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President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump welcomed students as they begin a new academic year and encouraged them to focus on learning, personal growth, and making a positive impact.
"A hundred percent dedicated to the union," Carey says, "the union in St. Louis is so important because we don't have collective bargaining, so we have to do absolutely everything for our people."
AFSA members have access to specially negotiated group travel rates through the AFSA Travel Desk.

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AFSA President Mark Cannizzaro was elected to the AFL-CIO Executive Council during the opening session of the labor federation’s 30th Constitutional Convention in Minneapolis.
Delegates to the AFL-CIO's 30th Constitutional Convention voted to reelect Liz Shuler as president and Fred Redmond as secretary-treasurer, extending the leadership team's tenure at the helm of the nation's largest labor federation.
A recent report from The Wallace Foundation highlights how eight large urban school districts are redesigning their leadership pipelines to prepare and sustain equity-centered school principals.
Researchers say the findings offer one of the most comprehensive national portraits to date of how immigration enforcement policies are reshaping daily life in American schools.
New polling released by the AFL-CIO and Data for Progress shows an overwhelming, bipartisan demand for clear, enforceable guardrails to ensure that technology serves as a partner to progress rather than a risk to workers' rights.

As another school year comes to an end, many of us find ourselves in a familiar place, looking back on the months behind us while already beginning to think about the year ahead.

AFSA has submitted three major resolutions to the upcoming AFL-CIO Convention in Minneapolis this June, urging organized labor to take a stronger national stand on school safety, gun violence prevention, workplace protections, and civic education.