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

Faculty Chapter Grievance Intake Coordinator: Gerard Xavier
608.246.6561
GXavier@madisoncollege.edu

Faculty Chapter Forum Reps:

Laura Osinski
608.246.6850
LOsinski@madisoncollege.edu

Jon Pollack
608.246.6554
JPollack@madisoncollege.edu

Matthew Sargent
608.246.6526
MSargent@madisoncollege.edu

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Our Vision: We are a courageous union whose members collectively forge a future in which working people build just and democratic workplaces and communities.

AFT-Wisconsin is your union. We are a union of professionals working in the University of Wisconsin System, the Wisconsin Technical College System, public schools, and state agencies. Through collective action in our workplace and communities, we help ensure affordable and high-quality public education and services. We create democratic workplaces where workers who know the jobs best have a say in how the institution is run. We fight

The Paraprofessional and School-Related Personnel (PSRP) division of the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, represents more than 350,000 school support staff in K-12 districts, colleges and universities. Our jobs include office employees, custodians, maintenance workers, bus drivers, instructional paraprofessionals, food service workers, school nurses and health aides, technicians, groundskeepers, secretaries, bookkeepers, mechanics, special education assistants and hundreds of other job titles.

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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.

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