It takes a team of teachers, aides, social workers, bus drivers and support staff to make a great school for our students. Yet many in Austin are only talking about funding a pay raise for full-time classroom teachers. HFT members believe that all teachers and school support personnel deserve a pay raise. It's not too late to make our voices heard and win a promise of money for pay raises for all school employees. But we need to act today! Please join us in our efforts by sending this letter to your state representative encouraging them to support HB3 and to support pay raises for all school staff.

It takes a team of teachers, aides, social workers, bus drivers and support staff to make a great school for our students. Yet many in Austin are only talking about funding a pay raise for full-time classroom teachers. HFT members believe that all teachers and school support personnel deserve a pay raise. It's not too late to make our voices heard and win a promise of money for pay raises for all school employees. But we need to act today! Please join us in our efforts by sending this letter to your state representative encouraging them to support HB3 and to support pay raises for all school staff.

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.

Dear Union Colleague,

Nominations for delegates to the 2019 Texas AFT Summer Convention are open Friday, April 12 - Monday, April 22 at 5 p.m. The convention will be held here in Houston, and delegates will be representing the membership of NEHOUAFT.

Interested in being a delegate?

• Nominations are open to any member in good standing (current on dues for the past three months) of NEHOUAFT.
• All nominees must be willing to attend convention sessions and report back at the next NEHOUAFT General Membership Meeting in September, 2019.
• Each elected delegate must pay a $100 deposit for convention

Northeast Houston AFT and Texas AFT invite all educators, support professionals, and community partners to join us in Austin on the first Monday of spring break, March 11, for the 2019 Texas AFT March to the Capitol. It is our turn to educate the legislature about our priorities and tell them to do what’s right.

Register now to join us in Austin on March 11. The Union will provide round-trip transportation, and all participants will receive a legislative orientation and lunch on the Capitol grounds. Thousands of public school employees and supporters will be mobilized for this event to rally for our public schools. You do not have to be a member of AFT to participate. 

Email sbelow@nehouaft.org to reserve your seat on the bus!
 

• Event details, including the finalized schedule, will be sent via email to the contact email provided.

• Estimated leave time on March 11 is 6:30 a.m., with a return by 7:00 p.m 

•  All guests/children must be registered separately. Children are recommended to be at least 5-years or older to attend. There is no childcare service provided at this event.

• More details to come!