AFSA encourages graduating high school seniors who are children of AFSA members and plan to begin college in 2027 to apply for this valuable educational opportunity.
A teacher strike in San Francisco is underway, and in a historic show of unity, the United Administrators of San Francisco (UASF), AFSA Local 3, is striking in solidarity with teachers.
The United Educators of San Francisco (UESF) officially walked off the job after contract negotiations with the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) broke down. As educators took to the picket lines, school administrators made the extraordinary decision to stand with them.
Black History Month offers school leaders an opportunity to reflect on history while reinforcing the values that guide our schools today. For principals, assistant principals, directors of student activities and student services, transportation, food service, curriculum, and central office administrators, this month underscores the responsibility to lead school systems that honor contributions, strengthen opportunity, and serve every student with purpose.
Some 77% of workers aged 18–25 say they want to belong to a union. Yet only about 7% actually do.
That staggering gap is not a mystery of apathy, Ephrin Jenkins of Steelworkers Local 1014 told a packed seminar at the AFL-CIO’s Martin Luther King Jr. conference here. It is a failure of connection—between activism and involvement, between generations, and between unions and the very workers who want them.
Progressive faith traditions have long aligned with labor and civil rights causes, including Reform and Reconstructionist Judaism, Quakers, Episcopalians, Methodists, and segments of the Catholic Church.
