Unions and the community are 'a natural coalition'
Solution-driven unionism may have been the overarching theme of the 2013 joint conference of the AFT Healthcare and AFT Public Employees divisions, but the importance of community engagement was the biggest takeaway message for the 450 AFT members and guests who gathered in Baltimore, April 25-27. Read more.
2013 WSP Annual Convention is 12:00 PM Saturday, March 16 at AFT-WI
Meet other WSP members, share information and discuss important issues.
- Constitutional amendments
- Organizing for the future
- By-Laws
- Elect Officers
All members can attend, but only delegates can vote. Secure your delegate status by emailing our WSP Membership Secretary at d0nal3a@gmail.com or membership@wspunion.org before March 10th. Please indicate your distirct and if you will have travel expenses. Click here to view District Map.
2013 WSP Convention Information
About the Wisconsin Science Professionals (WSP)
WSP is a Union of professional scientists that work for the State of Wisconsin, the University of Wisconsin, and the UW Hospitals and Clinics.
A hand up is not a handout
In her latest column appearing in the New York Times, AFT President Randi Weingarten urges lawmakers to strengthen the rungs on America's ladder of opportunity.
Exciting Leadership Training Opportunity!
Want to learn how to build a more powerful local union and become a more effective union activist? Take advantage of the special AFT Leadership, Education and Development (LEAD) training opportunity in St. Louis on April 5-6. The day-and-a-half-long event includes courses such as Managing with Labor’s Values; Training Worksite Leaders; Union-Management Partnerships; Being the Public Face of Your Union; The Common Core: What, When, Where and How; Engaging Our Members through Activism and Better Communications; and Researching Your Employer’s World and How to Use the Information for Good. For more information contact the AFT’s Union Leadership Institute at 202-879-4497.
A war on poverty, or on the poor?
In her latest column appearing in the New York Times, AFT President Randi Weingarten writes about what poverty in America looks like today, a half-century after President Lyndon B. Johnson, in conjunction with civil rights, religious and labor leaders, commenced the war on poverty.