Your Union Is Your Voice
The strength of our Union lies with our members. We speak with one voice and your voice matters. Along with 99.8% of your colleagues our strength in collective action allows you to control your own professional destiny by:
- Voting- in approving or rejecting negotiated agreements and in electing officers and building stewards.
- Political Action-Supporting and working for Union endorsed candidates and issues as well as having our state and national affiliates working for our interests in Columbus and DC.
SOME BENEFITS OF BELONGING
- Representation on District Committees.
- Negotiating insurance benefits and carriers
- Processing insurance claims and helping solve insurance problems.
- Arranging Leaves (Pregnancy/Maternity, Adoption, Professional, Etc.)
- Retirement planning assistance
- College loan/student debt clinics
- Placement For non-renewals - rehires
- Access to union research based professional development (ER&D)
- Union leadership training
- Free College Benefit (link)
| - Arranging disability payments
- Arranging life insurance payments
- Representation at Workers’ Compensation hearings
- $1,000,000 Professional Liability Insurance PLUS The AFT Legal Action Trust
- Representation at PTA.
- Enforcing and revising discipline policy
- Notary Public available
- Union Banquet/Spring Social/Social Events
- Discounts, including cell plans through AT&T and auto, home and renters insurance through AFT Advantage/Union Plus
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