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AFT Pennsylvania's Local Affiliates
AFT Pennsylvania represents 76 local AFT affiliates in Pennsylvania, including public, private, and charter Pre-K-12 schools, community college and university faculty and staff, vocational school employees, and Pennsylvania state employees.
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About AFT Healthcare
AFT Healthcare represents more than 70,000 members in 100 locals in 18 states and territories. The division has a very diverse membership, with members in more than 6,000 job titles working in the public and private sector in hospitals, clinics, home health agencies and schools throughout the United States. Many members are registered nurses, but the union also represents LPNs, technicians, technologists, therapists, aides, clerical personnel, service and maintenance workers, pharmacists and doctors.
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ER doc to Congress: ‘Our healthcare system is on life support’
Dr. Byrce Pulliam spends his nights in a community emergency room in Southern Oregon, where the line between life and death can come down to seconds—and insurance coverage. “I show up 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year with one goal in mind: to provide excellent care for patients in crisis. Being a doctor is often challenging, but it has become harder because our nation’s healthcare system is on life support,” he said before a House hearing on Oct. 8.
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With SNAP in limbo, public employees stitch together the safety net
Scarlett Ahmed has started counting the number of people sleeping outside the Queens Career Center in New York City when she arrives at work in the morning. “It was already bad,” she said. “But this? This will just add to it.”
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AFT Pennsylvania Welcomes Esperanza High School Collective To Union
PHILADELPHIA – This afternoon, 87 percent of educators and staff from the Esperanza Academy Charter High School in Philadelphia voted to affiliate with AFT Pennsylvania and the Alliance of Charter School Employees (ACSE) #6056. The Esperanza High School Collective, which now represents nearly 80 educators and staff at the school, is the tenth unionized charter school within AFTPA.
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AFTPA Congratulates Jen Mazzocco on HD-42 Special Election Victory
ALLEGHENY COUNTY – Today, Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers #400 and AFT Pennsylvania member Jen Mazzocco won the special election in PA House District 42 (Allegheny). Mazzocco, an English Language Arts teacher at Pittsburgh Allderdice High School, is a long-time member of PFT400 and AFTPA and was endorsed by both unions. AFTPA, PFT400, and the national AFT hosted a reception for Mazzocco in Pittsburgh in early February.
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Get To Know AFTPA
Click here to view or download the 2026 Get To Know AFT Pennsylvania one-pager.
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AFT Pennsylvania Constitution and By-Laws (2025-2027)
AFT Pennsylvania Constitution and By-Laws, as of the completion of the 2025 AFTPA Biennial Convention.
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AFTPA Reacts To Gov. Shapiro’s FY 26-27 Budget Address
Today, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro delivered his Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget speech. The Governor is proposing a $53.2 billion budget, which is a 5.38% increase over FY 25-26, and includes: A $565 million increase for K-12 adequacy funding; A $50 million increase for Basic Education Funding; A $50 million increase for Special Education Funding; A continuation of Cyber Charter Funding reforms, which saves public school districts an estimated $250 million per year; An increase of $100 million for school safety and mental health; $125 million to address school structural upgrades and environmental concerns, including $25 million for Solar for Schools
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State, National Leaders Tour Allentown Dual Immersion School, Highlight ASD Paraprofessional Program
ALLENTOWN, PA – Earlier today, AFT Pennsylvania, AFT, the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA), the Allentown School District, Rep. Peter G. Schweyer (D-134), Rep. Michael H. Schlossberg (D-132), Rep. Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D-129), and leaders from the Allentown Federation of Paraprofessionals #1716 toured the Sonia Sotomayor Dual Language Immersion Academy as a part of a new AFTPA initiative with locals across the Commonwealth.
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AFT Pennsylvania Endorses Governor Shapiro, Lieutenant Governor Davis For Reelection
PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA – Today, the AFT Pennsylvania Executive Council announced that they voted to endorse Governor Josh Shapiro and Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis for reelection. Governor Shapiro and Lieutenant Governor Davis formally launched their reelection campaign at events in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia today.
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ADVISORY: State and National Leaders To Tour Dual Immersion School, Highlight Allentown School District Paraprofessional Program
ALLENTOWN – Next week, AFT Pennsylvania, AFT, the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA), the Allentown School District, Representative Peter G. Schweyer (D-Lehigh), and more will tour a classroom at the Sonia Sotomayor Dual Language Immersion Academy, meet with members of the Allentown Federation of Paraprofessionals #1716, and highlight the contributions of paraprofessionals and the Latino community in the Allentown School District. As a part of the event, AFT Pennsylvania will award partial scholarships to some AFTPA paraprofessional members within the District as part of its ParaProud scholarship, which provides grants to Paras pursuing teaching certification in high-need subject
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AFTPA Reacts To PA State Budget Passage
HARRISBURG – Today, after more than 130 days, both chambers of the Pennsylvania legislature passed a $50.1 billion state budget deal. The total amount is down from the $51.6 billion Governor Shapiro offered at his Budget Speech in February and the $50.6 billion House Democrats offered earlier this summer. The budget deal includes a $50 million increase for the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Program, which takes money earmarked for public school students and inequitably move it to private schools, as well as an overall 4.8 percent increase for Higher Education, which includes a 5 percent increase in general support
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About AFT Public Employees
AFT Public Employees is the division of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) that represents federal, state and local government employees.
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