If you're thinking about retirement, don't miss this seminar with a representative of the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund on May 11th. Dinner at 5, seminar from 5-6:30pm.
If you plan to attend, contact Patty Clancy via e-mail at pclancy@ift-aft.org or by phone at 630-468-4083 by Friday, May 5th.
If you're thinking about retirement, be sure to attend this virtual meeting with a representative of the Illinois Teachers Retirement System (TRS) on April 20 from 5-6:30 pm.
To expand the political influence currently supported by Local 571 and the Illinois Federation of Teachers, the COPE/PAC Chair serves as a liaison to politicians and allows us to make contributions to politicians who share our values and support WSTU. We use the following strategies to raise money for COPE: raffles, voluntary cash contributions, voluntary payroll deductions, and square reader deductions.
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Current and many past issues of the Union Messenger are available here.
In AFT President Randi Weingarten’s latest New York Times column, she describes what it is exactly that unions do. Though unions are the most popular they have been in decades, anti-union sentiment still thrives in red states and across the nation. “Several years ago, The Atlantic ran a story whose headline made even me, a labor leader, scratch my head: ‘Union Membership: Very Sexy,’” Weingarten writes in the column. “The gist was that higher wages, health benefits and job security—all associated with union membership—boost one’s chances of getting married. Belonging to a union doesn’t actually guarantee happily ever after, but it does help working people have a better life in the here and now.” Click through to read the full column.
Nearly 250 years since our country’s founding, some Americans are still attempting to restrict others’ basic freedoms. In Florida and elsewhere, censoring books is part of larger efforts to exert greater control over and undermine education.