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2023/24 AFT 1521A District Wide Officers Election Candidates Names are presented in randomized order.

The AFT Staff Guild Local 1521A is conducting elections for District-wide Officers, namely President, 1st Vice-President,
2nd Vice-President, Grievance Secretary, Treasurer, and Recording Secretary. Members may only run for one
District-wide Officer seat at a time.

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Election Rules & Procedures

To see the full document, please click on the link below:AFT 1521A College Staff Guild
2023/24 District-Wide Officers Election
Rules and Nominee Acceptance form

rules

RULES FOR OBSERVERS
APPROVED BY ELECTIONS COMMITTEE

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What unions do

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.