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Capitol Insider 

January 20, 2025 

 

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

 

Today we honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. whose 95th birthday was January 15.  A man whose legacy lives on 57 years after his assassination. Today we honor him by giving back in some way in our communities or by attending services that celebrate and honor him. Thankfully, this is not the only day to learn and teach about his work for civil rights - to learn and teach about his leadership in seeking change through nonviolence. 

 

The Lights Are on at the Indiana Statehouse 

 

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AFT-Indiana is excited to partner with Trine University and VESI to offer college credits for a low annual fee. AFT-Indiana membership offers you way to continue your education at an affordable cost.

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Membership-At-Large

Any person who works in Indiana and is not within the jurisdiction of any AFT local is eligible for membership-at-large through AFT-Indiana.

Benefits of membership include $1,000,000 professional liability insurance, $5000 regardless of the outcome/ $35,000 complete exoneration legal reimbursement through the legal action trust, as well as $25,000 accidental death & dismemberment insurance.  Members-at-large can use the AFT PLUS Benefits Program for certain discounted offers.

Print the membership-at-large form below

https://in.aft.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/2024/Membership-at-Large%202024.2025%20final_0.pdf

Please provide a personal email and mail the form with dues to:

AFT Indiana

429 N Pennsylvania #407

Indianapolis, IN 46204

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What unions do

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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.

Randi Weingarten and NYC teacher Tamara Simpson

Attacks on public education in America by extremists and culture-war peddling politicians have reached new heights (“lows” may be more apt), but they are not new. The difference today is that the attacks are intended not just to undermine public education but to destroy it.

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