Before you vote, check out the California Federation of Teachers’ Voter Guide for the November 6 general election
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The Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools, a partnership between the AFT and other education and civil rights groups, released a report this month detailing the systemic underfunding of public schools, focusing specifically on black, Latino and low-income students. Instead
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Dear Esteemed Faculty, The AFT 1493 Executive Committee is happy to report that you will be seeing a cost-of-living adjustment increase of 4.02% for full-time faculty and 5.02% for part-time faculty beginning this academic year. The increase is effective starting
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“A Decade of Neglect: Public Education Funding in the Aftermath of the Great Recession,” details the devastating impact on schools, classrooms and students when states choose to pursue an austerity agenda in the false belief that tax cuts
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Right-wing groups have been waging war against public sector unions for many years, and, last week, a divided 5–4 conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court handed them a win in Janus v. AFSCME Council 31. This case, which overrules
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