News and Advocacy

Kia Banks Addresses Chicago Board of Education

Good morning, I don’t have to tell you school leaders in Chicago Public Schools are busy people.

CPAA Thanks Chief Education Officer Bogdana Chkoumbova on Her Next Chapter

The Chicago Principals and Administrators Association (CPAA), the union representing Chicago’s principals and assistant principals, extend

DOE’s Withholding of $6.9 Billion in FY2025 K-12 Funding Threatens Student Success and Paralyzes School Systems Nationwide

School leaders now face the impossible task of opening schools without knowing whether the federal funds they relied on will arrive—or when.

Inequality and the Iron Law of Decaying Public Services

Fires are raging everywhere in California these days, and firefighters are having enormous trouble keeping up. Chronically understaffed local fire departments simply don’t have the resources to handle Act #1 of what climate change has in store for us.

Nurses Union Endores Sanders

National Nurses United, the activist and progressive nurses union that was the first to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders’s 4 years ago, did it again.

Civil Rights Organization Staff Seeks Union

Staff members at the Southern Poverty Law Center have formally filed election authorization cards to unionize.

Machinists Sue NLRB

In the first use of a 61-year-old Supreme Court decision, the Machinists (IAM) sued the National Labor Relations Board for throwing out their union recognition election win among 178 Boeing flight tech workers in North Charleston, South Carolina.

More Resources for School Mental Health and Commonsense Gun Laws Needed, Says AFSA President Ernest Logan

"Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Saugus High School students and their families."

Take Action: AFSA Members Can Help Miners Keep Pension

Murray Energy Corp., the largest private coal mining company in the United States, filed for bankruptcy.