About Us

Why pay union dues?
The easiest way to explain the concept of union dues is by using the example of a health club or gym membership. By only paying the dues to a gym, you will not improve your health, physique or get into shape. You pay your dues to get access to the tools you need to better your health, but your health will not improve until you actually exercise.

Union dues should be thought about in the same way. Your dues will give you access to expertise and resources vital to success in your job. But to see results, you must play an active part in the process. In order to actually make a difference in your workplace and working conditions, it must start with you!

Where do your dues go?
Your dues are broken into five pieces and sent to your Local Union, AFT-Wisconsin, the AFT (national), the AFL-CIO (national) and the regional AFL-CIO labor councils.

What does AFT-Wisconsin do with my dues?
AFT-Wisconsin advocates on a state and federal level for the issues that matter to its members. Your dues make the following tools possible: 

• Leadership and steward training
• Bargaining and grievance support
• A public relations program (media relations, website, internal materials)
• A public affairs program (political organizing, lobbying, legislative assistance)
• New organizing campaigns (to build a stronger union)
• Legal services (unfair labor practice complaints, general consulting and advanced arbitration presentation)
• Professional development opportunities

Representing teachers in Greenville Elementary School, Hortonville Elementary School, Greenville Middle School, Hortonville Middle School and Hortonville High School.

Our Vision:  We are a courageous union whose members collectively forge a future in which working people build just and democratic workplaces and communities.  

AFT-Wisconsin is your union. We are a union of professionals working in the University of Wisconsin System, the Wisconsin Technical College System, public schools, and state agencies. Through collective action in our workplace and communities, we help ensure affordable and high-quality public education and services. We create democratic workplaces where workers who know the jobs best have a say in how the institution is run. We fight

The American Federation of Teachers is a union of professionals that champions fairness; democracy; economic opportunity; and high-quality public education, healthcare and public services for our students, their families and our communities. We are committed to advancing these principles through community engagement, organizing, collective bargaining and political activism, and especially through the work our members do.