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.
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.
For close to 10 years AFSA has been speaking up for a more comprehensive school safety program at the federal level. Our union had reached out to Congress, the White House and the Department of Education with a host of ideas and recommendations. Unfortunately, nothing has happened as lawmakers turn away.
Today in Washington the gun issue is heating up as we head into the start of a new school year and two mass shootings in a single day.
Maryland Principal Motley of Atholton High School and Local 36, Howard County Administrators Association, is the first union member to be elected to the position.
