Fairfax County Federation of Teachers

@FCFTcares

We are a labor union of FCPS educators & school staff, making a difference every day & fighting for ALL our students’ public education. A local of .

Fairfax County, VA
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    Jun 30

    Virginia was one of the only states to ban collective bargaining for public sector employees. That ban was repealed this year. What does this mean for FCPS employees? Find out at Unions 101 and Collective Bargaining, this coming Wednesday at 6pm. RSVP:

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  2. 4 hours ago

    AFT local unions like and have been advocating for a safe reopening for students and staff, including mask mandates, and we will continue to push for this.

    Yesterday, CPS announced universal masking for everyone in school buildings upon returning to daily, in-person instruction, recognizing that it cannot employ layered mitigation, as outlined by the CDC, IDPH and CDPH, without a mandate associated with an unvaccinated population.
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  3. 4 hours ago

    "We cannot let our guard down with the delta variant and other mutations spreading. We must also ensure that everyone has access to the vaccine." (2/2)

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  4. 4 hours ago

    FCFT president Tina Williams: "Returning to school five days a week in person is a top priority for our educators and our community. In order to do this safely, we want to ensure we follow the available science and believe that universal masking should remain in place. (1/2)

    Educators want to go back to in-person learning. We know students do not do as well virtually or in hybrid environments. Yet, there were dozens of cases in schools in the spring and many of the protections that we had in place then will not be in place in the fall?
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    Jul 8

    Today at , 165 AFT members joined high school history teacher in hashing out what they’ve learned after more than a year of teaching in a pandemic. Read all about it ⤵️

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  6. Jun 30

    In recognition of month and recent events in our area, the FCFT Executive Board expresses our unequivocal support for the LGBTQIA+ community, and in particular, trans and gender-expansive students, staff, and family members. Full statement below:

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    Jun 25

    We are proud to co-host the "Crumbling Schools Tour" to show federal, state, and local officials the poor state of too many schools. dollars can make a big difference. We won't stop calling for lawmakers to .

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    Jun 17

    Our national federation joining with others to form a coalition criticizing these bans on what teachers may teach of our country’s history. AFT on the right side of history!

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  10. May 24

    FCFT is a member-driven union and our power comes from the active involvement of our members! If you are a member and want to get involved in our Pay Task Force, email organizers@fcft.org. If you're not yet a member, you can join FCFT here:

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  11. May 24

    Thanks to our advocacy, ~20% of the speakers in the Board of Supervisors' budget public hearing spoke in favor of FCPS pay & our organizing prompted the BOS to fund the 2% MSA. FCFT is advocating for changes at the state & local level to ensure consistent step increases and MSAs

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  12. May 24

    - Hosting webinars to educate FCPS staff on the pay situation and budget process - Hosting testimony-writing workshops to support FCFT members in speaking at public hearings - Meeting with Board of Supervisors members

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  13. May 24

    - Turning out members to speak at the School Board and Board of Supervisors' budget public hearings - Phone banking the Board of Supervisors - Submitting questions and attending BOS members' budget town halls - Conducting a pay survey and using the data in our advocacy

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  14. May 24

    What did FCFT do to advocate for FCPS staff pay? FCFT’s member-driven Pay Task Force has been extremely active since December, working to ensure that FCPS staff would not go a second consecutive year with frozen pay. Our advocacy includes:

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  15. May 24

    Fairfax only receives 23% of our funding from the state. The state also only pays their portion of a raise if the rest of the amount is fully funded by the local government. The local responsibility for a 5% raise for FCPS would be $100.4 million to receive $12.5 million from VA.

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  16. May 24

    Why are we not getting the 5% promised by the state? The Virginia Gen. Assembly approved funding for the state’s portion of a 5% raise for educators. The amount of funding each district receives from the state depends on the Local Composite Index (LCI) funding formula.

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  17. May 24

    The FCPS FY22 Budget was approved! It includes a 2% MSA and no step increase. An MSA is a cost of living adjustment. With an MSA only, all employees will stay at the same step on the pay scale but the amount at each step of the pay scale will increase resulting in a 2% raise.

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  18. May 18

    Gov. Northam has approved a COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents aged 12-15 years. Visit to learn more.

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  19. May 14

    FCFT is the union of, by, and for FCPS employees. This is a huge win on behalf of all FCPS employees. When we stand together and fight for what's right, we win. RSVP for our next "Unions 101 & Collective Bargaining" webinar and learn more:

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  20. May 14

    Huge win for union activism: has been incorrectly preventing employees from accruing paid leave while on EMFL. Through FCFT's union work, FCPS acknowledged their error and will be correcting leave balances for all affected employees! Details 👇

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