Your Union, Your Voice

In Your Workplace

With more than 30 local unions and an Associate Membership Program with more local offices than any other Texas organization, we are on the ground with you.

In Your Profession

Our Bridges Institute for Professional Development provides high-quality programming to support educator development in and out of the classroom.

At the Capitol

If we want to keep dedicated teachers and staff in our public schools, it’s time for the Texas Legislature to fully fund our schools and fully respect our school staff.


Our Members

Pre-K-12

Member wearing a suit and a face mask standing next to a Burnet Middle School sign.

Texas AFT works to better the profession of educators by promoting effective public education policy to improve the pay and working conditions of teachers, nurses, counselors, and other professionals.

Higher Education

A member stands smiling in front of a tree.

Our union also represents higher education employees at community colleges and universities. We are actively organizing higher ed local unions around the state.

Support Professionals

An A-F-T member poses for a photo in a living room. She wears a colorful striped dress.

Support personnel — from bus drivers to cafeteria workers to custodians — keep our schools running. Texas AFT aims to represent their varied interests on the local and state levels.