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Publish Date: March 12, 2020

Texas AFT wrapped up its fourth and final Regional Leadership Conference last weekend, including events in Houston, San Antonio, McAllen and El Paso. The conferences trained more than 400 members on how to become effective organizers and communicators to increase union membership on their campuses. Here’s a fun video look at participants expressing that they are ready to build power.

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Publish Date: March 12, 2020

As testing season approaches, an oft-asked question is: “Can my principal make me skip my duty-free lunches for student supervision during STAAR administration?” The short answer is “no,” but with a “but…” State law and commissioner rules do not allow for using duty-free lunch for classroom teachers and full-time librarians to be on duty during STAAR or any other testing....

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Publish Date: February 22, 2020

Call to action! Phone banking and meet and greet with Ruben Cortez. Come and meet the AFT-endorsed candidate for state Senate District 27--Ruben Cortez--and phone bank on his behalf. PSJA AFT along with our sister unions (McAllen AFT and La Joya AFT) are proud to host a special phone banking event on behalf of senate candidate Ruben Cortez this coming...

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Publish Date: January 21, 2020

All Fort Bend AFT Executive Board and Officer positions are up for election in May of 2020. Filing opens on Wednesday, January 1, 2020. Nomination forms are attached and can be picked up at the Fort Bend AFT General Meeting on February 18, 2020. The last day to file in writing is Tuesday, February 18, 2020. The term of office...

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