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A news article from July 18, 2012 via LeaderNet website. Visit leadernet.aft.org for more articles about national union news.

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Your negotiating team is back to the bargaining table.


We met on July 25th for our first session in a while and are happy to report that the session went well.


A membership meeting has been scheduled for August 7th and the team will be available to answer any questions you might have.


Please know that we continue to fight for all of our members for a fair and equitable contract despite the poor economic climate.


As always, thanks for your patience & support.


See you on the 7th.

The AFT National Convention continues in the city of Detroit with AFT members discussing new ways of maintaining quality education and essential public services in the face of threats presented by corporate and special interests. Across the nation, those interests have sponsored anti-union attacks and have promoted budget cuts that require the elimination of jobs for teachers and public workers. The more than 3,000 delegates attending the 82nd AFT National Convention, however, have been inspired by the remarks of President Randi Weingarten, who told convention attendees that AFT would pursue a new vision of unionism. Weingarten told convention delegates that AFT must pursue “solution driven unionism,” an approach that focuses on uniting union members and creating solutions to the problems that plague working people and their communities.

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Article from Juneau Empire on 7/24/2012.