The 45th Annual Convention of the Louisiana Federation of Teachers will convene at 3:30 P.M. Sunday, November 23, 2009 at the Airport Hilton Hotel in Kenner.

In “Man of La Mancha,” the Broadway musical adaption of Cervantes’ classic Don Quixote, the hero sings that his mission is “to fight for the right, without question or pause; to be willing to march into hell for a heavenly cause.”

Don Quixote was a lone individual, while the Louisiana Federation of Teachers is a union whose strength derives from the combined power of thousands of members. Yet our mission is the same — to fight for the right.

Like the mythological phoenix rising from the ashes, attacks on our public retirement systems are once again making news. At the request of Speaker of the House Jim Tucker (R-Terrytown), the joint Senate and House Committees on Retirement are meeting to discuss “reforming” the retirement incomes of teachers, school employees and other public servants.

Official complaints filed over mistreatment of teachers

 (Baton Rouge – October 1, 2009) A company that recruited foreign teachers to work in Louisiana schools is guilty of cheating those teachers out of thousands of dollars and holding them in virtual servitude, according to complaints presented to the Louisiana Federation of Teachers by international educators.

Please click here to visit the American Federation of Teachers' resource pages about the H1N1 influenza A virus. Read what you need to know about the flu, how you should be prepared if the outbreak reaches your school, and what you can do to minimize your risk of infection. The site will be updated as new information becomes available.

Follow the latest issues in public education, learn what the decision-makers are talking about, and see what education reporters are covering. Add your own thoughts and help create an online community of informed educators. Click this link to visit EdLog.

Obama: I support repealing the GPO/WEP and will work to do so as president.”

For the past three years, LFT and our members have joined forces with union members from other states to pass the national Social Security Fairness Act. That’s the law that would repeal two unfair pension offsets that cut duly earned benefits of Louisiana school employees and other public servants in more than a dozen states.

Members of the Louisiana Federation of Teachers explain what it means to be the largest, most effective education organization in the state! Please click here.

Widely recognized as the most effective and influential education organization in the state, The Louisiana Federation of Teachers represents more than 17,000 teachers and school employees.

Join the LFT Action Center and add our voice to the thousands already influencing education policy in the capitol!