AFT Utah, AFL-CIO

Democracy in Action

Unions are a Democracy. Delegates from local unions make decisions for the direction of their locals, state federation, and national union.

We Love Public and Higher Ed Employees

Showing support for public school employees at a rally in Davis School District

Promotion of Student Loan Forgiveness

AFT Utah Vice President of Political Action, Rita Heagen, and Representative Sue Duckworth presenting HB 215 Promotion of Student Loan Forgiveness before the House Education Committee. AFT Utah approached Representative Duckworth as a sponsor of this great legislation that passed and informs public employees and teachers at their worksites that they are eligible for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness programs.

AFT Empowering U Campaign

On Monday, October 29, 2018 AFT Utah's Executive Board discussed and approved a unionization and mobilization campaign dubbed AFT Empowering U. This campaign will... Increase employee power at the worksite, empower individuals to share union experiences and information with their colleagues build highly effective AFT locals across Utah. Join the movement today!! https://leadernet.aft.org/webform/aft-empowering-u-organizing-campaign

Access the Union on our APP!

DOWNLOAD THE AFT UTAH APP!!! This App is revolutionizing union work and organizing our union. There's tons of information that is available to you as members of AFT Utah, including benefits, discounts, and other information. So go to the Apple Store or Google Play and download your AFT Utah App today!

Donate to AFT Utah Political Action Fund

SIGN-UP ONLINE! (If you don't know which local union to join, sign up on AFT UTAH - AT LARGE)

AFT UTAH (AT LARGE) https://join.aft.org/form/aft-utah/local/08042/aft-utah-application-dues-withholdings
AFT GRANITE https://join.aft.org/form/aft-granite/local/04429/aft-granite-application-dues-withholdings
AFT REDROCK (Washington & Kane Counties) https://join.aft.org/form/red-rock-professional-association/local/06032/membership-application-authorization-of-dues-withholdings-0
AFT SALT LAKE FEDERATION https://join.aft.org/form/salt-lake-city-federation-of-teachers/local/04430/salt-lake-city-federation-of-teachers-application-dues-withholdings
AFT SLEOPA (Salt Lake Educational Office Personnel Association) https://join.aft.org/form/salt-lake-educational-office-personnel/local/04691/membership-application-and-authorization-of-dues-withholdings
AFT SALT LAKE TRANSPORTATION https://join.aft.org/form/salt-lake-city-bus-barn/local/06226/salt-lake-city-bus-barn-application-dues-withholdings
AFT TOP OF UTAH (Davis, Ogden, Weber Districts) https://join.aft.org/form/aft-top-of-utah/local/06478/aft-top-of-utah-application-dues-withholding
AFT UTAH COLLEGE COUNCIL (All Higher Ed Employees) https://join.aft.org/form/utah-college-council/local/04738/utah-college-council-application-dues-withholdings

PDF MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

Don't want to join online? You can fill out a PDF membership card and email or fax it directly to our union office.
Email: reception@aftutah.org
Fax: (801)973-1683

AFT to host Public Service Loan Forgiveness webinar in Spanish

In partnership with the National Education Association, the AFT is hosting a webinar in Spanish on the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. For those who want to learn about the relief available under this program—in Spanish—mark your calendars for Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. EDT. PSLF enables public service workers—teachers, firefighters, librarians, etc.—to have the balance of their federal higher education loans forgiven after 10 years. So far, more than 175,000 people have had more than $10 billion in loans forgiven. Register here.

Sharing more pathways to student debt relief

As the landscape of student debt shifts, and more and more opportunities allow borrowers to have their debt relieved, the AFT is using every avenue to ensure that the word is out. In affiliate meetings, telephone town halls, media coverage and social media, the union is spreading the news, and at a student debt clinic at AFT headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 31, AFT President Randi Weingarten vowed to reach as many people as possible with information that could save them tens—and sometimes hundreds—of thousands of dollars.

AFT President Randi Weingarten’s latest column outlines the urgency of using our voices—our votes—in this life-changing election, when we will make a choice “between President Donald Trump, who has trafficked in chaos, fear, lies and division, and former Vice President Joe Biden, who seeks to reverse Trump’s failures on COVID-19 and the economy, and to unite and uplift the American people.” Besides the four crises we face—a pandemic, an economic crisis, racism and a climate emergency—democracy itself is on the ballot, as Trump continues to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the election.