UTAH COLLEGE COUNCIL Local 4738

Symposium on Shared Governance at UVU

AFT UVU and David R. Keller Chapter of AAUP Leaders along with the AAUP President Irene Mulvey, who was the keynote speaker at a symposium on shared governance held at UVU.

Student Advocacy

Student loan debt and corporate intrusion on our campuses is an issue that AFT is fighting.

Distinguished Higher Education AFT Member

Albert Einstein stressed the importance of employees coming together in solidarity to protect their profession!

Rally at Utah Tech

Rally at Utah Tech for the fair treatment of employee rights

CPHEU Workload Report

Statement from Dr. Paul Tayler, V.P. of Higher Education AFT Utah and Chairperson of the Coalition for Public Higher Education in Utah:

"With the conclusion of the academic year, we have been successful in our discussions with representatives from USHE. They were understanding of the issues we presented in our investigation and will be considering the report later this month in the administrative meetings on workload. USHE also requested additional information, which we are including as an addendum to the report. We are hopeful of positive impacts on current workload policies."

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2024 Legislative Session Wrap Up

We had some major wins this legislative session, but we need to prepare now for the fights that are sure to come!

Randi Weingarten at a Massachusetts high school

Summer is upon us, and parents, children and teachers are winding down from what has been an exhausting and fully operational school year—the first since the devastating pandemic. The long-lasting impact of COVID-19 has affected our students’ and families’ well-being and ignited the politics surrounding public schools. All signs point to the coming school year unfolding with the same sound and fury, and if extremist culture warriors have their way, being even more divisive and stressful.

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.

In defense of public education

Randi Weingarten and NYC teacher Tamara Simpson

Attacks on public education in America by extremists and culture-war peddling politicians have reached new heights (“lows” may be more apt), but they are not new. The difference today is that the attacks are intended not just to undermine public education but to destroy it.

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