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Conversation at Annual Meeting

PATFA President Michele Cheung (left) speaks with PATFA member Anette Ruppel Rodrigues at a PATFA Annual Meeting in Orono. Cheung teaches English at the University of Southern Maine. Rodrigues teaches German at the University of Maine. (Photo Courtesy of PATFA member Dee Peppe)

PATFA-AFT Reshapes to Meet Public Higher Education's Challenges

As a union Local of the American Federation of Teachers, PATFA is both local and national. The retooling involves keeping PATFA-AFT members informed and involved on three tracks at the same time: System, state, and federal. We bargain directly with the System; we advocate jointly with the other unions in Augusta; and we advocate in Washington through AFT.

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AFT Among Unions Challenging Musk’s Illegal Hack of Americans’ Private Data

WASHINGTON—A coalition of labor unions representing over 2 million workers filed a federal lawsuit Feb. 10 challenging a data heist carried out by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency inside three federal government departments.

Six individuals personally harmed by Musk and DOGE’s theft of their private information joined the suit filed by the AFT, the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE), the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE). Protect Democracy and Munger

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UMS Faculty Should Know Rights Amid Federal Push

PATFA officers would like to share with you the following four points to make clear your rights as a part-time faculty member within the University of Maine System. 

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PATFA-AFT Reshapes to Meet Public Higher Education's Challenges

As a union Local of the American Federation of Teachers, PATFA is both local and national. The retooling involves keeping PATFA-AFT members informed and involved on three tracks at the same time: System, state, and federal. We bargain directly with the System; we advocate jointly with the other unions in Augusta; and we advocate in Washington through AFT.

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AFT Among Unions Challenging Musk’s Illegal Hack of Americans’ Private Data

WASHINGTON—A coalition of labor unions representing over 2 million workers filed a federal lawsuit Feb. 10 challenging a data heist carried out by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency inside three federal government departments.

Six individuals personally harmed by Musk and DOGE’s theft of their private information joined the suit filed by the AFT, the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE), the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE). Protect Democracy and Munger

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UMS Faculty Should Know Rights Amid Federal Push

PATFA officers would like to share with you the following four points to make clear your rights as a part-time faculty member within the University of Maine System. 

MORE