American Federation of Teachers

Teachers at a Regent Square school are the most recent charter school employees in the region to unionize. Thirty-nine of the 73 staff members who cast…

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders made a pair of stops in Pittsburgh on Sunday, praising progressive candidates at both the American Federation of Teachers…

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren spoke to some 3,000 educators at the American Federation of Labor conference in Downtown Pittsburgh this morning,…

Hillary Clinton pulled few punches in a fiery 25-minute address to the American Federation of Teachers in Downtown Pittsburgh mid-morning Friday.…

Nearly one month after the death of Antwon Rose Jr., conversations about change are taking different forms.As protests and mourning continue around the…

Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers President Nina Esposito-Visgitis told a crowd of educators from across the country Friday that Pittsburgh teachers are…

One Pittsburgh Public School is using a grant from the American Federation of Teachers to train students for careers as police officers, firefighters and…

Westinghouse High School officials announced Thursday a new Emergency Response Technology program promising career training for students interested in…

The last time Pittsburgh Public Schools furloughed a substantial portion of its teachers was in 2012, when 190 teachers got pink slips. Those layoffs were…

Small groups of parents and education activists gathered in Pittsburgh and across the country Monday to mark a “National Day of Action to Reclaim the…