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LWTECH'S FEDERATION OF TEACHERS (AFT LOCAL 3533)

Welcome to the Local's website. This site was last updated by Vice President Greg Bem in July 2020.

Current Membership Form (2019-2021)

As of the 2019-2020 academic year, all union membership forms are filled out and signed electronically. Faculty should work with their Dean's administrative assistant to have the membership form set up. The membership form has been included here to preview: Membership Form.

2019-2021 E-Board Reps

Photo of AFT President Randi Weingarten addressing TEACH 2023

The AFT has always been a solutions-driven union, and our new campaign, launched during TEACH on July 21, proves it once again with a fresh, practical approach to strengthening public education. As AFT President Randi Weingarten pointed out during her keynote speech, the $5 million, yearlong campaign, “Real Solutions for Kids and Communities,” stands up against attacks on public schools and offers real-world solutions to build up, rather than break down, our communities.

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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.

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What unions do

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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.

Anti-Racism Research: Collaborate with Us!

We are currently using a Google Doc to centralize resources on anti-racism in labor organization and unions.

You can view that Google Doc here.

If you would like to collaborate with Local 3533 on this research, please email gregbem@gmail.com.

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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See the flyer for Equity Day at the Capitol in Olympia on Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. Transportation and lunch provided.

Equity Rally Flyer 

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