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

2025 Convention Tentative Agenda

Take time and review the agenda for the upcoming AFSA Convention.

Enjoy Union-Made Oreo Cookies

You can buy and eat Oreo cookies again. Just make sure they’re made in the U.S.A., especially in Portland, Ore., not in Monterrey, Mexico.

More Than $1 Billion Going to States for Emergency Connectivity Fund

Learn how to apply for the money for your school and district.

House Committee on Education and Labor Updates on Budget Reconciliation

For educators and administrators, these new updates serve as significant wins and a step in the right direction.

Grieving Students, Transitions and COVID

Now that we are settling in for the school year, students and educators have been adapting to our new COVID-19 world.

Labor Day Message 2021

Labor Day 2021

Get involved with your union. If we are going to make change, not only for our profession and the children we serve, but for our larger community, we need every voice to be heard.

Hotels Using COVID-19 to Stop Cleaning Rooms

Hotel rooms should be cleaned every day. It's what guests expect and pay for.

But using COVID-19 as an excuse, Hilton is ending automatic daily housekeeping, trying to forever change the guest experience and cut housekeepers' jobs. Many travelers might not know that when rooms don't get cleaned, housekeepers lose out on the jobs they depend on to raise a family. 

"Hilton is trying to take advantage of pandemic disruption to cut services like automatic daily housekeeping," says D. Taylor, international president of UNITE HERE.