Resources

It may be time for your local to send your audit or financial review to AFT and AFT Washington. Below you will find information from the AFT and AFT Washington Bylaws regarding these required reports.

AFT Bylaws, Article IX, Affiliate Audit and Financial Review Requirements
Section 3. AFT affiliates with fewer than 1,000 members, excluding retirees, are required to submit to the AFT annually, and within six months of the close of the affiliate’s fiscal year, an audit of its financial statements by an independent CPA in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, or a financial review

We have compiled a list of human and immigrant rights organizations for your use. Feel free to download and/or share this three-page document.

Mythopedia, a project of Media Matters for America, was created as a website to debunk the most common myths and lies on anything from elections to environment to national security to right-to-work laws. For example: Workers in states without right-to-work laws are forced to unionize is not true. Fact: forced union membership is banned by federal law. Check out their website at: http://mythopedia.mediamatters.org/.

“Washington’s tax system is the most regressive in the nation, placing a disproportionate burden on those with the lowest incomes.” – TIME Magazine

What does collective bargaining mean? What is agency fee? Find out the definitions of these and other commonly used union terms at http://aft.org/about/union101/glossary.cfm.

The Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges has a great web page that contains links to various websites having to do with adult literacy, English as a Second Language, teaching to non-English speaking persons, learning materials and lesson plans, and much more.