As you know, AFT is relentless in its deep and wide focus on all things legislative that impact teachers, students, and families. They also advocate for us, one of the three federal sector unions in AFT.
Yesterday, there were some very positive developments regarding the Executive Order that took away our collective bargaining rights. We have won a huge battle in the House by beating back a proposed amendment that would keep the EO in place. We need to keep up the pressure. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) will pass an amendment from Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ)reversing Trump's March Executive Order, which restricted collective bargaining for Dep of Defense unions. The NDAA still has to get through the Senate and be signed into law. We should be in good shape, but there will most likely be efforts to cancel the amendment or strip the Norcross language.
Please take a minute to send a letter to your state representative to support the "Protecting America's Workforce Act" Simply click on the action network link and when you put in your address, use your stateside address so that the letter will go automatically to the representative from your district.