About AFT-Wisconsin
Our Vision: We are a courageous union whose members collectively forge a future in which working people build just and democratic workplaces and communities.
About Us
2020-2022 Local 243 Elected Officers
President: Luke Matthews
608.852.6870
aft243prez@gmail.com
Secretary-Treasurer: Melissa Brainerd
608.258.2446
STaft243@gmail.com
Faculty Chapter Vice-President: James “Jimmy” DeGidio
920.568.7345
JDeGidio@madisoncollege.edu
PSRP Chapter Vice-President: Jo Zander
608.246.6104
PSRP243VP@gmail.com
Local 243 Elected Officers
President
Luke Matthews
608.852.6870
aft243prez@gmail.com
Secretary/Treasurer
Melissa Brainerd
608.258.2446
STaft243@gmail.com
Faculty Chapter Officers
Faculty Chapter Vice-President: James “Jimmy” DeGidio
920.568.7345
JDeGidio@madisoncollege.edu
Faculty Chapter Secretary: Tim Twohill
608.246.6293
TTwohill@madisoncollege.edu
About AFT Higher Education
AFT is the largest higher education union in the country, representing over 130,000 higher education faculty, professional staff and graduate employees. The AFT higher education department mission is to help our affiliates and their members prosper in the face of political, economic and technological forces challenging the most basic assumptions about the union's role on campus.
History of the AFT
Learn the history of the AFT, including the union's founding in Chicago in 1916, its affiliation with the AFL-CIO, its battles for workers and human rights and its continued work to uphold the proud traditions on which the union was created.
AFT Mission Statement
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.
About the AFT
Learn more about the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), which was founded in 1916 to represent the economic, social and professional interests of classroom teachers and is an affiliated international union of the AFL-CIO.