The 2021 Legislative Session has concluded. While we were the target of some major attacks, we were able to dodge a few bad bills.

Get the full details in the final edition of AFT-WV's Legislative Update. 

PHILADELPHIA—"I am disgusted, enraged, heartbroken, and unfortunately not surprised that another Black man's life was stolen at the hands of police. Daunte Wright should be alive today.

April 12, 2021 ~Bow, NH

When the NH House adjourned near 7pm on Friday, April 10, it marked the end of three grueling days of legislative work, each lasting around 10 hours in duration.  Even so, the House failed to act at all on over 60 bills on its calendar, thereby putting to rest the oft-cited claim that “all bills, no matter how inconsequential, are brought to a vote in the NH House.”  In a break with all precedent, Republican leadership divided legislation into the budget (Day 1), bills recommended for passage by a committee (Day 2 & 3) and bills recommended to be voted down (whatever time remained on Day 3).  Since Friday was the deadline for sending bills to the NH Senate, the 60+ bills not acted upon are now dead for the year, unloved and unvoted. 

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/82

Encourage / call members of Congress to pass this important bill eliminatting the "windfall clause" for social security. / pension.

Type in the above link into your computer to read the whole bill! Contact congress!

Here are our official endorsements for the April 24, 2021 election.

AFT-Wisconsin President Kim Kohlhaas recently published this opinion piece in the Cap Times. Read and share!  

 Educators use union power to ensure safety for students, staff

AFTPA President Arthur Steinberg, PFT President Jerry Jordan, and PFTHW Director of Environmental Science Jerry Roseman joined a critical hearing on Pennsylvania's toxic schools' crisis. The hearing, called by State Representatives Fiedler and Bizarro and State Senator Vincent Hughes, was an important avenue for advocating for the urgent resources we know are needed to ensure that our schools are free from environmental toxins.

Press Release by AFT-NH President Doug Ley

REPUBLICAN POLITICANS VOTE TO RAISE PROPERTY TAXES

CONCORD, N.H.— Today, during the New Hampshire House session, conservatives in the House voted for a budget that would dramatically cut education funding and raise property taxes for Granite Staters who need relief.  AFT-NH President Doug Ley released the following statement: