AFT Utah, AFL-CIO

Offering More Great Bilingual Books Program

AFT Utah was awarded the OMG grant from First Book. $52,500 worth of books were delivered to schools in Salt Lake City School District and Weber County School District. These books will be used used in pre-K - 12 classrooms and used by Latinos In Action groups in the tutoring efforts. Another example of our union supporting education professionals and students.

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

Supporting AFGE and Federal Workers Rally

AFT Utah alongside other unions showed up to support Federal workers at their rally in Ogden Utah as the protested the government shutdown that affected thousands of workers across the United States and several hundred in Utah.

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.