon healthcare providers, including physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, from four Eugene-area clinics have announced plans to seek union recognition through the National Labor Relations Board. PeaceHealth Provider…

The American Federation of Teachers has joined the United Auto Workers in calling on school districts to electrify the nation’s school bus fleet. Cities and counties can use seed money provided by the Biden administration to accelerate the rollout o…