About Us
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The Ohio Federation of Teachers represents more than 20,000 members in 54 local unions across the state that include public education employees, higher education faculty and support staff, and public employees. |
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Staff members of the state affiliate work on issues at the statewide level to benefit all of OFT’s locals, including legislation, policy, communications and political advocacy. Staff members also provide services to local leaders and members to assist them with negotiations, organizing and membership, professional development, communications and political advocacy within their own communities, and many other areas. Click here to reach a specific member of the OFT staff. |
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Agency Fee Letter and Audit Now Posted
The agency fee/fair share cover letter and audit for the year ending April 30, 2007, have now been posted on the AFT public website. To view them, click here. http://www.aft.org/about/agencyfee.htm. |
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Memorial Scholarship Fund Honors Mooney's Legacy
A memorial fund established in memory of the late OFT President Tom Mooney honors his legacy in public education and union work by helping others pursue similar passions for social justice and political action. |
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Learn more about the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), which was founded in 1916 to represent the economic, social and professional interests of classroom teachers and is an affiliated international union of the AFL-CIO.
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AFT Mission Statement
The mission of the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, is to improve the lives of our members and their families, to give voice to their legitimate professional, economic and social aspirations, to strengthen the institutions in which we work, to improve the quality of the services we provide, to bring together all members to assist and support one another and to promote democracy, human rights and freedom in our union, in our nation and throughout the world.
--From the Futures II report adopted at the AFT Convention, July 5, 2000. |
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Learn the history of the AFT, including the union's founding in Chicago in 1916, its affiliation with the AFL-CIO, its battles for workers and human rights and its continued work to uphold the proud traditions on which the union was created.
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Throughout this century, the AFT has been a major force for preserving and strengthening America's democratic commitment to public education and public service. Desegregating public schools, passing the landmark Elementary and Secondary Education Act, establishing collective bargaining for teachers and other public employees, and addressing the needs of disadvantaged children are just a few of the causes the AFT has championed.
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The Paraprofessional and School-Related Personnel (PSRP) division of the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, represents more than 350,000 school support staff in K-12 districts, colleges and universities. Our jobs include office employees, custodians, maintenance workers, bus drivers, instructional paraprofessionals, food service workers, school nurses and health aides, technicians, groundskeepers, secretaries, bookkeepers, mechanics, special education assistants and hundreds of other job titles. |
AFT is the largest higher education union in the country, representing over 130,000 higher education faculty, professional staff and graduate employees. The AFT higher education department mission is to help our affiliates and their members prosper in the face of political, economic and technological forces challenging the most basic assumptions about the union's role on campus.
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AFT Public Employees is the division of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) that represents federal, state and local government employees.
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